legacy
A commercial street facade precedent showcasing historic brick and industrial window proportions updated with a sleek glass entry canopy.
- What we like about this project
- The crisp modern glass canopy directly abuts traditional masonry detailing without visual friction.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- steel
- painted-metal
Visual identifiers
- brick-piers
- glass-canopy
- industrial-windows
- commercial-storefront
Style tags
- industrial-revival
- commercial
- contemporary-historic
Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse
- commercial-facade
- streetscape
- retail
- brick-architecture
- Geometry
- Linear street facade articulated by rhythmically spaced brick piers and large multi-pane industrial-style windows.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing masonry brick walls paired with multi-pane steel-framed windows and a glass-and-steel projecting entrance canopy.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing brick masonry with steel beam lintels over storefront openings.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story commercial street front at human pedestrian scale.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows and gentle highlights on the glass canopy and brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- Busy yet orderly urban commercial street edge under soft overcast skies.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape with paved sidewalks, street furniture, bicycle racks, and mature plantings.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrian approach along a wide sidewalk with storefront entries marked by glass canopies and globe light fixtures.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical articulation of brick piers alternating with large storefront glazing bays down the length of the block.
- Style reading
- Industrial revival commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office and retail storefront
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, steel, painted-metal
- Visual identifiers
- brick-piers, glass-canopy, industrial-windows, commercial-storefront
- Style tags
- industrial-revival, commercial, contemporary-historic
- Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse, commercial-facade, streetscape, retail, brick-architecture
- Geometry
- Linear street facade articulated by rhythmically spaced brick piers and large multi-pane industrial-style windows.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing masonry brick walls paired with multi-pane steel-framed windows and a glass-and-steel projecting entrance canopy.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing brick masonry with steel beam lintels over storefront openings.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story commercial street front at human pedestrian scale.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows and gentle highlights on the glass canopy and brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- Busy yet orderly urban commercial street edge under soft overcast skies.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape with paved sidewalks, street furniture, bicycle racks, and mature plantings.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrian approach along a wide sidewalk with storefront entries marked by glass canopies and globe light fixtures.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical articulation of brick piers alternating with large storefront glazing bays down the length of the block.
- Style reading
- Industrial revival commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office and retail storefront
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture