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Pickard Chilton Design Architects Akamai Headquarters with five interlocking bars create a series of cantilevers
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Pickard Chilton Design Architects Akamai Headquarters with five interlocking bars create a series of cantilevers
Photo © Anton Grassl
pedestrian view of the Akamai Headquarters building designed with five interlocking bars create a series of cantilevers
Photo © Anton Grassl
Akamai Headquarters building Typical floor-to-floor heights of 12'-8
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Pedestrian view of the Akamai Headquarters145 Broadway, Cambridge Ma
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A view of the Akamai Headquarters buuilding at dusk with a dark blue background
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looking up at five interlocking bars create a series of cantilevers Akamai Headquarters building
 
side view five interlocking bars create a series of cantilevers Akamai Headquarters building
Photo © Anton Grassl
Akamai Headquarters building front entrance view at dusk with lighting that traces underneath the perimiter edge of each extruding cantilever
Photo © Anton Grassl
lots of open glass with people sitting on cafeteria style tables looking out at Cambridge Ma from the Akamai Headquarters building
Photo © Anton Grassl
a person riding a bike on the sidewalk in front of the Akamai building in Cambridge Mass
Photo © Anton Grassl
Pickard Chilton Design Architects Akamai Headquarters with five interlocking bars create a series of cantilevers
Pickard Chilton Design Architects Akamai Headquarters with five interlocking bars create a series of cantilevers
pedestrian view of the Akamai Headquarters building designed with five interlocking bars create a series of cantilevers
Akamai Headquarters building Typical floor-to-floor heights of 12'-8
Pedestrian view of the Akamai Headquarters145 Broadway, Cambridge Ma
A view of the Akamai Headquarters buuilding at dusk with a dark blue sky background
looking up at five interlocking bars create a series of cantilevers Akamai Headquarters building
side view five interlocking bars create a series of cantilevers Akamai Headquarters building
Akamai Headquarters building front entrance view at dusk with lighting that traces underneath the perimiter edge of each extruding cantilever
lots of open glass with people sitting on cafeteria style tables looking out at Cambridge Ma from the Akamai Headquarters building
a person riding a bike on the sidewalk in front of the Akamai building in Cambridge Mass
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Akamai Headquarters

145 Broadway is the global headquarters for Akamai Technologies, one of the world’s leading providers of content delivery network services. Located in the heart of Kendall Square, the fastest growing technology hub in the country, the 19-story mixed-use high-performance corporate office tower comprises approximately 482,000 gsf (44,800 m2). Their new headquarters consolidates Akamai’s entire work force from across six disparate locations in Kendall Square into a single unified vertical campus.

As a major infill urban development, 145 Broadway was the first phase of a larger three-phase, one-million-square- foot-development proposed by Boston Properties. It replaced 11 Cambridge Center, an existing four-story masonry structure.

To offer Akamai the greatest flexibility in creating their new workplace, typical floor plates of approximately 25,000 gsf (2,352 m2) feature two large open bars organized around a central core. Typical floor-to-floor heights of 12'-8" (4-meters) allow for ample daylight throughout the workplace as well as expansive views to Cambridge, the Charles River and Boston beyond. Vertical breaks define the tower’s massing and organize it into clearly expressed elements. Articulated bays and balconies minimize monolithic massing and humanize the scale. Roof terraces created by the building’s interlocking massing relate directly to the important urban pocket park at the building’s front door.