 Nonetheless, the bulk of the building was completed in 1913, with a courtyard and the entry rotunda pushing the final completion to 1926.With restrained ornamentation, it occupies a middle ground between Beaux Arts classicism and the emerging modernist aesthetic.The 17-floor building is characterized by a unique triangular shape, most closely associated with the Flatiron Building in New York City, which was necessitated by its triangular site.