stackyFACTSIn a brilliant display of rebellious design, architects took all the boring mechanical guts of a massive building and shoved them onto the exterior. Heating ducts, plumbing, and escalators proudly wrap around the outside in bright primary colors, creating a highly functional structure that completely looks inside out.
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