160 Front Street
An exterior street-level view of a high-rise commercial tower featuring faceted glass curtain wall assemblies and an open, multi-height transparent ground floor.
- What we like about this project
- The upper glass facade folds inward and outward, dramatically altering reflection angles and distorting reflections of neighboring towers.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- concrete
- aluminum
Visual identifiers
- faceted-glass
- curtain-wall
- double-height-lobby
- angled-facade
- urban-tower
Style tags
- contemporary
- corporate
- high-tech
- glazed
Visual tags
- commercial
- high-rise
- glazed-facade
- urban-context
- street-edge
- reflective
- Geometry
- The tower massing features faceted or folded glass curtain wall planes that angle outward, intersecting a multi-story transparent ground level along the street edge.
- Facade system
- Faceted unitized glass curtain wall with integrated spandrels and structural steel supports.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite concrete floor slabs and exterior perimeter columns supporting a suspended unitized curtain wall.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial skyscraper scale; ground floor is multi-height, dwarfing pedestrians and street trees.
- Lighting
- Daylight reflects heavily off angled glass panels, creating bright specular reflections while deeply shadowing upper spandrel areas; street level is evenly lit by ambient daylight.
- Atmosphere
- Sleek, bustling metropolitan atmosphere defined by reflective glass and busy downtown street life.
- Environmental context
- Urban downtown street intersection with adjacent high-rise towers, street signs, traffic, and pedestrians on the sidewalk.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach reveals a tall, transparent lobby fronted by street trees and a pedestrian crosswalk, creating a continuous visual link between interior reception and the urban sidewalk.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical faceted panels alternate with horizontal floor slabs, establishing a dynamic folding rhythm across the massive vertical surface.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate high-rise architecture
- Program
- Commercial office tower with ground floor lobby
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, concrete, aluminum
- Visual identifiers
- faceted-glass, curtain-wall, double-height-lobby, angled-facade, urban-tower
- Style tags
- contemporary, corporate, high-tech, glazed
- Visual tags
- commercial, high-rise, glazed-facade, urban-context, street-edge, reflective
- Geometry
- The tower massing features faceted or folded glass curtain wall planes that angle outward, intersecting a multi-story transparent ground level along the street edge.
- Facade system
- Faceted unitized glass curtain wall with integrated spandrels and structural steel supports.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite concrete floor slabs and exterior perimeter columns supporting a suspended unitized curtain wall.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial skyscraper scale; ground floor is multi-height, dwarfing pedestrians and street trees.
- Lighting
- Daylight reflects heavily off angled glass panels, creating bright specular reflections while deeply shadowing upper spandrel areas; street level is evenly lit by ambient daylight.
- Atmosphere
- Sleek, bustling metropolitan atmosphere defined by reflective glass and busy downtown street life.
- Environmental context
- Urban downtown street intersection with adjacent high-rise towers, street signs, traffic, and pedestrians on the sidewalk.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach reveals a tall, transparent lobby fronted by street trees and a pedestrian crosswalk, creating a continuous visual link between interior reception and the urban sidewalk.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical faceted panels alternate with horizontal floor slabs, establishing a dynamic folding rhythm across the massive vertical surface.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate high-rise architecture
- Program
- Commercial office tower with ground floor lobby
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture