Taunton City Hall
In 2012, the City of Taunton hired DBVW to perform an evaluation of their historic City Hall, along with surrounding properties, and to study the feasibility of reusing the fire-damaged historic building as a new City Hall. The project area included Taunton City Hall, the City Hall Annex building and several parking areas. DBVW conducted an exterior and interior condition assessment of the historic buildings, participated in an extensive programming exercise with city departments, and developed conceptual designs for four different re-use options. The selected reuse option involved the restoration of the historic City Hall building and two compatible additions respectful of the original build’s historic character.
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Martha is a nationally-recognized expert in the field of historic preservation. She has directed multiple phases of important preservation projects at some of the region’s most treasured landmark buildings. As an advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Martha served on a national Sustainability Task Force focused on strengthening the important relationship between sustainability and historic preservation. Martha serves on the boards of GrowSmart RI and the Historic Preservation Education Foundation. She is a Governor-appointed member of the Capital Center Commission, a member of the RIHPHC review board, and a past-President of AIA/Rhode Island. When Martha is not climbing up steeples or through abandoned buildings, she can be found playing tennis or kayaking on the Narragansett Bay.
Interesting fact:
Martha has dual citizenship in the United States and Switzerland
You may or may not be surprised that:
She is a two-time winner of the Women’s Statewide Squash Championship
2022 - Preservation Massachusetts Mayor Thomas M. Menino Legacy Award
2020 - AIA Rhode Island Award for Commercial Architecture: Institutional