The “golden brick” building consists of a warmly colored, solid stone on the north façade with a slot that reveals an interior atrium, and vertical stone fins on the west façade. Continuous, low-wattage LED strip lights are integrated into a reveal at the west façade fins, avoiding reflections onto the glass curtain wall or direct views from the exterior and interior. The north-facing stone wall is softly washed from grade, creating an elegant and solemn landmark. The façade lighting varies depending on one’s location and viewing angle, creating a dynamic effect. Interior backlit coves at the south facade create repetition so that the entire building façade, including all but the center of the mechanical penthouse floor at the top, is composed of these luminous lines of light, forming an elegant luminous box juxtaposed against the golden “brick” stone tower at night.

The warm evenly grazed stone wall in the south lobby and the uniform louver ceiling uplight create a “golden luminous box.” A low-brightness grid of cylinder downlights combined with the concealed uplighting above the wooden louvered ceiling, provides an elegant ambiance in the main lobby. Linear grazer lights emphasize the stone core walls in all the public corridors and elevator lobbies. The scenic elevator walls are embedded with luminous light bands surrounding three sides of the atrium on each floor, forming a dynamic vertical "light tube" which is also visible on the North stone façade from the exterior. The water curtain wall is uplit to create a backdrop at the ground floor atrium. There are no direct light sources in the elevator halls on each floor on both sides of the atrium. Concealed linear uplighting with an asymmetric distribution subtly accents the wood ceiling with a warm glow.

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