 Even though property prices in the area were very high, the Morgan building was purposely designed to be only four stories tall; the contrast to the surrounding high-rises is reinforced by the astylar exterior, rendered as a single high piano nobile over a low basement, with a mezzanine above, and an attic storey above the main cornice.The plain limestone walls are pierced by unadorned windows in deep reveals.The foundations were constructed deep and strong enough in order to support a forty-story tower should the need arise in the future.