Step Inside Murtha Cullina’s Boston Offices By Dyer Brown

Dyer Brown’s design for Murtha Cullina preserves the present model and aesthetic, whereas nudging it towards a contemporary, industrial really feel.

For legislation agency Murtha Cullina, Dyer Brown crafted a welcoming, fashionable office combining a cutting-edge aesthetic with a playful, industrial aptitude. The 13,000-square-foot single-floor suite at 33 Arch Road, a famous up to date high-rise in Downtown Boston, features a dramatically uncovered metal truss in its elegant board room.

Members of the design workforce visited Murtha Cullina’s Hartford, Connecticut workplace, one in every of 5 throughout the northeast, to study extra concerning the agency’s tradition and workflow. Visioning periods revealed an total aim to protect the present model and aesthetic, whereas nudging it towards a contemporary, industrial really feel.

After conducting take a look at suits, Dyer Brown tailor-made a program for roughly 30 workers, incorporating 26 workplaces, six workstations, a reception space, convention rooms, huddle house for casual conferences, and a “Zoom room,” with a moms’ room, wellness room and pantry rounding out the choices.

Vertical metal columns make appearances in different perimeter assembly rooms and workplace zones along with the boardroom truss. The fabric and end palette lean on impartial hues with darkish accents and pops of coloration underscoring the influence and pleasure of uncovered structural metal.

These parts allude subtly to Murtha Cullina’s specialties whereas additionally firmly rooting an industrial aesthetic into the model identification, all communicated to visiting shoppers. The design reinforces the idea elsewhere with memorable lighting in matte black finishes and concrete-look porcelain tile flooring in reception zones.

Curved uncovered ceiling cutouts have a good time the kitchen island — strategically situated amid the principle entry and assembly zones, providing guests glimpses of Murtha’s people-first tradition. Outlined by a totally retractable glass wall, the arresting centerpiece presents pure wooden finishes and contrasting millwork (white higher cupboards in opposition to black decrease ones). A classy cubby-style seating nook options built-in energy for charging digital units.

Murtha Cullina views Dyer Brown’s design as a possible template for future workplace updates and relocations.

Undertaking Planning

Murtha Cullina companion Sara P. Bryant reached out personally to Rachel Woodhouse, principal and director of operations for Dyer Brown — the 2 are pals in addition to colleagues who served collectively on the board of administrators for Skilled Ladies in Development, generally known as PWC — to brainstorm on the chance.

Later Dyer Brown workforce members, together with Woodhouse and mission supervisor Schuyler Pratt, visited Murtha’s Hartford, Connecticut workplace to review the agency’s tradition, workflow and different key attributes, studying amongst different issues that Murtha’s workers typically work in-person at the least three days per week — and that they share a future-looking tradition with a concentrate on work-life steadiness.

Dyer Brown’s following visioning periods with Bryant and different companions revealed an total aim to protect the legislation agency’s current model essence and aesthetic, whereas nudging it towards a extra fashionable, industrial really feel.

“Our collaboration with Murtha Cullina is exemplary of our strategy to office technique and design,” says Woodhouse. “Their readability on objectives and openness to experimenting with cutting-edge concepts allowed our office workforce to ship an interesting, inspiring and wholesome setting together with an thrilling model refresh.”

Undertaking Particulars

Inside a program designed for roughly 30 workers, Dyer Brown comfortably situated 26 workplaces and 6 workstations, with convention rooms, huddle areas for casual conferences, and a digital assembly “Zoom room,” in addition to a moms’ room, wellness room, and pantry for snacks and drinks. Visiting shoppers arriving within the fashionable reception space are handled to an aesthetic outlined by a fabric and end palette leaning on impartial hues with darkish accents, pops of coloration and, after all, uncovered structural metal.

Seen from reception, the boardroom’s metal truss spans diagonally throughout a sprawling window searching at Downtown Boston, creating instant visible influence. Together with appearances of vertical metal in a number of different perimeter areas, the truss alludes to Murtha Cullina’s specialism in development legislation whereas mixing an industrial aesthetic into the acquainted model identification. Lighting in matte black end and concrete-look tile reinforce the idea.

Not removed from reception and assembly rooms and outlined by a totally retractable glass wall, the office kitchen amenity presents an arresting centerpiece providing glimpses into the model and agency tradition. The uncovered ceiling cutout above the island countertop component reinforces the brand new industrial aspect of the model identification, whereas this gathering spot — surrounded by tables, chairs, and an inset seating nook with built-in energy – emphasize Murtha Cullina’s people-first tradition.

Whereas Murtha Cullina declined to pursue WELL or different sustainable design certifications, they nonetheless desired to pursue a high-performing office centered on worker productiveness, wellness, and luxury, in addition to reductions in social and environmental hurt. The agency has adopted three lenses as guiding ideas for all of its observe actions and mission work — design, DEI, and sustainability. Exemplifying their dedication, the agency just lately fully an overhaul of its supplies library to make sure all product choices would meet and exceed the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Supplies Pledge, redounding to the profit and credit score of shopper organizations like Murtha.

Merchandise

• Ceilings: Armstrong
• Lighting: Axis, Coronet, Fusion Lighting, Kuzco Lighting, GVA Lighting, Intense Lighting, Intra Lighting, AFX
• Carpet: Bentley, FLOR
• Flooring Tile: Nemo Tile
• Resilient Flooring: Wineo Purline
• Vinyl Flooring: Armstrong
• Wall Tile: Nemo, Stone Supply
• Paint: Benjamin Moore
• Rubber Base: Roppe
• Wallcovering: Carnegie
• Plastic Laminate: Wilsonart
• Quartz: Corian
• Material: Momentum, Stinson
• Transition Strips: Schluter, Fry Reglet

Total Undertaking Outcomes

For companions of Murtha Cullina, a agency working in over 125 international locations, Dyer Brown’s design is seen as a template for future workplace updates and relocations. Sara Bryant, a companion within the agency, had this to say concerning the outcomes:

“Dyer Brown designed a contemporary, vibrant and environment friendly work house that has made coming to the workplace and collaborating with colleagues an actual pleasure. Whereas this may have at all times been vital to Murtha, it was much more appreciated as we got here out of the pandemic and returned to being within the workplace extra. Dyer Brown’s design struck simply the fitting steadiness for our agency’s tradition and priorities, in each our client-facing and inside work areas, of being recent and timeless and neither too stuffy nor too fashionable.” – Sara Bryant

Undertaking Abstract

Design issues — and so do relationships. The profitable collaboration with shopper agency Murtha Cullina is the newest instance of a course of that begins with understanding objectives and aspirations, and translating them into options the place tradition, house, model and expertise meet.

Design Workforce

Pictures credit score

• Photographs by Darrin Hunter, courtesy Dyer Brown