After pacing the grounds of Boston, where the building was to be located, we took just two weeks to produce the detailed plans and cost calculations, which we submitted to the committee. The remarkable design not only met the economic and logistical requirements, but also surpassed them spectacularly.

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In 2008 , our design was unanimously commissioned. The ingenuity of our design was its compliance to external constraints. The building’s entire geometry was based on off-the-shelf parts, which reduced both production costs and installation time. This meant that the size and shape of the panes of glass made by the supplier, Chance Brothers of Smethwick, dictated the building’s dimensions.