1 Marylebone High Street
An exterior architectural precedent showcasing faceted timber cladding on an expressive, branching yellow steel structural frame.
- What we like about this project
- Bright blue corrugated soffits contrast with the vibrant yellow structural framing beneath the timber volumes.
Materials
- timber
- painted-steel
- profiled-metal
Visual identifiers
- chevron-timber-cladding
- yellow-steel-columns
- cantilevered-volumes
- tree-like-structure
Style tags
- contemporary
- expressive-structure
- geometric
Visual tags
- cantilever
- timber-facade
- structural-expression
- urban-infill
- complex-geometry
- Geometry
- Multi-tiered cantilevered volumes featuring faceted chevron timber patterns, supported by a dense forest of angled yellow steel columns.
- Facade system
- Faceted timber rainscreen with chevron board alignment over structural volumes.
- Structural guess
- Complex steel space frame on clustered inclined tubular steel columns supporting cantilevered upper floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story building elevation; large-scale structural canopy creating a tall urban ground-level clearance.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight illuminates the vertical timber cladding, casting deep shadows within the structural yellow understory.
- Atmosphere
- Playful and dynamic, combining warm timber textures with striking industrial yellow structure.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill setting framed by overhanging tree branches and neighboring masonry structures.
- Spatial experience
- The elevated timber forms create a shaded, complex public undercroft while upper terraces step back beneath open sky.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating triangular timber panel geometry paired with a rhythmic cluster of diagonal support columns.
- Style reading
- Expressive contemporary urban architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use urban pavilion or cultural facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, painted-steel, profiled-metal
- Visual identifiers
- chevron-timber-cladding, yellow-steel-columns, cantilevered-volumes, tree-like-structure
- Style tags
- contemporary, expressive-structure, geometric
- Visual tags
- cantilever, timber-facade, structural-expression, urban-infill, complex-geometry
- Geometry
- Multi-tiered cantilevered volumes featuring faceted chevron timber patterns, supported by a dense forest of angled yellow steel columns.
- Facade system
- Faceted timber rainscreen with chevron board alignment over structural volumes.
- Structural guess
- Complex steel space frame on clustered inclined tubular steel columns supporting cantilevered upper floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story building elevation; large-scale structural canopy creating a tall urban ground-level clearance.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight illuminates the vertical timber cladding, casting deep shadows within the structural yellow understory.
- Atmosphere
- Playful and dynamic, combining warm timber textures with striking industrial yellow structure.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill setting framed by overhanging tree branches and neighboring masonry structures.
- Spatial experience
- The elevated timber forms create a shaded, complex public undercroft while upper terraces step back beneath open sky.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating triangular timber panel geometry paired with a rhythmic cluster of diagonal support columns.
- Style reading
- Expressive contemporary urban architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use urban pavilion or cultural facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture