Temple Shalom of Newton

Newton, Massachusetts

Prior to 1998/1999 renovations, Temple Shalom’s 1955 facility had been maintained without significant alterations and the temple has grown to over 1,000 families with one of the largest schools in the Greater Boston area. A master plan was developed by our firm and approved by the board of directors in 1996. The subsequent addition and renovations upgraded the entire facility with an emphasis on universal access, expansion of classrooms, a new chapel, additional multi-purpose areas, expansion of offices, refurbishment of the sanctuary and social hall and a functional daily entrance for the offices and school. The project was completed in 1999.

Shown below, is the new daily entrance leading to accessible circulation routes to the multipurpose rooms, school and offices.






Photography: Wayne Soverns Jr.




Temple Shalom of Newton, MA.


The new addition inserted between the Sanctuary and the School Wing relates to the existing buildings with a new gabled and flat roof form. The addition, tightly composed on three levels, houses a nursery on the lowest level with a grade access playground, a meeting room and lobby on the mid-level and a meeting room and chapel on the upper level shown below. The design of the Chapel Ark in decoration collaboration with the artist Diane Palley and is an enlargement of paper cuts silk screened on clear glass. The Chapel faces a lobby and a small meeting room for family receptions.

The success of this project is in the artistic integration of the addition with the original 1955 building.

Daily Entrance: Temple Shalom of Newton.





View of daily entrance




Ark: Temple Shalom of Newton.








View of the Ark



Chapel: Temple Shalom of Newton.







View of Chapel









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