111 Huntington Avenue

111 Huntington Avenue
View of 111 Huntington Avenue from the Prudential Tower observatory
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General information
TypeOffice
Location111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′48.38″N 71°04′52.86″W / 42.3467722°N 71.0813500°W / 42.3467722; -71.0813500
Completed2001
Height
Roof554 ft (169 m)
Technical details
Floor count36
Floor area889,228 sq ft (82,612.0 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)CBT Architects
DeveloperBoston Properties, Inc.
References
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111 Huntington Avenue is a Boston skyscraper. Located on Huntington Avenue, it is part of the Prudential Center complex that also houses the Prudential Tower. Completed in 2002, the tower is 554 feet (169 meters) tall and houses 36 floors. It is Boston's 12th-tallest building. It won the 2002 bronze Emporis Skyscraper Award. It is sometimes given the unofficial nickname The R2-D2 Building after the Star Wars droid's top, and the Juicer Building after its juicer-type top .[2][3][4][5]

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  3. ^ "Prudential Center, Boston". Aviewoncities.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
  4. ^ Beam, Alex (December 18, 2006). "Wrecking ball tolls for City Hall". The Boston Globe.
  5. ^ Ramos, Dante (December 10, 2014). "Marty Walsh goes up against boring architecture". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-31.