An interesting take on architecture as icons:

"Façade becomes image – image becomes façade. Suddenly the possibilities multiplied. We might have been hired to build a building, but now we could pretend to plant trees! We used a strong, simple image of a bamboo grove stenciled in white onto the glass façade, and painted the back wall bright green. By day, the graphic becomes a striking and simple form of sun-shading; by night green light dapples over the intersection – a luminous bamboo plantation in the heart of the metropolis."

See more of the building details Here.