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March 18, 2004

Innovation at the core of new courthouse

  • Magnusson Klemencic's shear wall core system may set a new standard for quicker, cheaper and stronger towers.
    • By SAM BENNETT
    Journal Staff Reporter

    Images courtesy of MKA
    The U.S. Federal Courthouse uses an innovative shear wall core system designed by Magnusson Klemencic Associates.

    In its entry form for the Charles Pankow Award for Innovation, Magnusson Klemencic Associates stressed the collaborative effort behind structural engineering for Seattle's U.S. Federal Courthouse.


     
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