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- b720 Arquitectos Indra Corporate OfficesThe beautiful Indra Corporate Building in <a href="http://inhabitat.com/two-gorgeous-cascading-vertical-gardens-spruce-up-replays-barcelona-store/" target="_blank">Barcelona</a>, Spain looks more like a gorgeous rendering than an actual architectural construction. The golden tower, designed by <a href="http://www.b720.com/" target="_blank"> b720 Architects</a>, sits in a newly rehabbed section of the formerly industrial neighborhood, Poblenou. Indra, along with many other big companies, will relocate their <a href="http://inhabitat.com/a-m-a-headquarters-in-madrid-is-a-big-steely-building-with-a-tiny-footprint/" target="_blank">headquarters</a> to the area in an effort to re-enliven the desolate industrial land.1
- b720 Arquitectos Indra Corporate OfficesThe lean, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/trapezoid-shaped-eye-bank-building-hugs-a-slope-of-stepped-green-terraces/" target="_blank">trapezoidal building</a> sits on a two storey rectangular base, which houses the entrance, service rooms and garage. The remaining ten floors seem to float above the base, extending toward the surrounding streets. The <a href="http://inhabitat.com/asggs-aerodynamic-wuhan-greenland-center-to-be-worlds-4th-tallest-building/" target="_blank">aerodynamic</a> shape was designed to deflect wind gusts, which sleekly move around the façade.2
- b720 Arquitectos Indra Corporate OfficesThe Indra Building’s façade is a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/copper-louvered-provins-police-station-sits-lightly-on-unesco-world-heritage-site/" target="_blank">large glass curtain </a>wall of panels, which flood each office in the building with natural light. Some of the glass panels open in, to allow natural ventilation throughout the building.3
- b720 Arquitectos Indra Corporate OfficesThe exterior has been treated with a multi-purpose decorative shell. The glass skin is encased with the a golden mesh fabric, made from panels of stainless steel. The mesh fabric <a href="http://inhabitat.com/double-skinned-arca-regler-facility-powered-by-geothermic-probes/" target="_blank">protects the interior from solar gain</a>, having a shade coefficient of 50%.4
- b720 Arquitectos Indra Corporate OfficesIt also creates privacy during daytime, and creates a light and airy appearance to the façade. About a quarter of of the golden screens have 90 centimeter spherical cuts in them, some convex and some concave, which give the luminous exterior and interesting texture and pattern.5
- b720 Arquitectos Indra Corporate OfficesAt night, when interior lights are illuminated, the building then becomes <a href="http://inhabitat.com/schmidt-hammer-lassen-completes-this-shimmering-sustainable-building-in-copenhagen/" target="_blank">almost transparent</a>. The golden façade of the day looks like a light <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tiny-kithaus-prefab-moves-beyond-housing-to-serve-as-a-sales-office-in-san-diego/" target="_blank">screen</a>, giving passersby a glimpse of the activity within.6
- b720 Arquitectos Indra Corporate OfficesThe golden mesh encasing gives the Indra Corporate Building a glimmering lightness, while also saving the company on<a href="http://inhabitat.com/dyson-unveils-hot-bladeless-heater-that-doubles-as-a-cooling-fan-in-summer/" target="_blank"> climate control </a>costs.7