WALA-TV



Mobile, Alabama

The design for WALA – TV was conceived from the beginning as a simple modular building. The single-story flat-roof building consists of two heights and totals 37,000 square feet. Newsroom and studio facilities comprise the high bay portion of the building.

The “X” bracing form of the 200-foot tall tower has been visually tied to the building in the form of horizontal steel crossing framework that is utilized for mounting the ever-changing satellite and antennae equipment.

Custom-designed combination window shades and sunscreens provide sun screening for the long hot season of the south and responds to the ever-present potential of hurricanes along the coast of Alabama. The devices from day to night create a strong visual effect. Daytime conditions of changing shadows cast across the modular box of the building create strong visual interest.

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