Renzo Piano's ceramic system for Central Saint Giles is more intricate than it appears from a distance. Shot close, the intersection of horizontal fin and vertical mullion reveals a precision of manufacture that the building's bold color tends to overshadow: each element notched and seated against the others, the joints deliberate, the geometry exact. The coral color holds everything together visually — at this scale it becomes less a color choice and more a material one, the ceramic warm and slightly matte, catching the light differently across each plane. Blue-grey glass appears only at the edges of the frame, glimpsed between the ceramic elements. Up close, the building is mostly facade. The facade is mostly craft.
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