--- title: "Hickox Williams Architects, Inc. — Architects & Building Designers | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/hickox-williams-architects-inc-pfvwus-pf~1040246880 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~1040246880.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Hickox Williams Architects, Inc." category: ["Architects"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/ee9328f60240ca6c_2987-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "58 Winter Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, United States" latitude: 42.3576 longitude: -71.0684 phone: "(617) 542-1080" website: http://www.hickoxwilliams.com rating: 5 review_count: 9 best_of_houzz_awards: 1 followers: 143 last_updated: 2026-08-28 --- # Hickox Williams Architects, Inc. Original Houzz profile: [Hickox Williams Architects, Inc.](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/hickox-williams-architects-inc-pfvwus-pf~1040246880) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Architects - **Location:** Boston, MA - **Serves:** Boston, Cambridge, Newton, Somerville, Waltham, Brookline, Weymouth, Arlington, Chelsea, Jamaica Plain, Lexington, Watertown, Needham, Saugus, Milton, Belmont, Wakefield, Dorchester, Dedham, Hingham, Stoneham, Winchester, Winthrop, Scituate, Westwood, Swampscott, Charlestown, East Boston, Hull, Nahant, Auburndale, Connecticut, Hyde Park, Maine, Mattapan, Needham Heights, New Hampshire, New York, Newton Lower Falls, Newton Upper Falls, Newtonville, Readville, Rhode Island, Roslindale, Vermont, Virginia, Waban, West Newton - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (9 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 1 award (2020), for Design. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Recommended on Houzz - 10,000 Ideabook Saves - Best of Houzz winner - 30 years in business For over 30 years, Hickox Williams Architects has studied the spirit of New England’s architectural history and has built a reputation for creating exquisitely designed homes. HWA’s success is built on optimizing our team’s technical skill and talent; blending our historical knowledge with modern energy and vision. Perhaps our greatest strength, however, is the bond we form with clients. Our architects are committed to guiding you through every step of the design process: from discussing goals to bringing your dreams to life. We are dedicated to staying involved with contractors during construction to ensure projects stay on-track, stay within scope, and are beautifully built. HWA also has an eye towards the future: exploring environmentally progressive projects and the latest techniques and design, with a strong focus on community involvement. Insightful and inspiring creativity, with attention to detail and professional discipline: Hickox Williams Architects. ### Services Provided - Architectural Design - Home Remodeling - Custom Homes - New Home Construction - Home Additions - Home Extensions - Kitchen Design - Guesthouse Design & Construction - Universal Design - Home Restoration - Staircase Design ### Areas Served - Boston - Cambridge - Newton - Somerville - Waltham - Brookline - Weymouth - Arlington - Chelsea - Jamaica Plain - Lexington - Watertown - Needham - Saugus - Milton - Belmont - Wakefield - Dorchester - Dedham - Hingham - Stoneham - Winchester - Winthrop - Scituate - Westwood - Swampscott - Charlestown - East Boston - Hull - Nahant - Auburndale - Connecticut - Hyde Park - Maine - Mattapan - Needham Heights - New Hampshire - New York - Newton Lower Falls - Newton Upper Falls - Newtonville - Readville - Rhode Island - Roslindale - Vermont - Virginia - Waban - West Newton ### Typical Job Cost $250,000 - 10 million We offer design and project management services for a wide range of projects and budgets. ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Hickox Williams Architects, Inc. | | Address | 58 Winter Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, United States | | Phone | (617) 542-1080 | | Website | http://www.hickoxwilliams.com | | Followers on Houzz | 143 | **Social profiles:** - Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/hickoxwilliams/ - LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/3957569/ - Blog — https://www.instagram.com/hickoxwilliams/ ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Hickox Williams Architects, Inc.](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/hickox-williams-architects-inc-pfvwus-pf~1040246880) - **Website:** http://www.hickoxwilliams.com - **Phone:** (617) 542-1080 ## Credentials - **Best of Houzz:** 1 award (2020), for Design. **Affiliations** - [The American Institute of Architects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/schools-and-organizations/the-american-institute-of-architects-pfvwus-pf~1350720471) ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 9 reviews** ### All 9 reviews **★★★★★ — Katharine Armstrong, Dec. 2016** > Excellent eye. Good combination of practical and very imaginative. Stayed in budget guidelines. Good to work with. Project was two bathrooms in high rise building with complex work rules **★★★★★ — Earl Lewis, Dec. 2016** > Fantastic job. Working with us, the builder,the decorator, town,etc. our home won the "Bull Finch" award.i would hire them again. **★★★★★ — Alan Savenor, Dec. 2016** > We had a very particular challenge. How to renovate and expand a house considered to be part of the first Mid-Century Modern development in the U.S. We also had a firm budget, and as a builder by trade, some ideas of our own. Hickox/Williams had the imagination, sensitivity and creativity we needed to retain and respect the spirit of the home and its place in the history of the Modern movement, as well as discipline to keep the project on time and on budget. Once the contractor started, together we renovated and doubled the size of the house in nine months. Today, you would think it all of a piece, the new is so well integrated into the original. **★★★★★ — liz Shepherd, Dec. 2016** > We hired Hickox Williams to work on two projects: an historic property in Cambridge and a loft in Boston. Brigid