Stamford Cone
| The Stamford Cone | |
|---|---|
| Swiss Bank Cone | |
 Interior view of the Stamford Cone | |
| Artist | Brian Clarke |
| Year | 1999 |
| Medium | Stained glass |
| Location | Stamford |
| 41°02′53″N 73°32′33″W / 41.048°N 73.5426°WCoordinates: 41°02′53″N 73°32′33″W / 41.048°N 73.5426°W | |
| Owner | UBS AG |
The Stamford Cone is a 14-metre-high (46 ft) stained glass pavilion,[1] commissioned as a site-specific artwork for the headquarters building of UBS AG and landmark feature for the city of Stamford, Connecticut.[2] The structure, in the shape of a cone, was designed and fabricated by British artist Brian Clarke,[3] and is formed entirely of glass, combining 204 panels of laminated mouth-blown glass[4] with 16 fins of laminated, toughened glass, with steel ring beams and tension cables the only non-glass elements.[5] Completed in 1999 at a cost of over $1 million, the work was executed jointly by Clarke, architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and engineered by Goldreich Engineering and Dewhurst MacFarlane & Partners.[6][7] At the time of its completion, the artwork was the largest free-standing glass structure ever made.[8]
Gallery[]
The Stamford Cone during fabrication
Interior view of the Stamford Cone
References[]
- ^ "The Stamford Cone (Swiss Bank Cone)". Brian Clarke Studio. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Currimbhoy, Nayana (2000). A Glowing Glass Cone Becomes a Landmark in Stamford, Conn. Vol. 188. Architectural Record. p. 186.
- ^ "The Stamford Cone". Fairlfield County Business Journal. 28 June 1999.
- ^ Pietrzyk, Cindi (16 April 2013). "Stamford". Connecticut Off the Beaten Path (9 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 102. ISBN 9780762793549.
- ^ Brian Clarke; Norman Foster (1999). Frantz, Susan (ed.). Brian Clarke: Projects. New York: Tony Shafrazi Gallery. ISBN 1-891475-13-4.
- ^ "The Stamford Cone". Engineering Group Associates. Engineering Group Associates, PC.
- ^ "Brian Clarke: The Stamford Cone". Franz Mayer of Munich: Architectural Glass and Mosaic. Mayer'sche Hofkunstanstalt GmbH. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Trümpler, Stefan (1997). Brian Clarke Linda McCartney Collaborations. Romont: Musée Suisse du Vitrail. ISBN 3-7165-1086-6.
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