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101 Federal Street

Field	Value
name	101 Federal Street
image	101 Federal Street, Boston MA.jpg
image_size	200px
image_caption	View from the street
alternate_names	75–101 Federal Street
status	Completed
building_type	Skyscraper
architectural_style	Postmodernism
address	101 Federal Street
location_city	Boston, Massachusetts
location_country	United States
current_tenants	Wipro
completion_date	1988
owner	Transwestern
height	116 meter (381 ft)
structural_system	Steel
material	Limestone
floor_count	31
floor_area	800000 sqft
elevator_count	8
architecture_firm	Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
engineer	Lev Zetlin & Associates
main_contractor	Morse Diesel
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101 Federal Street is a skyscraper on Federal Street in the Financial District neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Completed in 1988, the 116 meter (381 ft) building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC. The building is also known as 75–101 Federal Street These buildings contain 800000 sqft of office space.

History

The State Street Trust Building is the 75 Federal Street portion of the building. The Art Deco building was designed by Thomas M. James in 1929. In the late 1980s, the Boston Redevelopment Authority allowed for the elimination of smaller narrow streets to create larger building parcels. This is how an L-shaped parcel was created to make room for 101 Federal Street.

Architectural details

101 Federal is three crenellated shafts joined to 75 Federal Street on the first eleven floors. The limestone facade takes into account the coloring of the older 75 Federal St.

The exterior surfaces of the 21-story building at 75 Federal consists of low relief figurative and floral bands on street level floors. The interior features an art deco inspired lobby features black and buff terrazzo floors inset with marble, dark green and richly veined red marble walls and piers and ornate bronze decorations. The original lobby has elevator doors that match the marble coloring. The elevator control panels and signs are in the Broadway engraved style.

The exterior of the 31 story building at 101 Federal features masonry construction clad with smooth Indiana limestone panels. The surfaces have 101 Federal has raised circles and brushed aluminum. The lobby features floors of black and dark red terrazzo, with zinc and brass dividers and marble inlays. 101 Federal features wood elevators.

Building design team

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox, New York, New York
General Contractor: Morse Diesel, International, Boston, MA
Owner: Transwestern
Engineer: Lev Zetlin & Associates
Lobby Terrazzo Contractor: DePaoli Mosaic, Boston, MA
Steel Contractor: Cives Steel Company, Roswell GA
Indiana Limestone supplier: Evans Limestone Bedford, IN
Indiana Limestone Contractor: Moliterno Stone Sales, Inc.

Tenants

WiproWipro's presence in North America *
Ingenico Group*

References

"75 - 101 Federal Street Summary".
AIA Guide to Boston, Susan and Michael Southworth, page 95
"75 Federal Street Summary".
"101 Federal Street Summary".

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