Exterior facade of a multi-story brick commercial or healthcare
An exterior architectural photograph showcasing a multi-story brick building facade with articulated bays, contrasting material bands, and an entrance drop-off canopy by FitzGerald Associates Architects.
- What we like about this project
- Subtle shifts in brick color palette help break down the scale of an otherwise long, continuous elevation.
Materials
- brick
- metal-panel
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- multi-colored-brick
- porte-cochere
- punched-windows
- horizontal-banding
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- brick-masonry
Visual tags
- commercial
- exterior-facade
- masonry
- vehicular-drop-off
- suburban-context
- Geometry
- Stepped multi-massing composition with articulated vertical bays, distinct horizontal floor-level banding, and a prominent projecting porte-cochere canopy at the entrance.
- Facade system
- Composite masonry cavity wall with dark and light brick tiers, metal-framed punched windows, and smooth panel accents.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete podium with composite slab construction.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story commercial scale with a prominent single-story entrance canopy matched to pedestrian and vehicular arrival.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight from an unclouded blue sky, casting crisp, defined shadows on the facade elements and ground plane.
- Atmosphere
- Clear, crisp, and professional daytime ambiance with sharp clarity across materials.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or low-density commercial context with adjacent surface parking lots, mature trees, and street asphalt in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the street level, the composition establishes a welcoming public entrance under a low canopy while anchoring the corner with articulated masonry masses.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic alternation of window groupings and contrasting masonry panels across the extended facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial brick architecture
- Program
- Commercial office or medical facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, metal-panel, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- multi-colored-brick, porte-cochere, punched-windows, horizontal-banding
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, brick-masonry
- Visual tags
- commercial, exterior-facade, masonry, vehicular-drop-off, suburban-context
- Geometry
- Stepped multi-massing composition with articulated vertical bays, distinct horizontal floor-level banding, and a prominent projecting porte-cochere canopy at the entrance.
- Facade system
- Composite masonry cavity wall with dark and light brick tiers, metal-framed punched windows, and smooth panel accents.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete podium with composite slab construction.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story commercial scale with a prominent single-story entrance canopy matched to pedestrian and vehicular arrival.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight from an unclouded blue sky, casting crisp, defined shadows on the facade elements and ground plane.
- Atmosphere
- Clear, crisp, and professional daytime ambiance with sharp clarity across materials.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or low-density commercial context with adjacent surface parking lots, mature trees, and street asphalt in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the street level, the composition establishes a welcoming public entrance under a low canopy while anchoring the corner with articulated masonry masses.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic alternation of window groupings and contrasting masonry panels across the extended facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial brick architecture
- Program
- Commercial office or medical facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture