by Matt Killorin | Oct 7, 2025
At sixteen stories and 260 feet tall, 400 Summer is a 630,000-square-foot mixed-use building of labs and offices with ground-floor retail atop three levels of below-grade parking. The project was built to suit Foundation Medicine, its primary tenant, which relocated...
by s2desi5_lemessurier | Dec 5, 2023
Carefully planning the path of gravity and lateral loads in tall buildings allows for optimization of the design of individual elements within the structure. Strategic removal of core columns at individual stories diverts accumulated dead loads to columns at the...
by s2desi5_lemessurier | Dec 4, 2023
The most famous collaboration between Hugh Stubbins and LeMessurier, this landmark skyscraper was originally known as Citigroup Center and was the world’s 9th tallest upon completion. Over 900 feet in height and extremely efficient in its structural design, several...