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5
Alcoa moved its corporate center to a six-story aluminum
and glass structure on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. Its wave-form
glass facade opens the entire building to the river, the city,
and the southern sky. Inside is an open office environment
designed to encourage chance encounters and informal
discussions. “We went from a building with 31 floors
and hundreds of private, closed-door offices to
a much more open environment,” said Chairman
Paul O’Neill. “It’s a place where people
matter. The entire building is your office,
and within the building everyone
works collaboratively.”
The new Alcoa headquarters
is a visual triumph. But it was
not built to be beautiful.
Every decision in its creation
has a business purpose...
Trish Hall, The New York Times ’’
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Alcoa Corporate Center