A channel glass system wraps around the lobby and mezzanine of San Diego’s federal courthouse. Its curving form helps create an elliptical-shaped entry, which Richard Meier & Partners designed to be highly visible from all approaches to the building and to contrast with the building’s otherwise rectilinear shape. The curve is made possible by the slender frames and narrow glazed segments in the Pilkington Profilit™ channel glass system, which allows for radii as low as 78 inches (1.9 m.).
Project:
U.S. Federal Courthouse
Location:
San Diego, CA
Architect:
Richard Meier & Partners
