Award-winning Architects in Lichfield and Cheltenham
An exterior precedent by BHB Architects showcasing the integration of a modern multi-story glass curtain wall with historic or contextual brick architecture for a corporate headquarters.
- What we like about this project
- Large graphic overlay superimposed on the right wing, contrasting heritage brick with stark typography.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- brick
- steel
Visual identifiers
- curtain-wall
- brick-façade
- corporate-branding
- gabled-roof
Style tags
- contemporary
- corporate
- industrial-modern
Visual tags
- commercial
- adaptive-reuse
- entrance
- curtain-wall
- corporate-office
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical two-story composition combining a modern curtain-wall glazed atrium wing with an industrial gabled brick volume.
- Facade system
- Multi-story aluminum curtain wall paired with load-bearing brickwork.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite floors and masonry support walls.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story corporate entrance at human scale, flanked by generous vehicular drop-off lanes.
- Lighting
- Twilight exterior lighting with warm interior illumination glowing through expansive glazing and uplighted brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- Professional and welcoming evening atmosphere created by interior warmth spilling through large glass expanses.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or business-park drop-off zone with mature trees and perimeter security bollards.
- Spatial experience
- The approach leads via a curved drop-off lane directly toward the transparent revolving entry framed by multi-story curtain walling.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullion rhythm matched against punched brick openings and gabled geometry.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate adaptive reuse
- Program
- Corporate headquarters office
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, brick, steel
- Visual identifiers
- curtain-wall, brick-façade, corporate-branding, gabled-roof
- Style tags
- contemporary, corporate, industrial-modern
- Visual tags
- commercial, adaptive-reuse, entrance, curtain-wall, corporate-office
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical two-story composition combining a modern curtain-wall glazed atrium wing with an industrial gabled brick volume.
- Facade system
- Multi-story aluminum curtain wall paired with load-bearing brickwork.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite floors and masonry support walls.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story corporate entrance at human scale, flanked by generous vehicular drop-off lanes.
- Lighting
- Twilight exterior lighting with warm interior illumination glowing through expansive glazing and uplighted brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- Professional and welcoming evening atmosphere created by interior warmth spilling through large glass expanses.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or business-park drop-off zone with mature trees and perimeter security bollards.
- Spatial experience
- The approach leads via a curved drop-off lane directly toward the transparent revolving entry framed by multi-story curtain walling.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullion rhythm matched against punched brick openings and gabled geometry.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate adaptive reuse
- Program
- Corporate headquarters office
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture