One Boston Place

The One Boston Place, Boston and Company Building is 601 ft (183 m ) high and 41 storeys is the fourth tallest skyscraper in the city of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. It is in the Financial District and is used as an office building. Despite its relatively simple appearance, the building was quickly due to its unique outer frame and the unusual roof designs Attraction. It was completed in 1970 and served companies from diverse sectors as the headquarters. In July 2007, the Bank of New York Mellon was the main tenant.

History

With the construction of the designed by architect Pietro Belluschi and built by Cabot, Cabot & Forbes building was started in November 1967. The first tenants moved in in March 1970. Since the early 1980s, Alex Sutelman works in the building as chief engineer.

Special

The One Boston Place has a steel frame, which is arranged around a brick core. There are 18 passenger elevators and one freight, which were last renovated in 2005. The walls of the lobby, consist of a system of planar glass tiles. The existing of diagonal struts outer frame is characteristic of the style of high-tech architecture.

In October 2007, the building was recognized Star program in the EPA Energy. In November 2008 it became the first building in the world, which received an award from the U.S. Green Building Council in gold for already completed building. In particular it was classified due to its highly reflective white roof, the use of natural vegetation on the forecourt and the stringent requirements of the air quality inside the building as environmentally friendly.