Confidential Law Firm

July 6, 2020 / no comments

Confidential Law Firm

Corporate
LOCATION: Boston, MA
COMPLETED: 2019
SIZE: 206,000 SF
OWNERS: Confidential
ARCHITECT: Elkus Manfredi Architects
PHOTOGRAPHER: © Connie Zhou
DESIGN TEAM:Keith Yancey
 James Perry
 Maggie Golden

The client is a contemporary law firm who was focused on creating both a welcoming and high-end environment for their new offices in downtown Boston. Elegant and well-tailored, the office is complete with architectural and millwork details that add richness to the surfaces. The lighting was designed to reinforce these details through integration and alignment that create deliberately subtle shades of white and introduces complementary decorative elements that accessorize and add sparkle.

The office is primarily composed of both private offices and open workspaces, conference rooms, common areas and specialty cafes. A special “client-facing” floor was also included in the design with a lobby, larger conference rooms, and flexible training spaces.  Diffuse lighting both from indirect sources and backlit translucent stretched fabric membranes, along with direct light sources, creates a pleasing and bright environment. Additionally, the client has a large art collection that required curating focused light almost every location of artwork, treating the corridors as an art gallery.

101 Summer Street Lobby

January 23, 2020 / no comments

101 Summer Street Lobby

Retail & Hospitality | Corporate
LOCATION: Boston, MA
COMPLETED: 2019
SIZE: 4,000 SF
ARCHITECT: ChoThompson
PHOTOGRAPHER: © Nicole Franzen
DESIGN TEAM:James Perry
 Dan Weissman

SQZ Biotechnologies

June 10, 2020 / no comments

SQZ Biotechnologies

Corporate
LOCATION: Watertown, MA
COMPLETED: 2020
SIZE: 63,000 SF
OWNERS: SQZ Biotechnologies
ARCHITECT: Jacobs
PHOTOGRAPHER: © Anton Grassl
DESIGN TEAM:Glenn Heinmiller
 Amber Hepner
 Srushti Totadri

This adaptive reuse project transformed 63,000 square feet of a 19th century industrial building into a 21st century research facility for SQZ Biotech (“Squeeze”). Daylight entering through ample skylights and windows satisfies much of the lighting needs during the day. On cloudy days and after dark, a bold lighting solution provides general lighting throughout by indirectly lighting the high sloped ceilings, avoiding the clutter and complexity of hanging fixtures throughout the large volumes. Additional illuminance levels at the lab benches are provided by a unique integrated bench lighting system. Overall lighting power density for the project, approximately half-lab and half-office, is only 0.45 w/ft2 resulting in a $39,697 Mass Save Performance Lighting incentive payment to the owner.

Microsoft Research Lab

October 23, 2019 / no comments

Microsoft Research Lab

Corporate
LOCATION: Cambridge, MA
COMPLETED: 2019
SIZE: 76,000 SF
OWNERS: Microsoft
ARCHITECT: Sasaki Associates
PHOTOGRAPHER: © John Horner
DESIGN TEAM:Keith Yancey
 Amber Hepner

Innovation is the lifeblood of the technology industry. It’s fueled by strong collaborations and serendipitous collisions between dissimilar ideas.  The lighting story for this multinational technology company begins with a concept sketch, illustrating three basic zones in the heart of the work area. Solitary activities, such as walking, are rendered only with pools of light. Focus areas highlight tasks, but also introduce synapses of sparkle in a porous lid. Collaboration spaces are bathed with illumination, folding in daylight. One- and two-story sanctuaries filled with daylight and luminous decorative elements are used to relax the eye, by focusing on distant views.

Kronos Offices

December 10, 2020 / no comments

Kronos Offices

Corporate
LOCATION: Lowell, MA
COMPLETED: 2018
SIZE: 465,000 SF
OWNERS: Kronos
ARCHITECT: Packard Design
PHOTOGRAPHER: © Robert Benson Photography
DESIGN TEAM:Justin Brown

Comprising 6,000 employees worldwide, the multi-national workforce and human capital management cloud provider, Kronos, had outgrown their previous location in Chelmsford, MA, and selected the iconic Cross Point office tower complex in Lowell for their new global headquarters in 2016. Now centralized and spread across 16 floors, their new 465,000 square foot space affords a combination of private and open offices, conference rooms, and breakout spaces within generous common areas.

A combination of architecturally-integrated uplighting, wallwashing, and decorative pendants in bold geometric forms emphasize the architectural features that are primarily situated around the building cores and common areas. Not to be ignored, the predominant open offices benefit from a fun interpretation of the Kronos logo. The seemingly normal direct/indirect linear pendants lighting these spaces take a different direction by literally changing direction; at the end of each run, the custom pendants bend upwards at the same angle as the lines in the company logo and help mark the circulation zones around the workstations.

