One of the wonderful things about the place is its openness — the building is now open seven days a week and anyone from anywhere can request and use its resources.
The German and French bidders had previously expressed an openness to building submarines in Australia, but there had been questions about Japan because of a desire to protect its sensitive technology.
At Google, a company that prides itself on openness, some buildings were on "lockdown" to ensure that upcoming products don't leak.
It is expected that the characteristics of room acoustical parameters and sound pressure level (SPL) attenuation of outdoor spaces surrounded by multi-residential buildings depends on many design factors such as the openness, volume, and building layouts, etc.
The effect is one of radical openness — of a building somehow without walls in that once walled city.
One priority of China's Asia policy going forward is to support and join in the framework of dialogue and cooperation initiated by ASEAN, which fosters the principles of openness, inclusiveness, consensus building and accommodating each party's comfort level.
Palacians are known for their openness and focus on building community.
The restoration by the architect Gae Aulenti has preserved the openness of the original building, which was built on the site of the third-century temple of Serapis (some of the ruins, in a private garden, can be seen from the glass-enclosed stairs that are the exit from the second floor).
Meanwhile, I asked the CCTV executive if she thought the building would foster openness in the Chinese media.
The building's interior openness itself is a barrier to Mr. Bloomberg's plan, some preservationists contend.
"The building itself creates an openness and an interest," he said.
