Smith and Williams: Microdot Incorporated (South Pasadena, Calif.)

Brick and colored, clear, and painted glass were used to create visually pleasing spaces inside—a lobby and conference room—and read on the exterior as colorful volumes.
A preliminary design proposed a façade that resembled a computer punch card, a reference to the company business.

Smith and Williams, architects
Kent Oppenheimer, photographer
Larry Harmon, photographer

Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

1961

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