T3 Bayside Boston

Boston, United States, North America

Completed · Commercial · Mass Timber Office · Temperate · 2024

A seven-storey mass timber office building in Boston's South Boston Waterfront district, part of Hines's T3 timber office series. It demonstrates that exposed nail-laminated timber can meet Boston's fire code in a dense urban commercial context, and is designed to achieve LEED Platinum.

Innovation highlights

• exposed nail-laminated timber floor and ceiling assembly meeting strict urban fire code
• prefabricated mass timber panels reducing on-site construction time by 25%
• timber structure acting as carbon store throughout building life
• biophilic exposed wood interior shown to improve occupant wellbeing metrics

Client / Developer

Hines

Architect

Gensler

Engineer

Arup

Type

Mass Timber Office

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