Expansion joints are

UGLY!

We hear this from architects.

Notwithstanding that eye-of-the-beholder thing, it may be true…

see the joint…if you actually

…if you actually see the joints. see the joint?

okay, it’s here

even from 15-ft, you’ve got to know what you’re looking for

in order to inform, we need to show close ups

it's more likely they'll never be seen

decisions

made early in the design process can be as big a driver as material selection in making joints unnoticeable

decisions

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SJS SYSTEM beside a granite detail band at the Pru

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SJS SYSTEM at the Venetian

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Sand-blasted SJS-FR at 49ers Levi’s

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MIGUTRANS at Dusseldorf Airport

are all design options for softening the visual impact of structural expansion joints.

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even if

you are cursed like us with the obsession of not seeing the architecture for the joints

even if

it takes a dedicated curiosity and a practiced eye to pick out well-designed expansion joints

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