Structural Designer
SOM - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Inc
Client Name
JTI - Japan Tobacco International
Location
Geneva, Switzerland
LEAD ARCHITECT
Skidmore Owings & Merrill Inc
LOCAL DELIVERY ARCHITECT
Burckhardt + Partner AG
LEAD STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Skidmore Owings & Merrill Inc
LOCAL STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Ingeni SA
Images: © JTI, SOM, Johannes Marburg, Hufton + Crow, Adrien Barakat
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
A 10-storey building framed in structural steel, forming a triangular shape around a central courtyard, this stunning landmark building, with its impressive cantilever, establishes a strong identity amongst its prestigious neighbours and surrounding parklands.
Each of the three perimeter and three courtyard building elevations are sloped, full-depth, nested Pratt trusses, tied together by moment connections in the spandrel beams, which together resist all gravity and lateral loads.