Curving checker-skin made up of 5 ft. straight facet glass modules. Along with external sunscreens and internal clerestory louvers (i.e. "mini light-shelves"), low-e glass is used throughout the building to mitigate glare and heat gain. (July 1997)

Close-up of glass panels. Note the "shadowlines" -- the wide reveals around glass panels' aluminum "picture-frames." Also note the full transparency of colorless glass. (July 1997)

Shadow-boxes. (July 1997)

Western wall glass panels prior to installation of vertical sunscreens. Note again the full transparency of colorless glass.(July 1997)

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