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Contributors:
A.G. Odell, architect;
A. G. Odell Jr. Associates, architects;
Charles McMurray, project architect
Dates:
1973
Location:
Durham, Orange County
Street Address:
NC 15/501 (Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard)
Status:
Standing
Type:
Commercial
Images Published In:
Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina (2003).
Note:
Still a stunning landmark on a busy thoroughfare, the 4-story glass-walled building is 400 feet wide and 100 feet deep and takes a rhomboid form with its upper 3 stories set at 45 degrees. The client wanted a glass building but knew the problems of such a building in the hot and sunny climate. To mitigate the summer sun, the architect designed the angle of the southern and western walls and employed tinted, sky-reflecting glass.