At 2.2 million square feet, the Bank of America at One Bryant Park is one big green skyscraper. It's also the first commercial high-rise to achieve LEED Platinum certification. The building, designed by green veterans Cook + Fox Architects, was intended to set a new standard for energy efficiency in this field of commercial construction, as well as a new standard of health in a high-rise office-work environment. The One Bryant Park tower emphasizes natural daylighting, fresh air and a connection to the outdoors, thinking outside of the glass box, so to speak. Stretching 55 stories over Bryant Park in midtown NYC, the building makes use of green roofs and an Urban Garden Room to bring the architecture into conversation with neighboring greenery. These elements combine with the natural materials used in the transparent, corner-entry lobby to offer the bank’s staff a serene, light-flooded threshold between the bustling city and the quiet office environment within.