1921 Cortelyou Road — ESKW/Architects
An institutional lobby precedent showcasing a double-height entrance volume with expansive storefront glazing and durable interior finishes.
- What we like about this project
- Bright red emergency exit door providing a striking color contrast against the neutral interior palette.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- ceramic-tile
- painted-gypsum-board
- brick
Visual identifiers
- double-height-lobby
- storefront-glazing
- grey-tile-floor
- tall-entrance
Style tags
- contemporary
- civic
- functional
Visual tags
- civic
- lobby
- daylight
- institutional
- interior-architecture
- Geometry
- Double-height circulation hall featuring a tall storefront glass assembly, a slanted ceiling plane, and deep window reveals.
- Facade system
- Aluminium storefront glazing system with insulated glass units.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with non-loadbearing exterior curtain wall and partition walls.
- Spatial scale
- Double-height civic or institutional entrance hall at human scale.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight entering from large storefront windows, balanced by recessed ceiling downlights.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, bright, and welcoming public entrance filled with natural light.
- Environmental context
- Interior public lobby or community building entrance with views to an urban streetscape.
- Spatial experience
- Arrival area transitions from an exterior door into a bright, tall volume with clear sightlines into connecting corridors.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullions of the storefront window system repeat across the main facade elevation.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic institutional interior
- Program
- Community center or civic building entrance lobby
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, ceramic-tile, painted-gypsum-board, brick
- Visual identifiers
- double-height-lobby, storefront-glazing, grey-tile-floor, tall-entrance
- Style tags
- contemporary, civic, functional
- Visual tags
- civic, lobby, daylight, institutional, interior-architecture
- Geometry
- Double-height circulation hall featuring a tall storefront glass assembly, a slanted ceiling plane, and deep window reveals.
- Facade system
- Aluminium storefront glazing system with insulated glass units.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with non-loadbearing exterior curtain wall and partition walls.
- Spatial scale
- Double-height civic or institutional entrance hall at human scale.
- Lighting
- Bright daylight entering from large storefront windows, balanced by recessed ceiling downlights.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, bright, and welcoming public entrance filled with natural light.
- Environmental context
- Interior public lobby or community building entrance with views to an urban streetscape.
- Spatial experience
- Arrival area transitions from an exterior door into a bright, tall volume with clear sightlines into connecting corridors.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullions of the storefront window system repeat across the main facade elevation.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic institutional interior
- Program
- Community center or civic building entrance lobby
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture