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The curvilinear building design follows a portion of the White Tank Mountain peaks and uses a smooth and split faced masonry palette of colors taken directly from rock samples along Red Mountain river banks.

Cardinal incorporated gracefully curved flying buttresses extending the corners of the building complemented by free standing walls that not only provide a strong visual representation of the natural mountains but allow a three-dimensional experience to the viewer as they pass under and between the walls of the building giving the feeling of wandering through an Arizona canyon. The two-story curved curtain wall entrances present themselves as a passageway into a cave opening into a spacious canyon, the public space of the Healthcare center.

The seamless blending of the public spaces and the “back of house” areas are a hallmark of the Adelante buildings. The extensive use of soffiting, skylights and solar tubes create the effect of the “shafts of light” for which Antelope Canyon is so well known while the warm finishes and rich hues of flooring evoke the rock and sand floors of the canyon.