Scouting locations for new offices, Grupo Gallegos advertising agency founder John Gallegos envisioned a complex where creativity would be spurred by a democratic openness—a quality that was clearly in the DNA of a 40,000squarefoot former Cineplex. Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects gave the project a distinctive flourish: 360 custom white umbrellas, a reference to photo shoots, which hang unfurled and upside down from the black ceiling above workstations in the doubleheight central atrium. +back to all winners+back to main article