DIAMONDS Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) is designer on the Sany IROOTECHheadquarters in Guangzhou, China. Floors are suspended fromthe external diagrid structure, eliminating the need for internal columns, the firmsays. The diagrid design also shows better performance during seismic events, it adds.
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