Google Barge In San Fransisco Bay - Civil Engineering & Architecture Discussion

Google has been building a four-story structure in the heart of the San Francisco Bay for several weeks now. A 50-foot-tall, 250-foot-long structure, the Google Barge is amazing for its unique architecture - if the striking glass-and-steel design shown in an artist's rendering below is anywhere close to reality -




You can read more about the Google Barge at San Fransisco Chronicle here :
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I would like to invite the civil and structural engineers here to discuss the engineering behind the Google Barge. What are your opinions about the architecture and overall design?