Coolidge Corner Theatre
Exterior street-level view of the Coolidge Corner Theatre by Höweler + Yoon, illustrating an innovative pleated brick facade system resting on an open glazed base.
- What we like about this project
- The upper brick facade appears to float effortlessly as pleated curtains of masonry above the wide-span glazed entryway.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- pleated-brick-facade
- patterned-masonry
- glazed-ground-floor
- corner-urban-context
Style tags
- contemporary
- tactile
- textured-masonry
Visual tags
- facade-study
- textured-brick
- contemporary-civic
- urban-infill
- public-building
- Geometry
- A volumetric mass featuring a dynamically folded or pleated light-brick upper facade floating over a transparent, floor-to-ceiling glazed commercial ground level.
- Facade system
- Textured unit masonry screen with vertical pleated folds above a structural glass storefront.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab structure supporting a lightweight masonry rainscreen or curtain wall system.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story public building at urban scale with pedestrian figures for comparison at the ground level.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting sharp shadows and highlighting the complex relief of the patterned brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, engaging urban energy framed by crisp architectural geometry and rich surface texture.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with adjacent older brick masonry context and clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- From the street intersection, the building opens up via a transparent ground level, while the upper pleated masonry facade creates a monumental yet textural urban presence.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical pleats in the masonry establish a rhythmic undulation across the primary upper elevation.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic architecture with tactile material expression
- Program
- Cultural and entertainment venue / Independent cinema
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- pleated-brick-facade, patterned-masonry, glazed-ground-floor, corner-urban-context
- Style tags
- contemporary, tactile, textured-masonry
- Visual tags
- facade-study, textured-brick, contemporary-civic, urban-infill, public-building
- Geometry
- A volumetric mass featuring a dynamically folded or pleated light-brick upper facade floating over a transparent, floor-to-ceiling glazed commercial ground level.
- Facade system
- Textured unit masonry screen with vertical pleated folds above a structural glass storefront.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab structure supporting a lightweight masonry rainscreen or curtain wall system.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story public building at urban scale with pedestrian figures for comparison at the ground level.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting sharp shadows and highlighting the complex relief of the patterned brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, engaging urban energy framed by crisp architectural geometry and rich surface texture.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with adjacent older brick masonry context and clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- From the street intersection, the building opens up via a transparent ground level, while the upper pleated masonry facade creates a monumental yet textural urban presence.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical pleats in the masonry establish a rhythmic undulation across the primary upper elevation.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic architecture with tactile material expression
- Program
- Cultural and entertainment venue / Independent cinema
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture