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When organizations expand across multiple floors, one design question often takes center stage: should you invest in a feature stair? These architectural focal points can boost movement, spark collaboration, and make a strong brand statement—but they also come with budget, space, and design complexities. Drawing on our experience across industries, we outline the trade-offs and smart alternatives to help you decide if a stair is the right fit for your workplace vision.
In the latest episode of the Ask the Expert series, STOBG’s Global Services Account Executive, Stephen Dennis, breaks down the biggest cost trends shaping commercial interiors in 2025—from finish levels and permitting pain points to post-pandemic design priorities. Join Stephen as he dives into practical insights on workplace densification, sound design, and how companies are planning for the next decade of office space.
In a time when many organizations are still questioning what to do about office space, one Boston-based company has put their stake in the ground—literally. CarGurus, the most visited car shopping website in the US*, recently opened their new headquarters in Boston’s Back Bay. Spanning 10 floors and over225,000sf, the project is one Structure Tone Boston was poised and ready to tackle.
For SMBC Aviation Capital, one of the world’s leading aircraft leasing companies, the end of their lease represented an opportunity to reimage the future. Together with Structure Tone Dublin and Henry J. Lyons, the company thoughtfully designed, built, and moved into their dream office space—all within 28 weeks.
Seattle’s Lake Union has lived many lives throughout its history. It is the ancestral home of the Duwamish indigenous people and a key part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal that connects Lake Washington to the Puget Sound. The freshwater lake was also the construction site of Boeing’s first aircraft and the location of Tom Hanks’ houseboat in the movie Sleepless in Seattle.
Move over, C-Note — the Manhattan high-end office market’s new exclusive club has a $200 per-square-foot admission charge.
A fast-tracked project with multiple timelines made it possible for ServiceNow to quickly move into their new home—a space that gives them room to grow now and in the future.
Structure Tone’s Special Projects Division has evolved over 25 years. Today, it stands as an integral part of Structure Tone New York, offering a personalized construction experience for clients across a diverse range of projects with a hands-on approach and unwavering commitment to exceptional client service.
That the whole is greater than the sum of its parts has never rung truer for Govan Brown (GB) than when they came together with CIBC, one of Canada’s “Big 5” banks, to build a new, 1.7Msf corporate campus in the heart of downtown Toronto. Hailed as the largest private-sector commercial project Toronto has seen in a generation, CIBC SQUARE presented an opportunity to build a partnership in an equally ambitious fashion—bringing together firms traditionally in competition with one another to construct a landmark development that would transform the city.