The building has an eye-catching exterior, with windows that peer from the building’s 265 rooms and 13 stories on 14th Street and Colfax Avenue. The design ... to plant a “canopy of trees ...

Previously, franchise chiefs had decided against building ... described the design of the canopy roof, saying: "A unifying ...

Instead, Populous designed the new structure with a 360-degree canopy roof that covers over 60% of ... the canopy follows the form of the bowl and exterior facade, dipping down towards the end ...

The building serves as a childcare ... of the major considerations in the project’s design. The layers of structures begin with the exterior canopy, which is stretched along asteel skeleton.

Additional support is provided by exterior outrigger cables that reach from the perimeter beam to the roof ... it enters the building. KPMB collaborated with Transsolar to design the building ...

The current design ... canopy, says Tokyo architect Takashi Moriyama, a consultant on public buildings, who alleges that the designers twisted its description to get around building regulations.