INSPIRED by airplane interiors and camping equipment, the podlike A3 unit is made from tubular steel framing covered with stretchy mesh fabric.
The steel framing on the top ten floors was completed over fifteen days in 1894.
But interest rates tumbled as the steel framing for the reddish-brown brick and granite tower rose on the site of a former automobile showroom.
It is a concrete with steel framing construction, masonry walls and has a red brick exterior.
Was the steel framing a feature that influenced the prospective buyers?
The company got its start in China by exporting from Nebraska prefabricated steel framing for commercial buildings, particularly factories.
Japan's use of steel framing nearly doubled during the decade.
Lumberyards and stores that carry steel framing generally stock 25-gauge material ranging in length from 8 to 16 feet and corresponding in thickness and width to conventional wood 2 by 4's and other standard lumber sizes.
This translucent bespoke cladding was then stretched across the steel framing modules that pushed the fabric out and created the three-dimensional undulating pattern along the sides.
The truss system is integrated into the physical sixth floor, which was made of structural steel to provide the necessary support and is also supported by the steel framing integrated into the windows.