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Project Information
- The new 80,000-sf office space supports the health company’s marketing and communications team with an inspiring, natural light-filled, collaborative environment.
- Designers applied a “resi-mercial” approach to create a space that integrates the comfort of a modern residential aesthetic into highly specific and sophisticated work functions.
- Designed with staff health and wellness in mind, every space type is ergonomically designed, from meeting rooms and individual offices to the wide range of informal spaces.
- The spacious café filled with natural light helps to foster a sense of one cohesive community, allowing all staff to spontaneously connect and collaborate with each other.
Photography © Connie Zhou
![An employee works seated in a wingback chair](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Gallery_AETNA_LoungeToOffices_©ConnieZhou.jpg)
![Employee cafe with comfortable seating](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Spotlight_AETNA_CafeOverall_©ConnieZhou.jpg)
AWARD
Architecture MasterPrize
Honorable Mention – Interior Design / Workplaces
![](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Spotlight_AETNA_LoungeToMeetingRm_©ConnieZhou.jpg)
![Work stations with custom millwork lattice](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Gallery_AETNA_WorkstationsToLatticeWall_©ConnieZhou.jpg)
![A seating area for casual meetings in the pink lounge](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Gallery_AETNA_PinkLoungeSeating_©ConnieZhou.jpg)
![Seating area in communal cafe](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Gallery_AETNA_CafeSeatingDetail_©ConnieZhou.jpg)
![Seating detail in cafe](https://www.elkus-manfredi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ALT_CafeLoungeSeatingWNiches_©ConnieZhou.jpg)