Exterior facade of a multi-story office building
An exterior facade precedent showcasing curved floor-to-ceiling glazing paired with continuous fluted dark metal spandrels and integrated outdoor terraces.
- What we like about this project
- The deep fluted profile of the dark spandrels creates a textile-like texture across a rigid commercial skin.
Materials
- metal
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- curved-corners
- fluted-spandrels
- floor-to-ceiling-glass
- recessed-terrace
Style tags
- contemporary
- curvilinear
- commercial
Visual tags
- commercial
- curvilinear
- facade-detail
- daylighting
- terrace
- Geometry
- Stacked floor plates with rounded, sweeping corner geometry, articulated by horizontal fluted bands.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall system with curved insulated glazing units and formed metal fluted spandrel panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab structure with perimeter columns supporting cantilevered or setback floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story commercial scale; structural columns and multiple window tiers visible.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with clear overhead sun casting soft shadows along the fluted metal spandrels.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, sophisticated, and polished architectural expression emphasizing horizontal continuity.
- Environmental context
- Urban office or commercial setting with surrounding buildings reflected in the curved glass.
- Spatial experience
- The deep horizontal fluting casts shadow lines across the facade, while recessed curved terraces provide outdoor gathering areas framed by rounded glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal fluted banding interrupted by vertical window mullions and a prominent cylindrical column on the terrace.
- Style reading
- Contemporary organic commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- metal, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- curved-corners, fluted-spandrels, floor-to-ceiling-glass, recessed-terrace
- Style tags
- contemporary, curvilinear, commercial
- Visual tags
- commercial, curvilinear, facade-detail, daylighting, terrace
- Geometry
- Stacked floor plates with rounded, sweeping corner geometry, articulated by horizontal fluted bands.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall system with curved insulated glazing units and formed metal fluted spandrel panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab structure with perimeter columns supporting cantilevered or setback floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story commercial scale; structural columns and multiple window tiers visible.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight with clear overhead sun casting soft shadows along the fluted metal spandrels.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, sophisticated, and polished architectural expression emphasizing horizontal continuity.
- Environmental context
- Urban office or commercial setting with surrounding buildings reflected in the curved glass.
- Spatial experience
- The deep horizontal fluting casts shadow lines across the facade, while recessed curved terraces provide outdoor gathering areas framed by rounded glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal fluted banding interrupted by vertical window mullions and a prominent cylindrical column on the terrace.
- Style reading
- Contemporary organic commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture