Ten Thousand
An aerial twilight shot of a high-rise residential tower featuring a faceted glass curtain wall and an extensive landscaped podium, useful as a precedent for tall residential massing and nighttime lighting studies.
- What we like about this project
- The vertical incisions in the tower massing create distinct slender volumes that catch the setting sun differently on each face.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- concrete
- steel
Visual identifiers
- glass-curtain-wall
- high-rise-tower
- twilight-lighting
- landscaped-podium
- stepped-massing
Style tags
- contemporary
- high-rise
- glazed
Visual tags
- skyscraper
- residential-tower
- twilight-shot
- urban-context
- curtain-wall
- aerial-view
- Geometry
- Slender, articulated rectangular tower massing with stepped volumes and vertical glass facade bays, rising above a landscaped podium at dusk.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated slab-edge banding and recessed balconies.
- Structural guess
- Concrete core with perimeter columns and flat plate post-tensioned floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- High-rise residential tower dominating the surrounding low-to-mid-rise neighborhood context.
- Lighting
- Cool twilight sky contrasting with warm interior lighting glowing through the floor-to-ceiling glazing and exterior landscape uplighting.
- Atmosphere
- Luminous and polished, balancing the cold blue hour ambiance with warm residential activity inside.
- Environmental context
- Suburban sprawl with low-rise buildings, rolling hills in the background, and busy arterial roads flanking the site with car light trails.
- Spatial experience
- The tower dominates the suburban-urban interface, casting glowing reflections across its faceted glass skin while anchoring the brightly lit ground-level arrival gardens and pool terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical emphasis reinforced by continuous mullion lines and staggered recessed balconies across the facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate residential high-rise
- Program
- Luxury residential high-rise
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, concrete, steel
- Visual identifiers
- glass-curtain-wall, high-rise-tower, twilight-lighting, landscaped-podium, stepped-massing
- Style tags
- contemporary, high-rise, glazed
- Visual tags
- skyscraper, residential-tower, twilight-shot, urban-context, curtain-wall, aerial-view
- Geometry
- Slender, articulated rectangular tower massing with stepped volumes and vertical glass facade bays, rising above a landscaped podium at dusk.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated slab-edge banding and recessed balconies.
- Structural guess
- Concrete core with perimeter columns and flat plate post-tensioned floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- High-rise residential tower dominating the surrounding low-to-mid-rise neighborhood context.
- Lighting
- Cool twilight sky contrasting with warm interior lighting glowing through the floor-to-ceiling glazing and exterior landscape uplighting.
- Atmosphere
- Luminous and polished, balancing the cold blue hour ambiance with warm residential activity inside.
- Environmental context
- Suburban sprawl with low-rise buildings, rolling hills in the background, and busy arterial roads flanking the site with car light trails.
- Spatial experience
- The tower dominates the suburban-urban interface, casting glowing reflections across its faceted glass skin while anchoring the brightly lit ground-level arrival gardens and pool terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical emphasis reinforced by continuous mullion lines and staggered recessed balconies across the facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate residential high-rise
- Program
- Luxury residential high-rise
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture