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Operating across Shanghai, Singapore, and Vietnam, HBA Architecture shapes luxury residential towers and coastal resort master plans through expressive vertical massing, undulating rooflines, and precise linear light integrated directly into facade grids and water-framed landscapes. The portfolio provides a strong reference when specifying twilight facade lighting, coordinating ground-plane paving geometry with high-rise exterior grids, or positioning sculptural pavilion nodes along coastal thresholds.

Exterior street view of a multi-story office building with curtain wall facade and projecting glass volumes by HBA Architecture.

Beijing-AI-Technology-Enterprise-Office-BuildingChina-中国北京AI科技企业办公楼

上海

An exterior facade precedent for commercial office architecture utilizing a grid curtain wall punctuated by stepped vertical glass volumes.

What we like about this project
Warm glowing light emanates from recessed horizontal reveals within the right projecting glass tower.

Materials

  • glass
  • aluminum
  • steel

Visual identifiers

  • curtain-wall
  • projecting-glass-bays
  • vertical-fins
  • office-building

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • corporate
  • rationalist

Visual tags

  • commercial
  • facade
  • glazed
  • urban
  • contemporary
Geometry
Symmetrical multi-story rectangular volume featuring two prominent vertical glass bays projecting forward from the primary curtain wall plane.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall with fine vertical mullions and projecting glazed bay structures.
Structural guess
Steel frame with concrete core and composite floor slabs.
Spatial scale
A mid-rise commercial building of approximately eight stories, scaled to the surrounding urban block.
Lighting
Even, diffuse daylight under an open sky, creating subtle reflections on the glass curtain wall and warm interior glows in specific upper volumes.
Atmosphere
Professional, clean, and transparent with a quiet urban presence at dusk.
Environmental context
Urban street edge with a multi-lane roadway, pedestrian guardrails, and neighboring mid-rise buildings.
Spatial experience
The facade presents a crisp, institutional interface to the street, softened by street trees and framed by neighboring urban fabric.
Composition rhythm
Vertical emphasis created by narrow mullions and stepped projecting tower elements breaking the main grid.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate architecture
Program
Technology office building
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, aluminum, steel
Visual identifiers
curtain-wall, projecting-glass-bays, vertical-fins, office-building
Style tags
contemporary, corporate, rationalist
Visual tags
commercial, facade, glazed, urban, contemporary
Geometry
Symmetrical multi-story rectangular volume featuring two prominent vertical glass bays projecting forward from the primary curtain wall plane.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall with fine vertical mullions and projecting glazed bay structures.
Structural guess
Steel frame with concrete core and composite floor slabs.
Spatial scale
A mid-rise commercial building of approximately eight stories, scaled to the surrounding urban block.
Lighting
Even, diffuse daylight under an open sky, creating subtle reflections on the glass curtain wall and warm interior glows in specific upper volumes.
Atmosphere
Professional, clean, and transparent with a quiet urban presence at dusk.
Environmental context
Urban street edge with a multi-lane roadway, pedestrian guardrails, and neighboring mid-rise buildings.
Spatial experience
The facade presents a crisp, institutional interface to the street, softened by street trees and framed by neighboring urban fabric.
Composition rhythm
Vertical emphasis created by narrow mullions and stepped projecting tower elements breaking the main grid.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate architecture
Program
Technology office building
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior street view of a multi-story office building with curtain wall facade and projecting glass volumes by HBA Architecture.

Beijing-AI-Technology-Enterprise-Office-BuildingChina-中国北京AI科技企业办公楼

上海

An exterior facade precedent for commercial office architecture utilizing a grid curtain wall punctuated by stepped vertical glass volumes.

What we like about this project
Warm glowing light emanates from recessed horizontal reveals within the right projecting glass tower.

Materials

  • glass
  • aluminum
  • steel

Visual identifiers

  • curtain-wall
  • projecting-glass-bays
  • vertical-fins
  • office-building

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • corporate
  • rationalist

Visual tags

  • commercial
  • facade
  • glazed
  • urban
  • contemporary
Geometry
Symmetrical multi-story rectangular volume featuring two prominent vertical glass bays projecting forward from the primary curtain wall plane.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall with fine vertical mullions and projecting glazed bay structures.
Structural guess
Steel frame with concrete core and composite floor slabs.
Spatial scale
A mid-rise commercial building of approximately eight stories, scaled to the surrounding urban block.
Lighting
Even, diffuse daylight under an open sky, creating subtle reflections on the glass curtain wall and warm interior glows in specific upper volumes.
Atmosphere
Professional, clean, and transparent with a quiet urban presence at dusk.
Environmental context
Urban street edge with a multi-lane roadway, pedestrian guardrails, and neighboring mid-rise buildings.
Spatial experience
The facade presents a crisp, institutional interface to the street, softened by street trees and framed by neighboring urban fabric.
Composition rhythm
Vertical emphasis created by narrow mullions and stepped projecting tower elements breaking the main grid.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate architecture
Program
Technology office building
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, aluminum, steel
Visual identifiers
curtain-wall, projecting-glass-bays, vertical-fins, office-building
Style tags
contemporary, corporate, rationalist
Visual tags
commercial, facade, glazed, urban, contemporary
Geometry
Symmetrical multi-story rectangular volume featuring two prominent vertical glass bays projecting forward from the primary curtain wall plane.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall with fine vertical mullions and projecting glazed bay structures.
Structural guess
Steel frame with concrete core and composite floor slabs.
Spatial scale
A mid-rise commercial building of approximately eight stories, scaled to the surrounding urban block.
Lighting
Even, diffuse daylight under an open sky, creating subtle reflections on the glass curtain wall and warm interior glows in specific upper volumes.
Atmosphere
Professional, clean, and transparent with a quiet urban presence at dusk.
Environmental context
Urban street edge with a multi-lane roadway, pedestrian guardrails, and neighboring mid-rise buildings.
Spatial experience
The facade presents a crisp, institutional interface to the street, softened by street trees and framed by neighboring urban fabric.
Composition rhythm
Vertical emphasis created by narrow mullions and stepped projecting tower elements breaking the main grid.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate architecture
Program
Technology office building
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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