In Case of Emergency

摘要

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has designed some of the world's most beautiful skyscrapers, often sheathed in curtain walls of floor-to-ceiling glass. But glass wasn't an option for one of its latest projects-an emergency call center in the Bronx that brings together response workers from multiple New York city agencies. Completed last year, the $800 million building needed to be able to withstand all manner of disasters. It is, essentially, a bunker.