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    A Suspended Shading System Made from Wood

    For the GSA Office Building in Albuquerque, N.M., architecture and engineering firm Page hung western red cedar slats to shade the courtyard and building interior in an elegant and efficient manner.

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    Eleven 61-foot-long, ¼-inch-diameter stainless-steel cables support the slats. Supplied by Landmann Wire Rope Products, the cables hang in shallow catenary arches across the center of the 59-foot-long span. “We didn’t want the cables so taut that they didn’t have a little gracefulness,” Speck says.

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