STRUCTURE
The client wanted a signature building for a speculativeoffice price. To achieve this, a conventional steel frame was used, with concrete slabs on metal decking to meet the unconventional demands of the architecture. Buro Happold introduced a number of key differences to the structure, allowing it to be built using normal methods but creating a technically different fi nished product.
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