Williams' work exceeded our expectations in her creativity and project management. We were delighted with our working relationship and plan to hire her again soon for a third project. **★★★★★ — Fred Pratt, Dec. 2016** > They are a very professional firm. They are very responsive and creative and solved problems quickly. I would certainly use them again. **★★★★★ — Anne Aitken, Dec. 2016** > Hickox Williams re-designed part of our 300 year old Cape house, and re-modelled our Beacon Hill apartment. They were a pleasure to work with, efficient, prompt, sensitive to cost, good listeners, ready with ideas but respectful of what we liked, and their expertise took the projects to new levels and made us glad we had hired an architect, not tried to go it alone with a contractor. **★★★★★ — F.H. Perry Builder, Dec. 2016** > If anyone knows architecture it is Hickox Williams. From the inside out. From the creative and the possible. From your dreams to a dreamy reality. Patrick and Brigid bring expertise to a new level; its beyond learned or studied, it's just part of their very being. They bring technical and beautiful together in one and recreate spaces with a grace and a care the matches the perfection of an art masterpiece or an aria that brings you to tears. **★★★★★ — Robert Osteen, Dec. 2016** > Brigid Williams solved a multitude of problems for us. We were re-doing an old house that needed totally new systems and design solutions to modernize the house and make it fit our life style. Brigid listened patiently and came up with startling, innovative and esthetically pleasing solutions to our problems. She stuck with us through the inevitable construction issues and we could not be happier with the results. **★★★★★ — lball33, Dec. 2016** > Hickox Williams is a superb architectural firm! Their vision and creativity are amazing. Always delightful to work with. This was our third project with them. ## Selected projects - [Historical Home Renovation and Addition \| Cambridge](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/historical-home-renovation-and-addition-cambridge-pj-vj~339683) - Location: Cambridge, MA - Photos: 22 - Description: This Second Empire house is a narrative woven about its circulation. At the street, a quietly fanciful stoop reaches to greet one's arrival. Inside and out, Victorian details are playfully reinterpreted and celebrated in fabulous and whimsical spaces for a growing family - Double story kitchen with open cylindrical breakfast room Parents' and Children's libraries Secret playspaces Top floor sky-lit courtyard Writing room and hidden library Basement parking Media Room Landscape of exterior rooms:… - [Modern and Contemporary Home Renovation \| Lexington](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/modern-and-contemporary-home-renovation-lexington-pj-vj~334175) - Location: Lexington, MA - Photos: 12 - [Flat of the Hill House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/flat-of-the-hill-house-pj-vj~2186953) - Location: Boston, MA - Photos: 14 - [Public Garden Flat](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/public-garden-flat-pj-vj~2187025) - Location: Boston, MA - Photos: 10 - [West Cedar Street Townhouse 5](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/west-cedar-street-townhouse-5-pj-vj~2186907) - Location: Boston, MA - Photos: 8 - [Boston Harbor Flat](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/boston-harbor-flat-pj-vj~2343879) - Location: Boston, MA - Photos: 34 - Description: Contemporary condo renovation; crisp, modern detailing; flexible spaces; backdrop for artwork - [Buzzard's Bay House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/buzzard-s-bay-house-pj-vj~332473) - Location: Dartmouth, MA - Photos: 18 - Description: The original house, built in the early 18th century, was moved to this location two hundred years later. This whole house project includes an outdoor stage, a library, two barns, an exercise complex and extensive landscaping with tennis court and pools. A new stair winds upward to the study built as a widow's walk on the roof. A large window provides a view to the sea-wall at the bottom of the garden and Buzzard's Bay beyond. The new stair allows views from the central front hall into the Living… - [Cambridge House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/cambridge-house-pj-vj~332865) - Location: Cambridge, MA - Photos: 12 - Description: This early 19th century house was renovated to incorporate a large wing which allowed for a master bedroom suite, custom kitchen, living room and study. The arched form of the large window and the recessed bay window recall later 19th century American architecture. The original stair was restored. The new railing is composed of antique newels and reproduced balusters. Custom structural columns, adorned with aluminum leaves and tiny light fixtures divide the spaces of the kitchen. Spruce cabinets… - [Duxbury House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/duxbury-house-pj-vj~332921) - Location: Duxbury, MA - Photos: 7 - [Chestnut Street](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/chestnut-street-pj-vj~332886) - Location: Boston, MA - Photos: 4 - Description: Twin sisters separately and together share this lovely townhouse. A classically federal staircase connects private to common areas - Twin parlors and a formal dining room Paneled library with a balcony over the garden Family kitchen and living room embrace a fireplace Sun-filled breakfast room opening to miniature arcaded courtyard Murals depicting significant events and beloved places - [House In Fields](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/house-in-fields-pj-vj~332441) - Location: Lexington, MA - Photos: 6 - Description: This large addition to a small house built in the 1950s by The Architects Collaborative uses the original formal and material vocabulary to create a dramatic transformation. The new building sits in a slot of space between the existing house and garage and uses their geometry as a format for opening to the landscape and sunlight. The new building contains - A music room, bar and spacious living room with