The Matrix

Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Location: Downtown, United Steelworkers Building

Built in 1963, the United Steelworkers Building was the first exterior space frame building ever constructed. Architectual firm Curtis and Davis designed the load bearing steel walls in the shape of an interesting diagonal grid.

The pattern of the steel walls is what led me to make this photograph. I chose to give it an abstract feel by isolating just a portion of the building. In addition, putting a corner of the building at the center of the image forms an optical illusion whereby the windows on the right side of the building appear to intermittently face in the opposing directions.