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The Garden Room here is a free-standing glassed in pavilion used for conferences. Photo ©Darren Bradley I am frequently told by people who see my photos of buildings around town that they'd never noticed the buildings until they saw my photographs - even though they'd driven or walked past it for years. I take that as a compliment, and it's partially the point of why I do this in the first place - to get people to stop and notice and maybe even appreciate building they'd otherwise ignore. But recently, it was my turn to have someone else point out a building I never knew was there - even though I'd driven past it thousands of times.  First view of this little cluster of brutalist buildings, perched on the hillside. Photo @Darren Bradley This cluster of modernist buildings is in Mission Valley, perched on a slope adjacent to Interstate 8, overlooking Qualcomm Stadium and IKEA.  The deep waffle ceilings and the cutouts to allow light are my favorite part of this proje...