Private company

Machado and Silvetti Associates

Architecture and urban design firm

Machado Silvetti is an architecture architecture and urban design firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Incorporated in 1985, the firm has been widely recognized as one of the most influential architectural practices in contemporary design, known for its distinctive approach to adaptive reuse, museum design, and contextual architecture.2 It was founded by Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1985Founded1

Machado Silvetti is an architecture architecture and urban design firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Incorporated in 1985, the firm has been widely recognized as one of the most influential architectural practices in contemporary design, known for its distinctive approach to adaptive reuse, museum design, and contextual architecture.2

The story

Founded by Jorge Silvetti and Rodolfo Machado in 1985.1

Leadership

Who has led Machado and Silvetti Associates, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Timeline

  1. 1985Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$15.3M 2020–2026
Without federal contracts$427.5K 2020–2021
Without federal contractsWithout federal contracts, 2020–2021: $427.5K in all. PPP loans $427.5K.$0$100K$200K$300K2020 · PPP loans: $217.5K20202021 · PPP loans: $210.0K2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansFederal contractsTotal
2026–$105.7K$105.7K
2025–$4.4M$4.4M
2024–$3.1M$3.1M
2023–$142.9K$142.9K
2022–$4.5M$4.5M
2021$210.0K$2.6M$2.8M
2020$217.5K$20.0K$237.5K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov3, by calendar year, 2020–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

  1. Jul 17, 2024$5.0M from Department of State: Project development and design services in bogota, colombia4 To MACHADO AND SILVETTI ASSOCIATES, INC Award 19AQMM24F1347
  2. Jan 5, 2022$3.0M from Department of State: Project development and design services for a new embassy compound (nec) and existing embassy compound advance plans in kuala lumpur, malays5 To MACHADO AND SILVETTI ASSOCIATES, INC Award 19AQMM22F0356
  3. Aug 9, 2022$2.6M from Department of State: Project development and design services for a new embassy compound (nec) and new city park in chisinau, moldova.6 To MACHADO AND SILVETTI ASSOCIATES, INC Award 19AQMM22F2845
  4. Sep 21, 2023$1.3M from Department of State: Project development and design services for a new embassy post newly acquired building (nab) - lease fit-out (lfo) in port vila, vanuatu.7 To MACHADO AND SILVETTI ASSOCIATES, INC Award 19AQMM23F2540
  5. Sep 22, 2021$1.1M from Department of State: Master planning services in bogota, colombia8 To MACHADO AND SILVETTI ASSOCIATES, INC Award 19AQMM21F4343

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA9. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 13, 2020$217.5K PPP loan (first draw) from Cambridge Savings Bank9To MACHADO AND SILVETTI ASSOCIATES, INC., Boston MA; $218.9K forgiven Dec 10, 2020
  2. Jan 23, 2021$210.0K PPP loan (second draw) from Cambridge Savings Bank9To MACHADO AND SILVETTI ASSOCIATES, INC., Boston MA; $212.4K forgiven Mar 25, 2022