UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed an administration building in South Carolina with a winged roof that covers a skybridge. 
Located in Greenville, the Greenville County Administration Building contains offices and is part of a wider redevelopment of the county's central square by RocaPoint Partners.
British studio Foster + Partners has completed an administrative building in South Carolina
The building consists of two separate glass volumes conjoined by a winged roof that covers a central walkway and an elevated skybridge connecting the third floor.
"The building will make a significant contribution to Greenville County, acting as a place for local people to meet in serene natural surroundings," said Foster + Partners head of studio Nigel Dancey. It consists of two glass volumes topped with a winged roof
"The overhanging roof converges to create a shaded plaza, with crisp edges that accentuate the building's unique form."
At its centre, the roof protrudes in a pyramidal canopy, which is made of a series of translucent panels framed with brown metal.
The roof covers a walkway and skybridge
Colourful, integrated lighting illuminates the central space at night.
A glass curtain wall envelopes each volume. The team states said the glass was used to symbolically erase the boundary between the public and the government.
The overhanging roof is marked by sharp edges
Inside, offices and "vast" lobby spaces were distributed across t...