The Pyramids Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
The Pyramids are three pyramids - shaped office building that are part of a 200-acre (810,000 m2) commercial development in College Park, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. The structure occupy 45 - acre (180,000 m2) of land situated next to a 25 - acre (100,000 m2) lake. There were constructed between 1967 and 1972 by the College Life Insurance Company using a design by formed architect Kevin Roche. The are note for their abstract quality of capacity of concrete walls which face the nearby highway and the reflectivity of the glass certain walls that face the landscape grounds.
Each tower is made up of two wall of reinforced concrete from which project the unobstructed office floor. Those concrete walls provide the support for the floors as well as serving as L-Shaped services cores. The other two walls are covered in blue exterior glass and each building is connected to others via underground and above-ground passages.
Each pyramid has three cable passenger elevators. The buildings have been described as "abstract" and "sculptural" based on their use of opaqe walls facing the nearby highway and reflective blue glass facing the interior lake of the complex.
Adapted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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