field stone fireplace New light-filled stair to the second floor Family library with window… - [Beacon Hill Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/beacon-hill-residence-pj-vj~344313) - Location: Boston, MA - Photos: 9 - Description: BEACON HILL, BOSTON Personal house of the influential early-American architect, Asher Benjamin. Sun fills kitchen and new breakfast room. New windows allow work area a view of city garden. Custom cabinetry provides visual appeal and abundant storage. Scholarly reproduction of historic detail. - [New Hampshire Guest House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/new-hampshire-guest-house-pj-vj~339707) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 2 - Description: New Hampshire Guest House The objective of this project was to create a self-contained guest house and provide a great room that would serve the main house. Over half the volume of this guest house is occupied by a high-ceilinged living room suitable for multiple concurrent activities. At one side of the large space is a fanciful stair leading up around the chimney to a second floor sleeping loft and bathroom. The chinoiserie railing and the immense cast lion's head mounted on the chimney contri… - [Sherbourne House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/sherbourne-house-pj-vj~344435) - Location: Sherborn, MA - Photos: 5 - [Seaside House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/seaside-house-pj-vj~344375) - Location: Falmouth, MA - Photos: 7 - Description: WOODS HOLE SEASIDE HOUSE - [Urban Aerie](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/urban-aerie-pj-vj~344586) - Location: Boston, MA - Photos: 6 - Description: This four floor 3 bedroom house was conceived as a light filled in-town fortress for a global journalist adventurer. Its rugged vocabulary consists of custom details in wood, metal, stained plaster, concrete and masonry. At its heart is a soaring 2-storey living room library, framed by massive structural beams, and housing exotic trophies, maps, cameras equipment and firearms. The articulated open riser stair leads up to rooftop study mounted on a ship-like deck, reaching to distant views. - [Tidal River House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/tidal-river-house-pj-vj~2187006) - Location: Dartmouth, MA - Photos: 24 - [Snake Hill Road House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/snake-hill-road-house-pj-vj~2186986) - Location: Belmont, MA - Photos: 13 - [Bay Village Townhouse](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/bay-village-townhouse-pj-vj~7242042) - Location: Boston, MA - Photos: 34 [See all 19 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/hickox-williams-architects-inc-pfvwus-pf~1040246880) ## Ideabooks - [10 burnham pergola](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/114513131/list/10-burnham-pergola) — 19 ideas - [96 chestnut kitchen](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/102214562/list/96-chestnut-kitchen) — 5 ideas - [Harbor Towers](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/52952927/list/harbor-towers) — 18 ideas - [180 Vanities](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/51737358/list/180-vanities) — 5 ideas - [180 Staircases](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/44551010/list/180-staircases) — 38 ideas - [8 PFR](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/48812881/list/8-pfr) — 10 ideas - [Backsplash ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/48380194/list/backsplash-ideas) — 9 ideas - [NMW](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/30247520/list/nmw) — 28 ideas - [180 Fireplace](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/44553062/list/180-fireplace) — 6 ideas - [180 HNR Lighting trusses](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/46566814/list/180-hnr-lighting-trusses) — 12 ideas - [180 Kitchen](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/44600864/list/180-kitchen) — 20 ideas - [180](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/30247605/list/180) — 34 ideas - [180 Bookshelves](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/44553040/list/180-bookshelves) — 6 ideas - [17 Princes Pine](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/34661069/list/17-princes-pine) — 3 ideas - [73 Liv lighting](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/33265358/list/73-liv-lighting) — 2 ideas - [Light Color](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/16627756/list/light-color) — 4 ideas [See all 16 ideabooks](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/hickoxwilliams) ## Community Q&A **Q: How is the bench attached to the wall? I love this look!** *(in Photo Questions)* A: pauly154 - The bench is structurally suspended from the wall using three low-profile brackets resulting in the "floating" effect. **Q: what is the wood that the bench is made of ?** *(in Photo Questions)* A: Hi pauly154, the bench is made from teak. Thanks for the question! **Q: Paint color** *(in Photo Questions)* What is the paint on the walls?? Thank you! A: Dear Meri Monsour, Thank you very much for asking. It's a Farrow and Ball color - Pavilion Gray - but do try a sample before committing. Daylight creates such variety in a single color. This photo was shot in overcast midday light in the late spring. Windows face East. I hope this helps. With best wishes, Brigid Williams HICKOX WILLIAMS ARCHITECTS **Q: countertop** *(in Photo Questions)* what is the countertop A: Hi Laura! This kitchen has gorgeous honed soapstone countertops with a simple eased edge. **Q: Hi Gregg,** *(in Photo Questions)* What is the beautiful counter top material? Thanks very much. Nicky A: We're glad you like it! **Q: Siding?** *(in Photo Questions)* What is the siding material and finish used here? Redwood and stain? Or a semi solid or solid finish? It's very pretty. Thanks in advance! A: Great to hear from you! The exterior cladding is clear cedar with a slightly pigmented stain. It looked beautiful when it was first completed and still looks amazing today! --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-08-28.*