Sloping outward from a narrow base and topped by a rooftop pool and a 45-ft mountain hemlock tree, Seattle’s Kinects Tower overturned typical high-rise designs.
The renovation of the century-old Maritime Building on the Seattle waterfront preserved the structure’s historic exterior while opening up the interior for modern use.
The Spheres’ arresting design provides a direct link to nature—a garden-like workplace inside a single pentagon arrayed multiple times to form the rounded shapes.