125 High Street


125 High Street is a 30-floor postmodern highrise in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. Standing 452 feet tall, the highrise is currently the List of [tallest buildings in Boston|30th-tallest building in the city]. 125 High Street has approximately 1.8 million square feet of Class A office space. It was designed by Jung Brannen Associates and is owned and operated by Tishman Speyer.

History

NYNEX, one of Massachusetts' largest employers, wished to consolidate into a single headquarters facility. It was formerly the site of the Traveler's Insurance Building. The existing 16-story, 300,000 square foot structure was demolished in 1988 to make room for 125 High Street.

Design and features

Architecture and layout

The complex consists of four buildings.
  • 125 High St is a 30-story, 950,000 square foot office tower. This building is the tallest component of a development.
  • 145 High St is 21-story, 500,000 square foot office tower. It sometimes also known as the Oliver Street Tower.
  • Along with the two towers it also includes three restored 19th century buildings with six, five and four stories, totaling 41,600 square feet.
  • The fire station makes the office towers one of the few highrises with an on-premises municipal fire company.
  • The property also includes a five-level, 850-car underground parking garage.
The exterior is of a unifying granite, with entrances to the building through the High Street Tower and Oliver Street Tower. The two towers are connected via a central 8-story atrium with skylights 150 feet above the floor.

Design and construction team

  • Architect: Jung Brannen Associates
  • Structural Engineer: LeMessurier Consultants
  • MEP/FP Engineer: Cosentini Associates, Inc.
  • Developer: Spaulding & Slye
  • Construction Managers: Spaulding & Slye
  • General Contractor: HCB Conctractors
  • Art Installation: "The Light Between", Anne Patterson's art installation, is on display indefinitely in the ten-story atrium of 125 High Street. It consists of seven miles of multi-colored aluminum ribbon. The nearly 450 110' strands transport the light from the glass ceiling above to the viewers below.