"Window Washer" by Derek Wasylyshen, ,

High-rise buildings are often differentiated by their façades, whether it be color, material, geometry, scale, or even function. Large towers often make the most of their elevated views by incorporating different means of glazing to promote inhabitant perspective, comfort, and building performance. As buildings become much more complex and larger in scale, the maintenance of the buildings skin is a work of art in itself.

Here, a window cleaner can be seen washing the 24th floor windows of the 201 Portage building in Winnipeg’s city center. The window washer is suspended from the top floor using only a bosuns chair – a seated plank that allows them to perform their job with a degree of safety and comfort. It is both fascinating and rare to see these skill workers coordinate and operate at such vulnerable heights and conditions, even though to them it is just “another day at the office."