Saint Laurent Avenue Montaigne Paris Casper Mueller Kneer Architects Copyright Paul Riddle 0057
An exterior facade precedent featuring a robust bush-hammered concrete grid framing tall multi-story glazing for a high-end retail environment.
- What we like about this project
- The rough texture of the concrete piers contrasts directly with the sleek, precise metal framing of the storefront windows.
Materials
- bush-hammered-concrete
- glass
- marble
- stone
Visual identifiers
- concrete-grid
- bush-hammered-concrete
- tall-glazing
- retail-facade
Style tags
- contemporary
- brutalist-inflected
- minimalist
Visual tags
- commercial
- retail
- monumental
- daylit
- urban-facade
- Geometry
- Strict orthogonal grid composed of vertical bush-hammered concrete piers and horizontal spandrels framing tall multi-story glazing openings.
- Facade system
- Post-and-beam style bush-hammered concrete structural facade with large inset structural glazing panels.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete frame with non-structural infill glazing systems.
- Spatial scale
- Double-height street frontage creating a monumental commercial scale relative to pedestrians.
- Lighting
- Daylight reflects off the glazing and stone street elements while interior lightboxes create a bright, even upward glow.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, monumental, and refined through the contrast of raw textured concrete and pristine glass.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with stone paving and a polished marble bench in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The deep facade grid bridges the public sidewalk to the luminous, gallery-like interior retail space visible through expansive glass.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical and horizontal grid rhythm defined by heavy concrete piers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental retail architecture
- Program
- High-end fashion boutique
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- bush-hammered-concrete, glass, marble, stone
- Visual identifiers
- concrete-grid, bush-hammered-concrete, tall-glazing, retail-facade
- Style tags
- contemporary, brutalist-inflected, minimalist
- Visual tags
- commercial, retail, monumental, daylit, urban-facade
- Geometry
- Strict orthogonal grid composed of vertical bush-hammered concrete piers and horizontal spandrels framing tall multi-story glazing openings.
- Facade system
- Post-and-beam style bush-hammered concrete structural facade with large inset structural glazing panels.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete frame with non-structural infill glazing systems.
- Spatial scale
- Double-height street frontage creating a monumental commercial scale relative to pedestrians.
- Lighting
- Daylight reflects off the glazing and stone street elements while interior lightboxes create a bright, even upward glow.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, monumental, and refined through the contrast of raw textured concrete and pristine glass.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with stone paving and a polished marble bench in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The deep facade grid bridges the public sidewalk to the luminous, gallery-like interior retail space visible through expansive glass.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical and horizontal grid rhythm defined by heavy concrete piers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental retail architecture
- Program
- High-end fashion boutique
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture