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Description

5 book shaped units made of perforated stainless steel that swoop through an opening in the curtain wall. Each unit is joined at the spine to its neighbour and is internally illuminated by one red and one blue cold cathode luminaire. The whole is programmed on a cross fading sequence.
Each book is 720 x 450 x 100mm

Client: London Guildhall University
Architect: Wright & Wright
Engineer: Tim Lucas/Price & Myers Consulting Engineers
Manufacture: JordanÕs Engineering
Budget: £15,000
Photo: Artist
Acknowledgments: John Vine, Sam Lucas, Kate ÔNeonÕ Williams, Peter Davies, Norman Cull.