This exposed-steel structure was a tour de force of high-tech design, with a dramatic skeletal exterior clad with tube-encased elevators and brightly coloured ductwork.
His affinity with the militant austerity of that Shangri-la of minimalism is apparent, in the present show, in renditions of galvanized-steel ductwork that suggest found Judd sculptures.
"I'm not bothered by the white ceiling in the least, and I really don't want to make the ductwork too important," Lowry said.
The subjects include a viaduct in Harlem, a flood-monitoring station on the Rio Grande, a Texas desert, electrical substations in that desert, and metal ductwork in a large, dark attic.
The space is raw: cinder-block walls are crisscrossed with steel beams, and visible ductwork meanders overhead; equipment is stored neatly along the sides; STREB employees and technicians go about their business.
He was sharing a loft space — brushed-concrete floors, exposed ductwork — with a movie-financing company.
After a foiled attempt in 1991, he and two other inmates succeeded in 1992 by crawling through ductwork.
Some plastics can be joined by welding, in the same manner as metals PVC and polyethylene tanks and ductwork being prime examples.
"Look at that ductwork," he said.
In the housing boom of the 1950s, contractors began using it to seal ductwork, prompting its name and the color change to the ubiquitous dull silver.
This 50-seat restaurant, a no-frills affair with a kitchen and ductwork on view, shares the space with Heidi, a 20-seater that also has an open kitchen.
