Plans unveiled to build NBBJ-designed towers on top of Boston’s Hurley Building

NBBJ Hurley 1

Scheme will “revitalise” 1970s brutalist landmark, state government says as it seeks to raise funds for maintenance costs

The state government of Massachusetts has unveiled plans to build two NBBJ-designed towers on top of Paul Rudolph’s brutalist Hurley Building in Boston.

The administration said the USD 1 billion plans for a mixed-use development will “enliven and reactivate” the 1971 landmark, which is considered among the most important brutalist structures in the United States.

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