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Figure 7: Deconstructing the Everett McKinley Dirksen US Courthouse in Chicago, by Ludwig Mies van der
Rohe. The first order of threshold – the grid of the plinth (a) – marks the site of the court, wrapped within
a reflective skin of steel and glass (b). Within, the third order of threshold, solid and homogenous timber
cladding (c) encases the courtroom (d).
