1921 Cortelyou Road — ESKW/Architects
An urban residential and community entrance facade precedent by ESKW/Architects, demonstrating the contrast between heavy multi-story brick massing and a light, transparent double-height entry portal.
- What we like about this project
- Bright red entrance doors draw the eye directly into the transparent, double-height volume, contrasting sharply with the neutral earth tones of the surrounding brick and metal panels.
Materials
- brick
- metal-panel
- glass
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- brick-facade
- double-height-entrance
- red-entry-doors
- metal-canopy
Style tags
- contemporary
- urban
- rationalist
Visual tags
- urban-infill
- residential-tower
- street-edge
- civic-entry
- mixed-material
- Geometry
- An articulated multi-story brick residential tower sits beside a lower, projecting modern metal-panel and glass entrance pavilion with a double-height vertical window and canopy.
- Facade system
- Combination of masonry load-bearing or veneer wall with punched windows and a lightweight metal panel curtain wall system at the entrance.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab construction with masonry cladding and curtain wall infill.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled street front featuring a multi-story tower contrasting with a more intimate, two-story entrance pavilion.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp architectural shadows and highlighting the deep reveals of the tower windows and entrance canopy.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, daylight-filled urban threshold blending solid masonry with transparent, active portals.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with concrete sidewalk paving and neighboring residential building context.
- Spatial experience
- The street edge transitions from a continuous open sidewalk through a sheltered colonnade into a welcoming, highly visible double-height entrance volume.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical window alignments on the tall brick facade paired with the strong vertical mullions and canopy line of the entry pavilion.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban infill with civic articulation
- Program
- Residential tower with ground-floor church and community entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, metal-panel, glass, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- brick-facade, double-height-entrance, red-entry-doors, metal-canopy
- Style tags
- contemporary, urban, rationalist
- Visual tags
- urban-infill, residential-tower, street-edge, civic-entry, mixed-material
- Geometry
- An articulated multi-story brick residential tower sits beside a lower, projecting modern metal-panel and glass entrance pavilion with a double-height vertical window and canopy.
- Facade system
- Combination of masonry load-bearing or veneer wall with punched windows and a lightweight metal panel curtain wall system at the entrance.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab construction with masonry cladding and curtain wall infill.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled street front featuring a multi-story tower contrasting with a more intimate, two-story entrance pavilion.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp architectural shadows and highlighting the deep reveals of the tower windows and entrance canopy.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, daylight-filled urban threshold blending solid masonry with transparent, active portals.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with concrete sidewalk paving and neighboring residential building context.
- Spatial experience
- The street edge transitions from a continuous open sidewalk through a sheltered colonnade into a welcoming, highly visible double-height entrance volume.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical window alignments on the tall brick facade paired with the strong vertical mullions and canopy line of the entry pavilion.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban infill with civic articulation
- Program
- Residential tower with ground-floor church and community entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture