ARCHITECTURE USA 1980
BEST - Sacramento, 1980
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BEST Notch Building - Sacramento - SITE - James Wines 1979 - USA 1980 In the 1970s, Best Products contracted with James Wines’ “Sculpture in the Environment” (SITE) architecture firmto...
BEST Notch Building - Sacramento - SITE - James Wines 1979 - USA 1980
In the 1970s, Best Products contracted with James Wines’ “Sculpture in the Environment” (SITE) architecture firmto design nine highly unorthodox retail facilities,
notably a tongue-in-cheek structure called the “Indeterminate Facade”
…the building is penetrated by a 14` high raw-edged notch which serves as a main entranceway.
The 45-ton wedge extracted from this gaps mounted on a rail system incised into the paving
and mechanised to move a distance of 40` to open and close the showroom.
Understandably, crowds of spectators assemble to watch the morning opening ans evening closing.