The Woodward’s Project: High concept re-birth

Brian Hutchinson | June 25, 2010 – 11:00 am

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There’s a fanciful, well-used staircase inside the Woodward’s atrium that snakes around a bubbling water feature and continues up about 30 feet, to a second floor filled with government offices and more, and higher still, to empty space. It tops out abruptly without connecting to anything. The staircase was designed by the development’s architect, Gregory Henriquez. He likens it to an umbilical cord, and says it’s a metaphor for the Woodward’s re-birth. I just call it fun.

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