Commercial — B. Hills Architecture: Boise
Boise
A commercial storefront precedent combining wood-clad signage, a sliding pass-through service window, and integrated outdoor seating for an ice cream shop.
- What we like about this project
- Wine barrels repurposed as outdoor cocktail tables alongside metal barstools.
Materials
- wood
- glass
- aluminum
- brick
- stone
Visual identifiers
- storefront
- pass-through-window
- wood-cladding
- patio-seating
Style tags
- contemporary
- rustic
- commercial
- retail
Visual tags
- retail
- storefront
- hospitality
- street-edge
- outdoor-dining
- Geometry
- Symmetrical storefront composition framed by stone and brick piers, featuring a central glazed entry door and sliding pass-through window counter.
- Facade system
- Storefront aluminum curtain wall glazing system with horizontal wood slat sign band and operable pass-through window.
- Structural guess
- Infill commercial storefront within an existing masonry or concrete structural frame.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story commercial storefront scaled closely to pedestrian street activity.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows under the storefront overhang and across the patio.
- Atmosphere
- Casual, inviting neighborhood gathering spot energized by outdoor seating and open storefront glazing.
- Environmental context
- Urban sidewalk storefront setting with neighboring retail facades and outdoor street furniture.
- Spatial experience
- Welcoming street-level threshold blending indoor counter service with an active outdoor patio seating zone.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical masonry piers alternating with central horizontal bands of glass and timber signage.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rustic commercial storefront
- Program
- Ice cream shop and retail parlor
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, glass, aluminum, brick, stone
- Visual identifiers
- storefront, pass-through-window, wood-cladding, patio-seating
- Style tags
- contemporary, rustic, commercial, retail
- Visual tags
- retail, storefront, hospitality, street-edge, outdoor-dining
- Geometry
- Symmetrical storefront composition framed by stone and brick piers, featuring a central glazed entry door and sliding pass-through window counter.
- Facade system
- Storefront aluminum curtain wall glazing system with horizontal wood slat sign band and operable pass-through window.
- Structural guess
- Infill commercial storefront within an existing masonry or concrete structural frame.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story commercial storefront scaled closely to pedestrian street activity.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows under the storefront overhang and across the patio.
- Atmosphere
- Casual, inviting neighborhood gathering spot energized by outdoor seating and open storefront glazing.
- Environmental context
- Urban sidewalk storefront setting with neighboring retail facades and outdoor street furniture.
- Spatial experience
- Welcoming street-level threshold blending indoor counter service with an active outdoor patio seating zone.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical masonry piers alternating with central horizontal bands of glass and timber signage.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rustic commercial storefront
- Program
- Ice cream shop and retail parlor
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture