A Showcase Space: Arup Boston by Dyer Brown Architects

At 60 State Street, the new Arup offices in downtown Boston represent arguably the strongest sustainable statement a building can make to the modern world. Designed by Dyer Brown Architects and opened in December 2016, the new 16,000+ square foot offices have recently received Gold certification under the WELL Building Standard™, in addition to achieving LEED v4 ID+C Platinum. This isn’t unexpected from Arup, a firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists “working across every aspect of today’s built environment” to the beat of a “Shaping a better world” drum. Even so, this project moves beyond that reputation in its tenacity to put both human and environmental wellbeing in a top tier all its own. The project achieved a few notable WELL certification accolades ahead of many…according to the WELL Building Institute, Arup Boston is the first WELL Certified project in New England; the first WELL Certified project …