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Citizens Bank Corporate Campus

Project Description

123-acre activity-based campus design convenes 3,000 employees from disparate locations into a unified complex that supports a diverse range of private and collaborative work environments.
Complex consists of an 800-seat contact center, two four-story office wings, and an amenities building, all joined by a central connector building/main entrance.
A comprehensive graphics program brands both the corporate buildings as well as the campus with bold, eye-catching displays featuring core Citizens’ messaging.
Sustainability highlights include high-efficiency energy and lighting systems throughout the campus, composting and waste oil recovery system in the cafeteria, and a centralized waste-processing program to handle recycling and trash.

Photographer: Evan Joseph

Technology bar at Citizens Bank Corporate Campus

connector hallway at Citizens Bank Corporate Campus

office areas at Citizens Bank Corporate Campus

Cafeteria at Citizens Bank Corporate Campus

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Charles River Associates Chicago

Project Description

Transformed the consulting firm’s existing 35,620-sf office into a welcoming, daylight-filled, productive environment with a balance of private workspaces and collaborative gathering areas.
Adapted CRA’s standardized real estate metrics developed by Elkus Manfredi and implemented for other CRA office redesigns in Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C.
Created a visually-arresting staircase in the heart of the office that physically and emotionally connects the two floors and reflects light deep into the office.
Kindled collegiality and collaboration among staff by co-locating junior and senior colleagues in work neighborhoods and relocating the office’s café to staircase’s base.

Photographer: © Andrew Bordwin

coworkers having casual meeting in office cafe

coworkers having a conversation walking down open and airy office stairs

Chicago skyline through open office stairs and office cafe

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Equinox Fitness Center at One Seaport Square

Project Description

This luxury health and fitness lifestyle club occupies 35,000-square feet in the podium of The Benjamin.
Designers created a monumental staircase to connect ground-level reception/retail areas with members-only lounge, flexible work areas, and fitness spaces on level three.
Boutique design blurs the lines between live/work/play and reflects a modern sensibility that is “globally informed, yet locally grounded.”

Photographer: Andrew Bordwin

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Draper

“Together with Elkus Manfredi, we are creating the next generation of Draper — collaborative, collegial, entrepreneurial, fostering open innovation while maintaining strict security protocols demanded by our work.”

Elizabeth Mora

Chief Administrative Officer, Vice President of Finance and Administration

Project Description

Reinvented the 456,055-square-foot headquarters—organized around a new steel and glass atrium—to create a more open work environment ripe for spontaneous exchanges.
The atrium transforms a previously outdoor plaza into a vibrant space that fosters collaboration and exploration both with a public side and an employee-only side.
Interior executive area features a 4:1 ratio of open workstations to private offices, all of which are glass-fronted to reduce hierarchy and maintain transparency across all departments.
Daylight reaches deep into all work areas, and pops of bright color infuse the offices with vitality.

Photographer: Jasper Sanidad, Andrew Bordwin, and Eric Laignel

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Pier 4

Project Description

Mixed use office building with 20,000 square feet of rentable retail space on the ground floor and 367,400 square feet of rentable, first-class office space on the upper 12 floors..
Ground floor activated with restaurants, cafes, shops, and a pass-through lobby that connects to the public Harborwalk.
Penthouse level includes a terrace on the northwest side of the building overlooking Boston Harbor and the city skyline.
The use of a non-interlocking curtainwall marks an architectural first in Boston, allowing each façade to interact with its neighbors.

Photographer: Magda Biernat

“Each massing move and its correspondent façade responds to the surrounding exterior site elements. The most visible, the East façade, expresses dynamic, meandering movement that is achieved by the shifting of paired floors. These moves have been carefully studied to avoid any interlocking of the intersecting floors.”

Christian Galvao

Vice President, Architectural Designer, Elkus Manfredi Architects

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Samuels & Associates Headquarters

Project Description

This contemporary corporate headquarters reflects the company’s commitment to urban adaptive re-use by celebrating the 8,600-sf space’s industrial past as an automotive garage.
Design touches speak to the building’s history as well as the authentic, creative culture of the company and its entrepreneurial founder and chairman.
Four different meeting spaces off the welcoming reception area allow for private client meetings, and then can be opened up to create a larger space for entertaining and events.
Functional, comfortable workspaces accommodate 100 employees with a variety of public and private work areas.

Photographer: Eric Laignel

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New Balance Headquarters

“The headquarters is a space where our associates can thrive and the brand can continue to grow, fulfilling its promise by pushing forward to deliver the best in innovative footwear and apparel.”

Jim Davis

CEO, New Balance

Project Description

The 250,000-sf headquarters anchors a 14-acre health and wellness district in Boston Landing.
The headquarters is the first LEED v2009 CS Platinum project in U.S. to achieve all Indoor Environmental Quality credits and third worldwide.
The new workplace features flexible, open, non-hierarchical workspace, large employee cafeteria, café, showrooms, and a community park.

Photographer: Robert Benson (exteriors), Andrew Bordwin (interiors)

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“The once underutilized and fractured neighborhood has become a new cohesive health and wellness district for the City of Boston, thanks to the benchmarking design of the new home for New Balance.”

Hal Munger AIA, LEED AP

Architect, Elkus Manfredi Architects

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Potamus Trading

Project Description

Headquarter interiors for entrepreneurial high-tech financial services firm is set on Boston Harbor.
Space streamlines workflow, flexes with firm growth, and works as a magnet for top talent.
Staff have quick access to trading floor from every area; kitchen supports informal collaboration/client entertaining; reception desk doubles as DJ booth; acoustically separate gaming room allows staff to unwind after markets close.

Photographer: Garrett Roland, Jasper Sanidad

Potamus Trading Sitting Area Private Office

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New York Genome Center

Project Description

The New York Genome Center is the headquarters for an independent nonprofit consortium representing 18 world-class research institutions.
This 150,000-sf headquarters provides genomic sequencing laboratories and research facilities on seven floors of an existing building, allowing for future expansion. Amenities include a training center, 190-seat auditorium, and 100-seat café.
Labs, offices, and common areas feature demountable partitions, moveable lab furniture, and interchangeable plug-and-play utility systems for easy reconfiguration.

Photographer: David Joseph

New York Genome Center Extraction Laboratory

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Global Headquarters

Project Description

Fifteen-story building for global pharmaceutical campus creates 424,000 sf of research, laboratory, and office space, and 18,000 sf of retail and restaurant space.
Lab design and interior design for the entire 1.18-million-sf campus promotes free-flowing communication and scientific discovery.
Welcoming environment offers daylit research and laboratory facilities, open workstations, private offices, five types of collaboration space, centrally located employee “living rooms” on each office floor, and a 500-person café with a roof terrace overlooking Boston Harbor.

Photographer: Chuck Choi

“The tallest height was located at the periphery of the Fan Pier development, and its low-rise component was utilized to address the impact on the public realm and to create a massing relief at the center of Fan Pier. The curving of the upper component responds to the views from within the building and acknowledges the potential obstruction to Boston Harbor views from the neighboring buildings.”

Christian Galvao

Vice President, Architectural Designer, Elkus Manfredi Architects