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Digital Classics

In summer 2025, the LEGO Group unveiled their US HQ, a new state-of-the-art workspace in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. Guided by the LEGO Group’s commitment to colleague well-being, sustainability, and collaboration, Structure Tone Boston’s team partnered with BDG Architecture + Design and Syska Hennessy Group to create this colorful, light-filled space spanning six stories within the newly opened Lyrik building at 1001 Boylston Street.

In this episode of Ask the Expert, Michael Signorile, Exterior Envelope Supervisor at Pavarini McGovern, explores the future of building façades, from design reviews to advanced technologies like BIPV and electrochromic glass, offering strategies to achieve high-performance, energy-efficient, and visually striking results.

Ajax Construction has completed the University of North Florida’s Osprey Ridge Honors Residence Hall, a 165,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility designed for over 500 students. The new residence unites UNF’s honors community under one roof, offering study areas, social lounges, and kitchenettes on every floor to foster connection and collaboration. Built using a tilt-up construction method, the project presented unique design challenges—but Ajax’s innovative approach and expertise ensured on-time, on-budget delivery, enhancing campus life and expanding UNF’s total on-campus housing capacity to 4,300 beds.

LF Driscoll helped Penn Medicine deliver Project Epimetheus, a state-of-the-art linear accelerator (linac) treatment room, in record time—just three and a half months. Part of Penn’s larger Project Atlas expansion in University City, the fast-tracked project enhances cancer care while maintaining uninterrupted treatment for patients. Built under an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) model, the effort showcased true collaboration and precision scheduling, allowing Penn Medicine to continue leading the way in advanced oncology technology.

Building the workplace of the future requires precision, performance, and creativity. For Osmo, an AI fragrance pioneer, RC Andersen transformed a blank canvas into a dual-purpose space—an advanced R&D lab and a client-facing showcase where science meets wonder. From high-performance infrastructure to refined finishes, the result is a world-class facility that embodies innovation and elegance in equal measure.