Photography: Warren Patterson
Margulies Perruzzi Architects designed the offices for real estate investment trust AvalonBay Communities, located in Boston, Massachusetts.
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., a publicly traded real estate investment trust, was outgrowing its regional corporate office in downtown Boston and sought a new workspace that reflects its brand and culture, fosters collaboration, and accommodates a variety of uses. AvalonBay’s new 15,000 SF New England regional corporate office is ideally located on the 20th floor of the landmark Federal Reserve Building at 600 Atlantic Avenue in Boston.
AvalonBay was committed to ensuring that all workspace and common areas had full visual access to Boston Harbor on the south side of the building and downtown Boston on the north. The design creates an open, modern, and collaborative office that maximizes natural light and exterior views throughout the space. The full-floor layout accommodates the firm’s recent and anticipated growth, with a highly efficient floor plan that provides a well-appointed client/public zone and a blend of glass-fronted offices and workstation clusters. To break up the glass-fronted offices, workstation clusters are staggered in breaks along the perimeter and aligned with internal open office areas to offer staff an easy connection to the window line. The mirror-image floor plan of the work area provides ample opportunities for both city and water views.
