Natural stone was selected as a cladding for the Cole Eye Institute, a component of the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH, for the sake of continuity, said architect Sam Kirby of Cesar Pelli Architects. "We had already introduced stone to a few other building in the clinic campus," he said. "Using the same stone again would give the campus some consistency in its look and feel."
Prior to the Cole Eye Institute, Cesar Pelli was involved in the construction of two other buildings on the Cleveland Campus -- the Lerner Research Institute and the Crile Building. "The Cleveland Clinic Foundation approached us with a proposal for the Eye Institute because we have been working with them on the clinic since 1980," Kirby said.