One Dalton: Skyscraper as Good Neighbor

Additional fee, registration required.

As the first Boston building to exceed a height of 700 feet since the John Hancock Tower (200 Clarendon) topped out in 1971, One Dalton is designed to be graceful, sculptural, and site-appropriate. This tour will showcase how the building's soft triangle form integrates two different neighborhood scales while creating habitable, inviting space on residential floors.

Join us to explore the structural solutions for New England's tallest residential tower. Plus, tour an apartment to discover the facade's unique details, including glass performance and incisions that enable an operable window and multidirectional views in each room—both rarities in tall buildings.

Learning Objectives

1. Explore the urban composition of One Dalton and the unique approvals process that ensured the famous Christian Science historic buildings, plaza, reflecting pool, and fountain would not experience additional shadows.
2. Discuss the challenges of mixed-use programming on a tight triangular site.
3. Examine the structural engineering challenges and solutions, including one of Boston's few tuned mass damper systems to control building sway for occupant comfort.
4. Learn how to optimize exterior glass selections for residential and tall building considerations, and examine how the facade design differentiates uses and provides for residential program needs.

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