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 The wavy curves of the profile of this facade prevent it from looking like a billboard and work to contrast it with the rectangle-dominated composition of its skyline "backdrop." |
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 To meet the reduced budget, we drastically lowered the building height and simplified the section, giving it an upsweep toward the |
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North to frame the view of Lower Manhattan from the inside, and a
parapeted, flag-shaped electronic billboard on the water-facing south
facade. |
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Its electronic LED images change and move, and can include ornament, pattern,
information and color, through the predominant image of a waving fragment of a
flag, perceived from far across the bay.
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