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Laguarda Low Architects

Based in New York, Beijing, and Tokyo, Laguarda Low Architects designs mixed-use commercial and retail developments characterized by fluid curving volumes, deep atrium notches, and sculptural metallic gestures that cut across rigid urban footprints. The portfolio provides a focused reference when detailing continuous circulation along converging diagonal corridors, integrating digital displays into fluted podium facades, or framing daylight through geometric diagrid skylights in deep overhead ceiling slots.

Exterior perspective of a multi-story retail podium with curved corner glazing and high-rise towers by Laguarda Low Architects.

Exterior perspective of a multi-story retail podium with curved corner

An exterior perspective of a mixed-use commercial development featuring a ribbed podium and digital media integration, serving as a precedent for large-scale retail architecture.

What we like about this project
A massive wrapped digital display transitions smoothly into the horizontal fluted facade lines of the podium corner.

Materials

  • glass
  • metal-panels
  • led-display
  • concrete

Visual identifiers

  • curved-glazing
  • retail-podium
  • digital-media-facade
  • high-rise-towers

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • commercial
  • megastructure

Visual tags

  • mixed-use
  • commercial
  • retail
  • high-rise
  • urban-podium
Geometry
A low-slung multi-level retail podium featuring curved corner glazing and large integrated digital media screens, surmounted by slender high-rise residential towers.
Facade system
Ribbed metal panel cladding combined with large-format structural glass curtain walls and curved LED screen integration.
Structural guess
Steel or concrete composite frame with heavy podium transfer slabs supporting slender tower structures.
Spatial scale
Large-scale mixed-use development; human figures at the street level establish a multi-story podium scale.
Lighting
Bright, even daylight casting soft shadows, complemented by vibrant self-illuminated display screens on the podium facade.
Atmosphere
Vibrant, active urban atmosphere energized by digital displays and pedestrian traffic.
Environmental context
Urban commercial street setting with active pedestrian sidewalks and scattered street trees.
Spatial experience
The pedestrian approach is greeted by a transparent multi-level commercial storefront tucked beneath dynamic horizontal podium louvers and a sweeping media facade.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal louvers on the podium contrast against the vertical fenestration rhythm of the towers above.
Style reading
Contemporary commercial high-rise architecture
Program
Mixed-use retail mall with residential towers
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, metal-panels, led-display, concrete
Visual identifiers
curved-glazing, retail-podium, digital-media-facade, high-rise-towers
Style tags
contemporary, commercial, megastructure
Visual tags
mixed-use, commercial, retail, high-rise, urban-podium
Geometry
A low-slung multi-level retail podium featuring curved corner glazing and large integrated digital media screens, surmounted by slender high-rise residential towers.
Facade system
Ribbed metal panel cladding combined with large-format structural glass curtain walls and curved LED screen integration.
Structural guess
Steel or concrete composite frame with heavy podium transfer slabs supporting slender tower structures.
Spatial scale
Large-scale mixed-use development; human figures at the street level establish a multi-story podium scale.
Lighting
Bright, even daylight casting soft shadows, complemented by vibrant self-illuminated display screens on the podium facade.
Atmosphere
Vibrant, active urban atmosphere energized by digital displays and pedestrian traffic.
Environmental context
Urban commercial street setting with active pedestrian sidewalks and scattered street trees.
Spatial experience
The pedestrian approach is greeted by a transparent multi-level commercial storefront tucked beneath dynamic horizontal podium louvers and a sweeping media facade.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal louvers on the podium contrast against the vertical fenestration rhythm of the towers above.
Style reading
Contemporary commercial high-rise architecture
Program
Mixed-use retail mall with residential towers
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior perspective of a multi-story retail podium with curved corner glazing and high-rise towers by Laguarda Low Architects.

Exterior perspective of a multi-story retail podium with curved corner

An exterior perspective of a mixed-use commercial development featuring a ribbed podium and digital media integration, serving as a precedent for large-scale retail architecture.

What we like about this project
A massive wrapped digital display transitions smoothly into the horizontal fluted facade lines of the podium corner.

Materials

  • glass
  • metal-panels
  • led-display
  • concrete

Visual identifiers

  • curved-glazing
  • retail-podium
  • digital-media-facade
  • high-rise-towers

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • commercial
  • megastructure

Visual tags

  • mixed-use
  • commercial
  • retail
  • high-rise
  • urban-podium
Geometry
A low-slung multi-level retail podium featuring curved corner glazing and large integrated digital media screens, surmounted by slender high-rise residential towers.
Facade system
Ribbed metal panel cladding combined with large-format structural glass curtain walls and curved LED screen integration.
Structural guess
Steel or concrete composite frame with heavy podium transfer slabs supporting slender tower structures.
Spatial scale
Large-scale mixed-use development; human figures at the street level establish a multi-story podium scale.
Lighting
Bright, even daylight casting soft shadows, complemented by vibrant self-illuminated display screens on the podium facade.
Atmosphere
Vibrant, active urban atmosphere energized by digital displays and pedestrian traffic.
Environmental context
Urban commercial street setting with active pedestrian sidewalks and scattered street trees.
Spatial experience
The pedestrian approach is greeted by a transparent multi-level commercial storefront tucked beneath dynamic horizontal podium louvers and a sweeping media facade.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal louvers on the podium contrast against the vertical fenestration rhythm of the towers above.
Style reading
Contemporary commercial high-rise architecture
Program
Mixed-use retail mall with residential towers
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, metal-panels, led-display, concrete
Visual identifiers
curved-glazing, retail-podium, digital-media-facade, high-rise-towers
Style tags
contemporary, commercial, megastructure
Visual tags
mixed-use, commercial, retail, high-rise, urban-podium
Geometry
A low-slung multi-level retail podium featuring curved corner glazing and large integrated digital media screens, surmounted by slender high-rise residential towers.
Facade system
Ribbed metal panel cladding combined with large-format structural glass curtain walls and curved LED screen integration.
Structural guess
Steel or concrete composite frame with heavy podium transfer slabs supporting slender tower structures.
Spatial scale
Large-scale mixed-use development; human figures at the street level establish a multi-story podium scale.
Lighting
Bright, even daylight casting soft shadows, complemented by vibrant self-illuminated display screens on the podium facade.
Atmosphere
Vibrant, active urban atmosphere energized by digital displays and pedestrian traffic.
Environmental context
Urban commercial street setting with active pedestrian sidewalks and scattered street trees.
Spatial experience
The pedestrian approach is greeted by a transparent multi-level commercial storefront tucked beneath dynamic horizontal podium louvers and a sweeping media facade.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal louvers on the podium contrast against the vertical fenestration rhythm of the towers above.
Style reading
Contemporary commercial high-rise architecture
Program
Mixed-use retail mall with residential towers
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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