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The jurors agreed that this building is at the leading edge of design and technology, in the best Chicago tradition. The simple seven-story box is overlaid with triangular screens that form loggias to the street and parking and can serve as projection screens for the company’s logo. The exterior wall is a single-shell, insulating glass façade between the slab edges. The concrete ceiling is exposed, with mechanical systems placed beneath the raised floors. The interior is organized around a full-height atrium with three glass elevators. At the top two levels the atrium connects to a two-story skylit showroom for the company’s products.
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