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Organic forms, beautifully lit
provide uplifting study spaces.
Tell me about some of the glazing strategies.
The glass used was double-glazed units. The western
façade, the highway-facing units use Viridian PerformaTech™
where there's a large heat load - even with good sun shading.
PerformaTech™ provided us with the performance we
needed to overcome that heat load, and achieve our
compliance requirements. That glass module includes
laminated acoustic glass. The glazing is working hard
thermally and acoustically to achieve what is required.
I like the idea that architects must fundamentally like
people and reward them whenever they use a building.
Buildings are really an opportunity to offer people a really
pleasant experience.
I think that's fundamental to the success of architecture into
the 21st century. Librarians have