M Building
An exterior residential facade precedent combining expressive weathered steel cantilevers and textured concrete podium walls to articulate the urban street edge.
- What we like about this project
- Deep overhangs on the corten steel bays create dramatic shadow lines that emphasize the building's sculptural mass.
Materials
- corten-steel
- concrete
- glass
- steel
Visual identifiers
- corten-steel-cladding
- board-formed-concrete
- cantilevered-bays
- punched-windows
Style tags
- contemporary
- industrial-chic
- tectonic
Visual tags
- residential
- urban-facade
- weathered-steel
- podium-base
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Multi-story facade featuring stepped cantilevered volumes clad in weathered steel alternating with large glass openings and set upon a board-formed concrete base.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen metal panel system with punched window openings over board-formed concrete foundation walls.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete podium with framed superstructure
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled pedestrian realm against a multi-story residential facade.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp architectural shadows along the faceted corten bays and cantilevered soffits.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and tactile due to weathered steel and textured concrete under strong sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Urban sidewalk condition with street trees, a walking pedestrian, and distant highway infrastructure under clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The deep vertical bays and raised concrete podium create a distinct threshold between the public sidewalk and the private residential frontage.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical projections created by the protruding corten steel bays offset by horizontal bands of glazing and concrete.
- Style reading
- Contemporary industrial residential
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing with ground-level access
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- corten-steel, concrete, glass, steel
- Visual identifiers
- corten-steel-cladding, board-formed-concrete, cantilevered-bays, punched-windows
- Style tags
- contemporary, industrial-chic, tectonic
- Visual tags
- residential, urban-facade, weathered-steel, podium-base, contemporary
- Geometry
- Multi-story facade featuring stepped cantilevered volumes clad in weathered steel alternating with large glass openings and set upon a board-formed concrete base.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen metal panel system with punched window openings over board-formed concrete foundation walls.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete podium with framed superstructure
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled pedestrian realm against a multi-story residential facade.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp architectural shadows along the faceted corten bays and cantilevered soffits.
- Atmosphere
- Warm and tactile due to weathered steel and textured concrete under strong sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Urban sidewalk condition with street trees, a walking pedestrian, and distant highway infrastructure under clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The deep vertical bays and raised concrete podium create a distinct threshold between the public sidewalk and the private residential frontage.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical projections created by the protruding corten steel bays offset by horizontal bands of glazing and concrete.
- Style reading
- Contemporary industrial residential
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing with ground-level access
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture