Sonos at Lafayette City Center is a 170,000 SF office over two stories of a six-story building in Boston’s Downtown Crossing. The technology company outgrew its previous Cambridge location and wanted to reinvent a workplace completely catered to their brand. The office was converted from a “sea of cubicles” to an open work environment with flexible employee workstations. An enhanced first class audio engineering lab, curated listening rooms and twin multi-story audio chambers are critical components of the project. A raw steel and wood monumental staircase gives way to a 5,000 SF café used for meetings, events and collaboration. A living green wall spans two stories and acts as the backdrop of the interconnecting stairway.