A Walls & Ceiling columnist ponders his experience viewing a hometown project.
Located at the base of Seattle’s famous Space Needle, EMP is, to say the least, architecturally “unusual.” Its entire exterior is curved. The wall and roof are all one piece (or so it appears) of rounded sheet metal. Walking around the outside of this building is an exercise in bewilderment. At every turn there is some weird curve or bulge or indentation that begs the question, “How did they ever build this thing?”