Cao | Perrot Studio
In 2012, Cao and Perrot did a temporary installation called Cloud Terrace at Dumbarton Oaks, the research library and museum in Washington, D.C. On a paved terrace, the designers floated a free-form cloud comprising wire mesh and Swarovski crystals over a reflecting pool set in pebbles. Cloud Terrace, installed in gardens originally designed by Beatrix Farrand, was the third of the studio’s cloud installations; Bow Lake Cloud, planned for a site in Washington state, will use pieces of glass salved from a landfill, stainless steel mesh, and felt.