Merge Architects

Taylor & Burns Architects is led by Robert J. Taylor and Carol J. Burns, each with 25 years of professional experience in the private and public sectors. Founded in 1993, the firm pursues work varied by size, program and client profile. Concentrating on design for education, performing arts, worship and civic communities, the firm is expert in the architecture of assembly rooms for large groups, and highly skilled at creating new work in sympathy with existing buildings and landscapes. The firm also designs residential and urban-scale commissions. Taylor & Burns is organized as a creative design studio fostering collaboration among owners, architects, and consultants. We see design as discovery of fresh approaches to physical and spatial problem-solving. Our most important service is inventive thinking. We deliver our services visually with effective communications, developing ideas and leading diverse constituencies through complex decisions and approvals. We follow through in technical details and with the practical know-how and fortitude to realize ideas in construction. Since 1994 we have worked from studios at 58 Winter Street in downtown Boston overlooking the Common. With NCARB certification, and registration in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont, we practice nationwide. LEED-accredited professionals, we are also a women-owned business, certified in Massachusetts as a WBE/DBE firm.

Gensler received recognition from the Business Week/Architectural Record Awards for projects that demonstrate the power of architectural design to meet strategic business goals. The company is a leading worldwide design, planning and strategic consulting firm, with offices in approximately 25 cities. It was ranked No. 1 on World Architecture's survey of international interior design firms, and other industry publications consistently rank Gensler as one of the world's leading architecture and interior design firms. Gensler's experience drives a focused exploration of how people experience the world around them. Its teams then use that knowledge to create and design solutions that give clients a fresh, competitive edge. Gensler has a location in Boston.