CBT Architects Receives "Best in Show" for One Post Office Square ...

BOSTON, MA.- CBT Architects and Equity Office Properties took home multiple honors in the New England Chapter of the International Interior Design Association���s (IIDA) fourth annual Interior Design Awards, including the Best in Show award for its renovation and repositioning of the lobby at One Post Office Square in Boston. The 41-story Class A office tower also received first place in the Office Under 30,000 SF category, and CBT and Equity Office Properties placed first in the Hospitality category for its work at Equinox Fitness in Boston���s 225 Franklin Street. Located on Post Office Square, the building is a signature 830,000 SF office tower updated with an elegant new lobby, entrance, and enhanced fa��ade at street level. CBT worked as partners with the building owner, Equity Office Properties, to reposition the building and to transform the address into a prominent Class A property. ���A high degree of coordination and attention to detail by the design team, construction team, stone fabricator and stone layer was required to properly execute the lobby feature wall that depicts the Apennines Mountains,��� said Robert A. The result is the satisfying vision of valleys and ridges climbing through the clouds across the wall.��� ���In this challenging economy we decided dramatic alterations were a necessity to maintain the One Post Office Square elite status in the city. The opportunity was ideal to transform an underperforming asset into a prized property,��� said Andrew Maher, Managing Director of Equity Office Properties. As a result of the upgrades and physical changes at One Post Office Square, we were able to retain the property���s flagship tenants: Putnam Investments and Sullivan & The lobby is composed of a quiet white-on-white palette which forms the background for the seasonal color of Post Office Square to vibrantly enliven the space. in fact the existing basement vault of building was used for the locker rooms and inspired the design of the entire fitness club.