Construction Details
- The concrete grid on the outside of the building is the only support needed to hold up the structure, leaving the interior completely available for use.
- The color of the concrete façade comes from White quartz sand and white cement bonded to the surface.
- The structural system consists of precast concrete floorplates and a poured concrete core
- Each of the exposed beams consist of fourteen precast units held together with high strength post-tensioned steel cables.
- The beams cantilever 42 feet from the columns as they taper upward and inward.
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