Hong Kong's Xiqu Centre, a subtly curving, eight-story structure with a not-so-subtle textural fagade, puts the concept of a curtain back into curtainwall. Designed by Revery Architecture (formerly Bing Thorn Architects), which has offices in Hong Kong and Vancouver, British Columbia, with local firm Ronald Lu & Partners, the 320,000-square-foot performing arts venue features more than 13,000 extruded aluminum fins on a unitized-panel façade, creating the effect of a rippling, metallic stage curtain drawn strategically to reveal corner entrances and openings that support natural ventilation. Heightening the illusion, portions of the façade appear to overlap, like adjacent curtain panels.
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