Upward view of a tall modernist office building facade in Manchester, dark steel curtain-wall grid with yellow accent panels at regular intervals, clear blue sky above, cloud reflections in the glazing.

Modernist Curtain Wall Facade, Manchester City Centre

8 October 2019 · Manchester

A curtain-wall grid climbs fourteen floors against a clear summer sky, its rhythm set by horizontal banding and yellow accent panels spaced with something close to Mondrian's precision. The glazing mirrors cloud and city back at you while the steel frame holds everything in strict order. Colour and geometry do equal work here — the yellow isn't decoration, it's structure, punctuating the grid the way a beat punctuates a measure.

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