121 Seaport Boulevard

January 14, 2020 / no comments

121 Seaport

Corporate
LOCATION: Boston, MA
COMPLETED: 2019
SIZE: 450,000 SF
OWNERS: American Realty Advisors
ARCHITECT: CBT Architects
PHOTOGRAPHER: © Chuck Choi, Tracy Shankle
DESIGN TEAM:James Perry
 Jack Risser

This new 17-story, 450,000-square-foot Class-A office building in Boston’s Seaport District promotes sustainable design while enhancing neighborhood vibrancy and innovation within the building. Lighting was carefully selected for both sustainable and aesthetic opportunities. Tenant amenities include a private fitness center and a rooftop terrace with sweeping skyline and harbor views. 121 Seaport achieved LEED Platinum efficiency certification; the site commanded creative orientation and material selection, and from these incremental developments has developed an unprecedented embodiment of sustainability.

Charles River Associates

December 16, 2020 / no comments

Charles River Associates

Corporate
LOCATION: Boston, MA
COMPLETED: 2014
SIZE: 45000 SF
OWNERS: Charles River Associates
ARCHITECT: Elkus Manfredi Architects
PHOTOGRAPHER: © Frank Oudeman
DESIGN TEAM:Keith Yancey

Charles River Associates has made its Boston home on the 9th and 10th floors of the former John Hancock Tower in the Back Bay. The approximately 45,000 square feet of fit-out space consists of open and private offices, meeting and training rooms, and a jewel-like, two-story café area overlooking Copley Square. Colored glass and pendant light fixtures add brightness and sparkle throughout the various spaces.

Rapid7

October 29, 2019 / no comments

Rapid7

Corporate
LOCATION: Boston, MA
COMPLETED: 2018
SIZE: 147,000 SF
OWNERS: Rapid7
ARCHITECT: IA Interior Architects
PHOTOGRAPHER: © Robert Benson Photography
DESIGN TEAM:Keith Yancey
 Sarah Fisher
 Lisa Wong
 Penn Whitlow

Rapid7, a leading provider of analytics and automation solutions for security and IT professionals, consolidated its downtown teams and engineers from its previous location in Cambridge to a headquarters in downtown Boston. Conceived as a vertical ecosystem, the Boston headquarters includes a number of themed, hospitality-style spaces for employees to enjoy and use as a retreat from standard office-style environments. The lighting design mimics this intended style with warm and inviting fixtures and pendants throughout the robust amenity hubs. Lighting details also incorporate Rapid7’s signature orange color, most prominent in the four-story atrium and connecting stair.

Abiomed

October 29, 2019 / no comments

Abiomed

Corporate
LOCATION: Danvers, MA
COMPLETED: 2018
SIZE: 160,000 SF
OWNERS: Abiomed
ARCHITECT: Stantec Architecture
PHOTOGRAPHER: © Trent Bell Photography
DESIGN TEAM:Keith Yancey
 Justin Brown
 Maggie Golden

Healthcare technology firm Abiomed recently renovated its Danvers office to a state-of-the-art headquarters, showcasing its growing portfolio and market share in life-saving medical technology advancements. The facility accommodates hundreds of new employees and visitors, while creating enhanced work, research, training, and amenity spaces. A custom pendant in the shape of the Abiomed logo greets visitors in the reception area. Office lighting provides an ambient environment with y-shaped pendants scattered throughout work areas, while soft uplights and focused downlights are used in more informal lounge spaces and employee break areas. Landscape lighting also complements the new signature entrance and vehicular drop off area, with soft-lit bollards that create a dramatic but functional effect.

The Boston Globe

September 16, 2019 / no comments

The Boston Globe

Corporate
LOCATION: Boston, MA
COMPLETED: 2018
SIZE: 62,525 SF
OWNERS: The Boston Globe
ARCHITECT: Gensler
PHOTOGRAPHER: © Richard Mandelkorn
DESIGN TEAM:Robert Osten
 Dan Weissman
 Maggie Golden

A world leader in journalism, the Boston Globe recently relocated from their Morrissey Boulevard facility to floors two and three of 53 State Street in vibrant downtown Boston. The renovation includes offices space, conference rooms, common areas featuring social spaces, a newsroom “hub,” and re-use of a grand staircase in the building lobby as their main entrance. Seeking a clean and minimalistic aesthetic, the lobby uses discreet low-brightness downlights interspersed with decorative pendants and repurposes the ‘B’ and ‘G’ from the Globe’s former headquarters sign. Office spaces are comfortably bright, taking advantage of linear fixtures integrated within the ACT support system. Conference rooms extend this clean aesthetic, employing a rectilinear ring of light around each room with a blade of clear acrylic.