This article first appeared in the 200103
issue of BD+C.
The picture-frame pattern of the blue-green glass curtain wall combined with light-colored granite provides the simple yet elegant edifice architect Jack Yardley of Dallas-based HKS Inc. intended for the new, 30-story, 1 million-sq.-ft. American Express Financial Advisors (AEFA) headquarters in Minneapolis. Completed last October, the design/build project required more than 5,500 2,500-lb. 5-by-15-ft. curtain-wall units.
Wausau Window and Wall Systems.
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