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Project: CaixaForum, Madrid Architect: Herzog and deMeuron Herzog and de Meuron ďŹ lled in the buildings existing openings with bricks salvaged from the demolition of the interior walls. They punched out a few new openings, including one that allows visitors to view the activity in the plaza from the lobby. They placed the main entry point underneath the buildings suspended volume and enhanced the sense of compression in this space with a facedtged ceiling. The massing of the added cast-iron-clad levels is organized into bays and sloping planes sympathetic to the surrounding roofscapes. From some vantage points , the building has no apparent means of support, its vertical cores obscured by signage of mirror glass.