2016

DEVELOPED IN CLOSE DIALOGUE WITH THE BUILDING BY FRANK GEHRY, OBSERVATORY OF LIGHT HAS BEEN INSTALLED ACROSS THE GLASS ‘SAILS’, THE EMBLEMATIC FEATURE OF THE BUILDING.

THE TWELVE ‘SAILS’, FORMED OF 3,600 PIECES OF GLASS, ARE COVERED BY A STAGGERING ARRAY OF COLOURED FILTERS THAT ARE IN TURN PUNCTUATED, AT EQUAL DISTANCES FROM ONE ANOTHER, BY ALTERNATING WHITE AND BLANK STRIPES PERPENDICULAR TO THE GROUND.