This suburban office building sheathed in reflective glass rises like an apparition in the flat landscape of its commercial highway. The building is seen to best effect looking east from Lakeland Drive, where a six-story block with the principal entrance steps down to the north as a three-story wing curving in a quarter circle to form an L-shaped plan. Massing is more complex to the rear where Mirror Lake reflects the building. Reflective glass’s ability to reduce interior heat as well as light is especially desirable during the long Mississippi summers. Mirror Lake Plaza is set back from the highway to highlight it visually and to provide ample surface parking for its occupants; the parking area is curved to follow the outline of the building.
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MIRROR LAKE PLAZA
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