Project 650
An exterior architectural rendering by Handel Architects showing a high-rise tower wrapped in an expressive diagrid exoskeleton.
- What we like about this project
- Bright red accents integrated into the illuminated rooftop crown framing.
Materials
- concrete
- steel
- glass
Visual identifiers
- diagrid-exoskeleton
- curved-tower
- structural-facade
- high-rise
Style tags
- contemporary
- structural-expressionism
- high-tech
Visual tags
- skyscraper
- diagrid
- commercial
- high-rise
- structural-expression
- Geometry
- Cylindrical high-rise tower featuring a continuous, intertwined diagonal diagrid structural exoskeleton wrapping the curved perimeter.
- Facade system
- Exoskeleton diagrid frame with inset curtain wall glazing and recessed balcony loggias.
- Structural guess
- Perimeter diagrid frame working together with a central concrete core.
- Spatial scale
- Massive high-rise scale; tower rises dozens of stories above a multi-story podium and street network.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting crisp shadows through the deep perimeter diagrid structure.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, corporate, and monumental under clear blue skies.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban financial district setting with surrounding high-rise glass towers and tree-lined streets at the base.
- Spatial experience
- The tower stands prominently among a dense cluster of commercial high-rises, terminating in a brightly lit, expressive crown.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical repetition of interlocking diamond geometry across the full height of the cylinder.
- Style reading
- Contemporary structural expressionism
- Program
- Commercial office and corporate headquarters tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, steel, glass
- Visual identifiers
- diagrid-exoskeleton, curved-tower, structural-facade, high-rise
- Style tags
- contemporary, structural-expressionism, high-tech
- Visual tags
- skyscraper, diagrid, commercial, high-rise, structural-expression
- Geometry
- Cylindrical high-rise tower featuring a continuous, intertwined diagonal diagrid structural exoskeleton wrapping the curved perimeter.
- Facade system
- Exoskeleton diagrid frame with inset curtain wall glazing and recessed balcony loggias.
- Structural guess
- Perimeter diagrid frame working together with a central concrete core.
- Spatial scale
- Massive high-rise scale; tower rises dozens of stories above a multi-story podium and street network.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting crisp shadows through the deep perimeter diagrid structure.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, corporate, and monumental under clear blue skies.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban financial district setting with surrounding high-rise glass towers and tree-lined streets at the base.
- Spatial experience
- The tower stands prominently among a dense cluster of commercial high-rises, terminating in a brightly lit, expressive crown.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical repetition of interlocking diamond geometry across the full height of the cylinder.
- Style reading
- Contemporary structural expressionism
- Program
- Commercial office and corporate headquarters tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture