In 2009, psychologists at the University of British Columbia studied how the color of a background say, the shade of an interior wall affects performance on a variety of mental tasks.

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The interior backed by a glass qibla wall which looks on to a sunken garden is equally unfamiliar to Kocatepe devotees.

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But the structure floats on a one-story wall of glass and the high interior space is beautifully shaped by a small forest of cone lamps descending from the roof to just above table height.

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When the external factors of a city's environment require the wall to be without openings, the interior must be especially full and satisfying.

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He worked his North Carolina territory hard, driving to hardware stores in a van with an interior he personally equipped with a replica of a retail wall of power-tool accessories.

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Finally, there is Wall the lurking suitor of beauty in landscape, cityscape, interior, and still-life.

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