Milo's Tea Company
An exterior architectural precedent for low-rise corporate and manufacturing facilities featuring horizontal metal cladding systems and ribbon glazing.
- What we like about this project
- A covered outdoor patio area extends from the ground floor corner adjacent to the parking zone.
Materials
- metal-panel
- glass
- concrete
- asphalt
Visual identifiers
- grey-metal-panels
- ribbon-windows
- corporate-branding
- asphalt-parking-lot
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- industrial
Visual tags
- commercial
- industrial
- corporate
- low-rise
- metal-panel
- Geometry
- Low-slung orthogonal massing combining a two-story office administration block with a sprawling single-story industrial manufacturing wing.
- Facade system
- Horizontal metal composite panel rainscreen with punched ground-floor windows and continuous ribbon glazing above.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with insulated metal panel cladding and flat roofing.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial/industrial footprint; office block rises two stories above ground level.
- Lighting
- Direct overhead daylight casting sharp shadows from cars and the entrance canopy onto the surrounding asphalt.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, pragmatic corporate atmosphere under open daylight.
- Environmental context
- Suburban industrial park setting with mature tree lines along the perimeter and paved vehicular parking circulation.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across an expansive asphalt parking zone, the building presents a clear corporate entry highlighted by branding and contrasting white paneling.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal banding emphasized by continuous ribbon windows and alternating metal panel courses.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial industrial design
- Program
- Corporate headquarters and tea manufacturing facility
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- metal-panel, glass, concrete, asphalt
- Visual identifiers
- grey-metal-panels, ribbon-windows, corporate-branding, asphalt-parking-lot
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, industrial
- Visual tags
- commercial, industrial, corporate, low-rise, metal-panel
- Geometry
- Low-slung orthogonal massing combining a two-story office administration block with a sprawling single-story industrial manufacturing wing.
- Facade system
- Horizontal metal composite panel rainscreen with punched ground-floor windows and continuous ribbon glazing above.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with insulated metal panel cladding and flat roofing.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial/industrial footprint; office block rises two stories above ground level.
- Lighting
- Direct overhead daylight casting sharp shadows from cars and the entrance canopy onto the surrounding asphalt.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, pragmatic corporate atmosphere under open daylight.
- Environmental context
- Suburban industrial park setting with mature tree lines along the perimeter and paved vehicular parking circulation.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across an expansive asphalt parking zone, the building presents a clear corporate entry highlighted by branding and contrasting white paneling.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal banding emphasized by continuous ribbon windows and alternating metal panel courses.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial industrial design
- Program
- Corporate headquarters and tea manufacturing facility
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture