The south end of McCord Hall, closest to Lemon Street, was originally drawn as a cantilever – an unsupported overhang. But since the structure of McCord Hall is concrete the cantilever would have been expensive and difficult to pull off. So, the architects added columns to the plan – but not your ordinary plumb-straight columns. These columns are tilted. They were an eye-catching sight when they were being poured, and as they rose through four floors to the roof I became enchanted with them. In this podcast, Jerri Smith and David Ottavio, the lead architects from Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, talk about the columns and the role they play in the design.