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One Boston Place 
General information Type Office Location 201 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts Coordinates 42°21′31″N 71°03′30″W / 42.35853°N 71.05838°WCoordinates: 42°21′31″N 71°03′30″W / 42.35853°N 71.05838°W Completed 1970 Height Roof 601 ft (183 m) Technical details Floor count 41 Design and construction Architect Pietro Belluschi,
Emery Roth & SonsDeveloper Cabot, Cabot & Forbes One Boston Place, also known as the Boston Company Building,[1] is a 41-story office tower located in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. With a height of 601 feet (183 meters), One Boston Place is the 4th-tallest building in the city. Despite its simple appearance, One Boston Place has become a major Boston landmark due to its distinctive diagonal exterior bracing and unusual rooftop "box" design. Completed in 1970, the skyscraper has served as home to several law, financial, real estate, and corporate firms. Bank of New York Mellon is currently (July 2007) the primary tenant of the building.
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History
Designed by architect Pietro Belluschi and developed by Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, construction of One Boston Place began in November 1967, and the first tenants occupied the building in March 1970. Alex Sutelman has served as the building's Chief Engineer since the early 1980s.
Features
One Boston Place has a steel frame construction with a masonry core. The building contains eighteen passenger elevators and one freight elevator, which were renovated in 2005. The lobby entrance features a planar glass wall system. The diagonal exterior bracing is characteristic of the architectural movement structural expressionism.
In October 2007, One Boston Place was recognized by the EPA's ENERGY STAR program.
In November 2008, One Boston Place became the first building in the world to earn a Gold level of certification through the US Green Building Council's LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED EB O&M) rating system. The building's environmental highlights include a highly reflective white roof and hardscape, the use of native vegetation on the building's plaza, and strong support of indoor air quality standards.
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Current John Hancock Tower · Prudential Tower · Federal Reserve Bank Building · One Boston Place · One International Place · First National Bank Building · One Financial Center · 111 Huntington Avenue · Two International Place · One Post Office Square · One Federal Street · Exchange Place · 60 State Street · One Beacon Street · One Lincoln Street · 28 State Street · Custom House Tower · Berkeley Building · 33 Arch Street · State Street Bank Building · Millennium Place Tower I · 125 High Street · 100 Summer Street · Millennium Place Tower II · McCormack Building · Keystone Building · Harbor Towers I · One Devonshire Place · Harbor Towers II · Saltonstall Building · 500 Boylston Street · Ames BuildingProposed Approved Under construction See also Categories:- Skyscrapers in Boston, Massachusetts
- Buildings and structures completed in 1970
- Pietro Belluschi buildings
- Office buildings in Boston, Massachusetts
- Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters
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