Boston · Since 1930
Four generations of the same city block.
VMY Architects began as Samuel Glaser's practice in 1930, one of the first architectural firms in Boston. Nearly a century on, the work still starts the same way: a project team around one leading professional, from first sketch to final punch list.
A continuous line
- 1930
Samuel Glaser opens one of the first architectural firms in the Boston area.
- 1968
The office becomes a partnership, Samuel Glaser and Partners.
- 1979
Reorganized into two practices. V. Victors Vitols founds Vitols Associates.
- Today
VMY Architects LLC, on Needham Street in Newton.
Work, by the record
Residential, Institutional, Commercial, Transportation
Wakefield Crossing
Wakefield, Massachusetts130 condominiumsResidential
Marina Bay
Quincy, Massachusetts120 acre masterplanResidential
Maplewood Place
Malden, Massachusetts98 senior living unitsSenior living
Stonehill College Dining Facility
North Easton, Massachusetts60,000 sfInstitutional
Essex Court
Salem, MassachusettsHistoric district infillResidential
Quincy Adams MBTA Station
South Quincy, Massachusetts2,000 carsTransportation
The people on your project
V. Victors Vitols
Principal
M.Arch, MIT. Over forty years directing commercial, transportation, housing and institutional work.
Marquis G. Major
Principal
B.Arch with Distinction, Virginia Tech. Project architect on more than 670 apartment units.
Hiroshi Yoneyama, AIA
Principal
M.Arch and B.S. Civil Engineering, MIT. Two million sf of commercial work, plus preservation.
Richard C. Shnider
Architect
M.Arch, University of Minnesota. Housing, municipal, educational and recreational projects.