Inspired by a foil-wrapped baked potato the architect consumed at an American Institute of Architects dinner. Each floor is clad in a 555-foot sledge-hammered sheet of aluminum.
- Name: Enterprise Center, aka Markel Building
- Location: 5310 Markel Road
- Year Completed: 1965
- Architect: Haig Jamgochian
- Style: modern
- Architecture Richmond: Markel Building
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Enterprise Center/Markel Building, inspired by a foil-wrapped baked potato the architect consumed at an American Institute of Architects dinner. Each floor is clad in a 555-foot sledge-hammered sheet of aluminum.
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Enterprise Center/Markel Building, inspired by a foil-wrapped baked potato the architect consumed at an American Institute of Architects dinner. Each floor is clad in a 555-foot sledge-hammered sheet of aluminum.
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Enterprise Center/Markel Building, inspired by a foil-wrapped baked potato the architect consumed at an American Institute of Architects dinner. Each floor is clad in a 555-foot sledge-hammered sheet of aluminum.
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Enterprise Center/Markel Building, inspired by a foil-wrapped baked potato the architect consumed at an American Institute of Architects dinner. Each floor is clad in a 555-foot sledge-hammered sheet of aluminum.
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Enterprise Center/Markel Building, inspired by a foil-wrapped baked potato the architect consumed at an American Institute of Architects dinner. Each floor is clad in a 555-foot sledge-hammered sheet of aluminum.
All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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