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Shanghai-based DUTS design structures civic, commercial, and educational environments through luminous geometric volumes, balancing exposed structural trusses and micro-perforated lattice skins with expressive interior color forms visible through continuous glazing. This portfolio provides a clear reference when detailing multi-story glazed corners housing sculptural staircases, specifying micro-perforated portal enclosures, or integrating sunken subterranean courtyards into civic landscapes.

Exterior facade of Balabala flagship store by DUTS Design featuring glowing multi-level display windows on an urban street.

07天津:balabala滨江道旗舰店改造after

上海

An urban commercial facade precedent showcasing how a transparent, illuminated multi-story corner can activate a pedestrian street.

What we like about this project
Internal curved yellow staircase clearly visible through the multi-story glass corner.

Materials

  • glass
  • metal-panel
  • painted-concrete

Visual identifiers

  • corner-glazing
  • glowing-facade
  • retail-flagship
  • urban-corner

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • commercial
  • transparent

Visual tags

  • commercial
  • retail
  • facade-renovation
  • urban-lantern
  • corner-building
Geometry
Multi-story corner building with a faceted glazed corner volume that reveals internal curving stair circulation.
Facade system
Curtain wall corner glazing integrated with metallic vertical mullions and solid cladding panels.
Structural guess
Steel frame with non-loadbearing curtain wall and cladding panels.
Spatial scale
Three-story retail volume scaled to pedestrian street width.
Lighting
Warm internal display lighting contrasting with the cool blue twilight ambient sky.
Atmosphere
Inviting, vibrant retail glow set against a quiet twilight urban street.
Environmental context
Dense urban commercial street lined with low- to mid-rise buildings and mature street trees.
Spatial experience
The illuminated corner acts as an urban lantern, drawing pedestrian focus down the street corridor.
Composition rhythm
Vertical window fins establishing a steady rhythm along the upper facade tiers.
Style reading
Contemporary commercial architecture
Program
Retail flagship store
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, metal-panel, painted-concrete
Visual identifiers
corner-glazing, glowing-facade, retail-flagship, urban-corner
Style tags
contemporary, commercial, transparent
Visual tags
commercial, retail, facade-renovation, urban-lantern, corner-building
Geometry
Multi-story corner building with a faceted glazed corner volume that reveals internal curving stair circulation.
Facade system
Curtain wall corner glazing integrated with metallic vertical mullions and solid cladding panels.
Structural guess
Steel frame with non-loadbearing curtain wall and cladding panels.
Spatial scale
Three-story retail volume scaled to pedestrian street width.
Lighting
Warm internal display lighting contrasting with the cool blue twilight ambient sky.
Atmosphere
Inviting, vibrant retail glow set against a quiet twilight urban street.
Environmental context
Dense urban commercial street lined with low- to mid-rise buildings and mature street trees.
Spatial experience
The illuminated corner acts as an urban lantern, drawing pedestrian focus down the street corridor.
Composition rhythm
Vertical window fins establishing a steady rhythm along the upper facade tiers.
Style reading
Contemporary commercial architecture
Program
Retail flagship store
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior facade of Balabala flagship store by DUTS Design featuring glowing multi-level display windows on an urban street.

07天津:balabala滨江道旗舰店改造after

上海

An urban commercial facade precedent showcasing how a transparent, illuminated multi-story corner can activate a pedestrian street.

What we like about this project
Internal curved yellow staircase clearly visible through the multi-story glass corner.

Materials

  • glass
  • metal-panel
  • painted-concrete

Visual identifiers

  • corner-glazing
  • glowing-facade
  • retail-flagship
  • urban-corner

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • commercial
  • transparent

Visual tags

  • commercial
  • retail
  • facade-renovation
  • urban-lantern
  • corner-building
Geometry
Multi-story corner building with a faceted glazed corner volume that reveals internal curving stair circulation.
Facade system
Curtain wall corner glazing integrated with metallic vertical mullions and solid cladding panels.
Structural guess
Steel frame with non-loadbearing curtain wall and cladding panels.
Spatial scale
Three-story retail volume scaled to pedestrian street width.
Lighting
Warm internal display lighting contrasting with the cool blue twilight ambient sky.
Atmosphere
Inviting, vibrant retail glow set against a quiet twilight urban street.
Environmental context
Dense urban commercial street lined with low- to mid-rise buildings and mature street trees.
Spatial experience
The illuminated corner acts as an urban lantern, drawing pedestrian focus down the street corridor.
Composition rhythm
Vertical window fins establishing a steady rhythm along the upper facade tiers.
Style reading
Contemporary commercial architecture
Program
Retail flagship store
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, metal-panel, painted-concrete
Visual identifiers
corner-glazing, glowing-facade, retail-flagship, urban-corner
Style tags
contemporary, commercial, transparent
Visual tags
commercial, retail, facade-renovation, urban-lantern, corner-building
Geometry
Multi-story corner building with a faceted glazed corner volume that reveals internal curving stair circulation.
Facade system
Curtain wall corner glazing integrated with metallic vertical mullions and solid cladding panels.
Structural guess
Steel frame with non-loadbearing curtain wall and cladding panels.
Spatial scale
Three-story retail volume scaled to pedestrian street width.
Lighting
Warm internal display lighting contrasting with the cool blue twilight ambient sky.
Atmosphere
Inviting, vibrant retail glow set against a quiet twilight urban street.
Environmental context
Dense urban commercial street lined with low- to mid-rise buildings and mature street trees.
Spatial experience
The illuminated corner acts as an urban lantern, drawing pedestrian focus down the street corridor.
Composition rhythm
Vertical window fins establishing a steady rhythm along the upper facade tiers.
Style reading
Contemporary commercial architecture
Program
Retail flagship store
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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