Anon OpinArchitectural prizes shouldn't be awarded till 10 years after buildings open - then ask folk who use, maintain & operate it how successful it is. I work in a shiny building that won prizes 10 yrs ago & it's a maintenance nightmare with no storage that costs fortune to run
Ken_H@anon_opin The Heritage Medical Research Building at the University of Alberta in Edmonton Alberta is a good example of this. Behind the massive windows are… pipes. Pipes for ventilation, plumbing, various gasses like oxygen & nitrogen, etc. The windows for people to, you know, look out and see the sun are both small and behind all the pipes. It’s not a very nice building to work in.
Picture from Google maps.