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structure which reduces the weight and
mass of the bUilding Steel permitted a handsome
architectural panern to be developed
while expressmg the " skeleton" of the bUild­
Ing Additionally to Integrate rooltop solar
panels Into the architecture and to prOVlde
clerestory skyhghts, complex roof lorms were
needed Structural steel was the most versallie
system to achieve this The roof lorms
at the atrium l11tersectlon of the Galiena reqUired
complex 10lnery
High. two-story walls 01 glass With structural
support members made as slender as
possible were achieved by uSing structural
steel . Full-heighl. vertICal steel tubes are used
structurally to support glass walls against the
high Winds which roar down from the Colorado
mountains
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Interior shows three levels 01
European leisure pool concept
Structural Concerns
In addition to natural lorces from WInds.
heavy snow loads and extreme temperature
vanallons. the bUilding pools themselves
created structural concerns, Because the Site
contains highly expanSive soils. any water
leakage Irom the pools could cause large
structural movements and extensive damage
The total Weight ri water In the pori wlOg
ri the building IS In excess of 800 tons. Potentlallarge
movements from settlement andlor
heaVing SOils requite that the pool floor and
structure be Iree of the superstruclure to prevent
a condition where the bUilding would
Number 1 I 1989
Exlerlor 01 pool wing shows high. two-story walls
01 non-logging glass Ed Leland photo
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