Designing and building one of the largest net-zero-energy commercial towers in the U.S. on a dense downtown campus was an exercise in “detailed coordination and innovative thinking,” one Best of the Best Projects judge pointed out, but the building team’s push to achieve lofty energy performance and sustainabilty goals jibes with its biotechnology firm client’s “mission of saving lives,” according to the submission.
The 210,000-sq-ft oval Unisphere structure, which achieved a LEED Platinum rating, includes offices, clinical operations, a virtual drug development lab as well as 75,000 sq ft of structured parking, 10,000 sq ft of retail space and a 5,000-sq-ft atrium.
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