Stamford Cone

The Stamford Cone is a 14-metre-high (46 ft) stained glass structural artwork, commissioned as a site-specific artwork for the headquarters building of UBS AG and landmark feature for the city of Stamford, Connecticut. The structure, in the shape of a cone, was designed and fabricated by British artist Brian Clarke,[1] and is formed entirely of glass, combining 204 panels of laminated mouth-blown glass[2] with 16 fins of laminated, toughened glass, with steel ring beams and tension cables the only non-glass elements.[3] 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.[4][5] At the time of its completion, the artwork was the largest free-standing glass structure ever made.[6]

The Stamford Cone
Swiss Bank Cone
Interior view of the Stamford Cone
ArtistBrian Clarke
Year1999 (1999)
MediumStained glass
LocationStamford
Coordinates41.048°N 73.5426°W / 41.048; -73.5426
OwnerUBS AG
  • The Stamford Cone during fabrication

References
  1. "The Stamford Cone". Fairlfield County Business Journal. 28 June 1999.
  2. Pietrzyk, Cindi (16 April 2013). "Stamford". Connecticut Off the Beaten Path (9 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 102. ISBN 9780762793549.
  3. Brian Clarke; Norman Foster (1999). Frantz, Susan (ed.). Brian Clarke: Projects. New York: Tony Shafrazi Gallery. ISBN 1-891475-13-4.
  4. "The Stamford Cone". Engineering Group Associates. Engineering Group Associates, PC.
  5. "Brian Clarke: The Stamford Cone". Franz Mayer of Munich: Architectural Glass and Mosaic. Mayer'sche Hofkunstanstalt GmbH. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. Trümpler, Stefan (1997). Brian Clarke Linda McCartney Collaborations. Romont: Musée Suisse du Vitrail. ISBN 3-7165-1086-6.
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