Facade Function Behind the Form

Facade

Every great architectural structure has two parts: The part you actually see and the part you don’t.  Therefore the facade you see on retaining walls along freeways have hidden structural components that hold everything together. I-94 Facade Grunau Metals recently modified some off-the-shelf structural steel components for rebuilding Interstate 94 in Milwaukee. The highway’s retaining walls were constructed from vertical steel beams […]