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GLA建筑设计

Hangzhou-based practice GLA建筑设计 creates commercial office towers and mixed-use civic centers defined by stepped massing, precise structural diagrids, and sharp linear lighting that unifies layered facades with reflecting landscape elements. This portfolio serves as a strong reference when designing large-scale podium-to-tower transitions, specifying extended structural canopy overhangs, or articulating high-contrast facade grids across urban commercial developments.

Exterior view of the Shanghai Pharma Group production and R&D headquarters by GLA, featuring white gridded facade volumes accented by vibrant orange ground-level cladding.

05上药集团正大青春宝生产研发总部

杭州

An exterior precedent for an industrial R&D headquarters combining clean white gridded facades with vibrant orange base volumes and accessible green roofs.

What we like about this project
The bright orange vertical fin podium sharply breaks up the monochromatic white grid of the upper stories.

Materials

  • glass
  • metal-panels
  • concrete
  • paint

Visual identifiers

  • gridded-facade
  • orange-podium
  • stepped-volumes
  • rooftop-terrace

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • industrial-modern
  • rationalist

Visual tags

  • corporate-campus
  • industrial-r-d
  • grid-system
  • horizontal-massing
  • contemporary-architecture
Geometry
An articulated composition of stepped, low-rise rectangular volumes featuring gridded window layouts and continuous horizontal rooflines, punctuated by a prominent single-story orange-clad podium.
Facade system
Precast or panelized gridded window wall system with integrated structural framing and solid spandrels.
Structural guess
Steel frame or concrete column-and-slab structure with curtain wall infill.
Spatial scale
Large corporate campus scale, spanning multiple multi-story volumes with a dominant low-rise horizontal profile.
Lighting
Soft, diffused overcast daylight casting subtle shadows, highlighting the clean linear geometry of the white facade grids.
Atmosphere
Orderly, bright, and professional corporate atmosphere.
Environmental context
Expansive industrial and R&D campus setting with distant urban sprawl and low rolling mountains on the horizon.
Spatial experience
The complex reads as an interconnected campus with landscaped rooftop terraces and structured vehicular circulation paths weaving through low-rise blocks.
Composition rhythm
Steady vertical window mullion rhythm contrasted by strong horizontal bands and the continuous orange base datum.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate industrial architecture
Program
Production and R&D corporate headquarters
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, metal-panels, concrete, paint
Visual identifiers
gridded-facade, orange-podium, stepped-volumes, rooftop-terrace
Style tags
contemporary, industrial-modern, rationalist
Visual tags
corporate-campus, industrial-r-d, grid-system, horizontal-massing, contemporary-architecture
Geometry
An articulated composition of stepped, low-rise rectangular volumes featuring gridded window layouts and continuous horizontal rooflines, punctuated by a prominent single-story orange-clad podium.
Facade system
Precast or panelized gridded window wall system with integrated structural framing and solid spandrels.
Structural guess
Steel frame or concrete column-and-slab structure with curtain wall infill.
Spatial scale
Large corporate campus scale, spanning multiple multi-story volumes with a dominant low-rise horizontal profile.
Lighting
Soft, diffused overcast daylight casting subtle shadows, highlighting the clean linear geometry of the white facade grids.
Atmosphere
Orderly, bright, and professional corporate atmosphere.
Environmental context
Expansive industrial and R&D campus setting with distant urban sprawl and low rolling mountains on the horizon.
Spatial experience
The complex reads as an interconnected campus with landscaped rooftop terraces and structured vehicular circulation paths weaving through low-rise blocks.
Composition rhythm
Steady vertical window mullion rhythm contrasted by strong horizontal bands and the continuous orange base datum.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate industrial architecture
Program
Production and R&D corporate headquarters
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior view of the Shanghai Pharma Group production and R&D headquarters by GLA, featuring white gridded facade volumes accented by vibrant orange ground-level cladding.

05上药集团正大青春宝生产研发总部

杭州

An exterior precedent for an industrial R&D headquarters combining clean white gridded facades with vibrant orange base volumes and accessible green roofs.

What we like about this project
The bright orange vertical fin podium sharply breaks up the monochromatic white grid of the upper stories.

Materials

  • glass
  • metal-panels
  • concrete
  • paint

Visual identifiers

  • gridded-facade
  • orange-podium
  • stepped-volumes
  • rooftop-terrace

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • industrial-modern
  • rationalist

Visual tags

  • corporate-campus
  • industrial-r-d
  • grid-system
  • horizontal-massing
  • contemporary-architecture
Geometry
An articulated composition of stepped, low-rise rectangular volumes featuring gridded window layouts and continuous horizontal rooflines, punctuated by a prominent single-story orange-clad podium.
Facade system
Precast or panelized gridded window wall system with integrated structural framing and solid spandrels.
Structural guess
Steel frame or concrete column-and-slab structure with curtain wall infill.
Spatial scale
Large corporate campus scale, spanning multiple multi-story volumes with a dominant low-rise horizontal profile.
Lighting
Soft, diffused overcast daylight casting subtle shadows, highlighting the clean linear geometry of the white facade grids.
Atmosphere
Orderly, bright, and professional corporate atmosphere.
Environmental context
Expansive industrial and R&D campus setting with distant urban sprawl and low rolling mountains on the horizon.
Spatial experience
The complex reads as an interconnected campus with landscaped rooftop terraces and structured vehicular circulation paths weaving through low-rise blocks.
Composition rhythm
Steady vertical window mullion rhythm contrasted by strong horizontal bands and the continuous orange base datum.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate industrial architecture
Program
Production and R&D corporate headquarters
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, metal-panels, concrete, paint
Visual identifiers
gridded-facade, orange-podium, stepped-volumes, rooftop-terrace
Style tags
contemporary, industrial-modern, rationalist
Visual tags
corporate-campus, industrial-r-d, grid-system, horizontal-massing, contemporary-architecture
Geometry
An articulated composition of stepped, low-rise rectangular volumes featuring gridded window layouts and continuous horizontal rooflines, punctuated by a prominent single-story orange-clad podium.
Facade system
Precast or panelized gridded window wall system with integrated structural framing and solid spandrels.
Structural guess
Steel frame or concrete column-and-slab structure with curtain wall infill.
Spatial scale
Large corporate campus scale, spanning multiple multi-story volumes with a dominant low-rise horizontal profile.
Lighting
Soft, diffused overcast daylight casting subtle shadows, highlighting the clean linear geometry of the white facade grids.
Atmosphere
Orderly, bright, and professional corporate atmosphere.
Environmental context
Expansive industrial and R&D campus setting with distant urban sprawl and low rolling mountains on the horizon.
Spatial experience
The complex reads as an interconnected campus with landscaped rooftop terraces and structured vehicular circulation paths weaving through low-rise blocks.
Composition rhythm
Steady vertical window mullion rhythm contrasted by strong horizontal bands and the continuous orange base datum.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate industrial architecture
Program
Production and R&D corporate headquarters
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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