West Bar Square
An exterior architectural precedent showcasing a sweeping curved glass facade that softens a corner and maximizes transparency at an urban public square.
- What we like about this project
- The smooth, continuous radius corner eliminates hard angular breaks, unifying two orthogonal street frontages.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- curved-glass-facade
- curvilinear-corner
- glazed-office-block
- ground-floor-transparency
Style tags
- contemporary
- corporate
- transparent
- curvilinear
Visual tags
- commercial-office
- curved-facade
- urban-square
- glazed-curtain-wall
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Curvilinear multi-story volume featuring a sweeping radius corner facade, organized with stacked horizontal floor slabs and a continuous structural grid.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with slim vertical mullions and horizontal slab-edge covers.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete column-and-slab frame with perimeter curtain wall support.
- Spatial scale
- Seven-story commercial office building scaled to anchor an active public square, with human and vehicular scale markers at street level.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight from the side casting soft reflections on the curved glass envelope and light shadows on the ground.
- Atmosphere
- Open, professional, and luminous, integrating commercial activity with the surrounding urban realm.
- Environmental context
- Urban square setting with lower-scale residential context buildings in the background and mature trees along the street edge.
- Spatial experience
- From the street level, the sweeping glazed corner opens up views into a transparent ground-floor lobby and activates the public square.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal spandrel bands alternate vertically with floor-to-ceiling vision glass panels around a sweeping radius.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial corporate architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building with ground-level retail or lobby
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- curved-glass-facade, curvilinear-corner, glazed-office-block, ground-floor-transparency
- Style tags
- contemporary, corporate, transparent, curvilinear
- Visual tags
- commercial-office, curved-facade, urban-square, glazed-curtain-wall, contemporary
- Geometry
- Curvilinear multi-story volume featuring a sweeping radius corner facade, organized with stacked horizontal floor slabs and a continuous structural grid.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with slim vertical mullions and horizontal slab-edge covers.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete column-and-slab frame with perimeter curtain wall support.
- Spatial scale
- Seven-story commercial office building scaled to anchor an active public square, with human and vehicular scale markers at street level.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight from the side casting soft reflections on the curved glass envelope and light shadows on the ground.
- Atmosphere
- Open, professional, and luminous, integrating commercial activity with the surrounding urban realm.
- Environmental context
- Urban square setting with lower-scale residential context buildings in the background and mature trees along the street edge.
- Spatial experience
- From the street level, the sweeping glazed corner opens up views into a transparent ground-floor lobby and activates the public square.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal spandrel bands alternate vertically with floor-to-ceiling vision glass panels around a sweeping radius.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial corporate architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building with ground-level retail or lobby
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture