Perot Museum of Nature and Science / Morphosis Architects

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Architects: Morphosis
Year: 2012
Photographs:Roland Halbe
Manufacturers: ALPOLIC, C.R. Laurence, FabriTRAK®, dormakaba, Assa Abloy, DuPont, Erco, Sherwin-Williams, Signify, Acor, Acorn, Action Door, Adams Rite, American Hydrotech, American Standard, Ampco Powder, Andover Systems, Aquaplane, Avic Sanxin, B-K Lighting, +42BESAM, Besam, Carlisle SynTec, Cooper Lighting, Corian, Crestron, Edison Price Lighting, Eklund, Electrix Illumination, GFRC, GFRC Doors, Gate Precast, Horton Automatics, Hunter Douglas, Insulated units and laminated glass, Avic Sanxin Co., Invision, Ives, J+J Invision, LCN, Linear Lighting, Lumascape, McKeon, Novum Structures, Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Omega Fence Systems, Performance Door, Polyguard Products, RSA Lighting, Rixson, SPI lighting, Schlage, Security Metal Products Corp, Selux, Smoke Guard, Stanley Access, Total Door Systems, Toto, Trainor Glass Company, Viessmann, Von Duprin, W.R. Meadows Sealtight, thyssenkrupp-42
Civil Engineer: URS Corporation
Structural Engineer: Datum Engineers
Mechanical Electrical Plumbing Engineer: Buro Happold
Consulting Structural Engineer: John A. Martin & Associates

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