InterContinental’s new flagship hotel and condominium complex occupies a premiere site on Boston’s Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway and on Fort Point Channel. Its 20-story, sculpted glass towers rise above Boston Harbor, reflecting both the mercurial colors of the sky and sea on the waterfront side, and the towers of Boston’s Financial District facing the new Greenway. Along the Channel, the residential and hotel towers step down to the ballroom and restaurant levels opening out to the waterfront plaza and terraced dining areas. The graceful glass curves are shaped to relate to the signature public spaces on both entrance sides of the building, creating dramatic views for guests and residents.
No hint remains of the complex drama behind the building’s creation which surmounted some of the most challenging urban site constraints imaginable, including the existing 235-foot exhaust stacks and the 40-foot-high fresh air intakes serving the neighboring depressed artery. The story is one of vision and perseverance — an extraordinary design process resulting in a sparkling luxury image for InterContinental’s newest hotel and a fresh, modern presence linking the new and the historic along Atlantic Avenue and Fort Point Channel. Hotel interiors were designed by BBG-BBGM and The Orphin Group was responsible for residential interiors.