160 Front Street
An exterior street-level view of a high-rise commercial tower featuring faceted glass curtain walling and an expressed diagonal support column, illustrating contextual urban massing.
- What we like about this project
- A massive diagonal column punches down through the glazed corner lobby, merging structure with architecture.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- glass-curtain-wall
- diagonal-brace
- faceted-massing
- double-height-lobby
- urban-tower
Style tags
- contemporary
- high-tech
- corporate
- structural-expressionism
Visual tags
- skyscraper
- commercial-tower
- structural-expression
- curtain-wall
- urban-context
- Geometry
- Multi-story tower with faceted, angled massing and a prominent diagonal structural brace cutting across the lower glass facade.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with vision glass and metal spandrel panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel composite frame with exterior diagrid elements and perimeter bracing.
- Spatial scale
- Massive skyscraper scale contrasting with pedestrians and low-rise heritage structures at the street edge.
- Lighting
- Early morning or late afternoon ambient light with clear blue skies and warm reflections on glass and surrounding masonry.
- Atmosphere
- A crisp, active downtown atmosphere defined by reflective glass and dramatic structural geometry.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban downtown street intersection flanked by historic brick masonry buildings and other high-rise towers.
- Spatial experience
- The building looms over the street corner, with transparent double-height ground-floor glazing opening up to urban pedestrian activity.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal spandrel bands intersected by vertical mullions and a powerful diagonal gesture.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate high-tech architecture
- Program
- Commercial office tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- glass-curtain-wall, diagonal-brace, faceted-massing, double-height-lobby, urban-tower
- Style tags
- contemporary, high-tech, corporate, structural-expressionism
- Visual tags
- skyscraper, commercial-tower, structural-expression, curtain-wall, urban-context
- Geometry
- Multi-story tower with faceted, angled massing and a prominent diagonal structural brace cutting across the lower glass facade.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with vision glass and metal spandrel panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel composite frame with exterior diagrid elements and perimeter bracing.
- Spatial scale
- Massive skyscraper scale contrasting with pedestrians and low-rise heritage structures at the street edge.
- Lighting
- Early morning or late afternoon ambient light with clear blue skies and warm reflections on glass and surrounding masonry.
- Atmosphere
- A crisp, active downtown atmosphere defined by reflective glass and dramatic structural geometry.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban downtown street intersection flanked by historic brick masonry buildings and other high-rise towers.
- Spatial experience
- The building looms over the street corner, with transparent double-height ground-floor glazing opening up to urban pedestrian activity.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal spandrel bands intersected by vertical mullions and a powerful diagonal gesture.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate high-tech architecture
- Program
- Commercial office tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture