Exterior dusk view of Belzberg Architects high-rise
An exterior facade precedent by Belzberg Architects demonstrating a curved, perforated double-skin envelope that creates a glowing urban lantern effect at dusk.
- What we like about this project
- The bowed structural columns lift off the ground plane to create an inviting, porous pedestrian corner.
Materials
- concrete
- metal
- glass
Visual identifiers
- curved-fins
- perforated-screen
- dusk-illumination
- textured-facade
Style tags
- contemporary
- parametric
- tectonic
Visual tags
- high-rise
- double-skin
- urban-corner
- complex-geometry
- night-lighting
- Geometry
- An articulated tower featuring outward-bowed vertical concrete fins and deeply textured perforated screen panels spanning across multiple bays.
- Facade system
- Perforated screen panels integrated with curved structural framing elements.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete core and slab with exterior curved expressive columns and framing.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise urban tower holding the street corner, roughly eight to ten stories high.
- Lighting
- Dusk sky with warm interior illumination casting through perforated screens and long exposure traffic light streaks below.
- Atmosphere
- Dynamic and luminous, contrasting the textured urban envelope against a fading evening sky.
- Environmental context
- Urban intersection surrounded by mature trees, power lines, and neighboring lower-rise urban fabric.
- Spatial experience
- The building presence shifts from solid monumentality at the base to an intricate, glowing lantern at dusk, anchoring the street corner.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical curving structural fins create a rhythmic vertical bay division punctuated by horizontal screen courses.
- Style reading
- Contemporary parametric tectonic tower
- Program
- Commercial office or mixed-use tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, metal, glass
- Visual identifiers
- curved-fins, perforated-screen, dusk-illumination, textured-facade
- Style tags
- contemporary, parametric, tectonic
- Visual tags
- high-rise, double-skin, urban-corner, complex-geometry, night-lighting
- Geometry
- An articulated tower featuring outward-bowed vertical concrete fins and deeply textured perforated screen panels spanning across multiple bays.
- Facade system
- Perforated screen panels integrated with curved structural framing elements.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete core and slab with exterior curved expressive columns and framing.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise urban tower holding the street corner, roughly eight to ten stories high.
- Lighting
- Dusk sky with warm interior illumination casting through perforated screens and long exposure traffic light streaks below.
- Atmosphere
- Dynamic and luminous, contrasting the textured urban envelope against a fading evening sky.
- Environmental context
- Urban intersection surrounded by mature trees, power lines, and neighboring lower-rise urban fabric.
- Spatial experience
- The building presence shifts from solid monumentality at the base to an intricate, glowing lantern at dusk, anchoring the street corner.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical curving structural fins create a rhythmic vertical bay division punctuated by horizontal screen courses.
- Style reading
- Contemporary parametric tectonic tower
- Program
- Commercial office or mixed-use tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture