930 McCarter Hwy - Featured Project
An exterior facade precedent showing a high-rise tower with a folded glass curtain wall and solid side piers, useful for urban commercial and mixed-use design studies.
- What we like about this project
- The roofline angles slightly upward, creating a dynamic crown above the faceted glass facade.
Materials
- glass
- metal
- concrete
- stone
Visual identifiers
- faceted-glass-curtain-wall
- vertical-piers
- street-level-lobby
- high-rise-tower
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- tower
Visual tags
- high-rise
- commercial
- facade-articulation
- urban-infill
- contemporary-tower
- Geometry
- Rectangular high-rise tower with a faceted or folded glass curtain wall facing the street and solid vertical piers on the side elevations.
- Facade system
- Faceted unitized glass curtain wall combined with precast or metal vertical side piers.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete core with column-free perimeter slab edges.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story high-rise tower dominating the streetscape, approximately 15 to 20 stories tall.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting clear, soft shadows across the facade and street level.
- Atmosphere
- Clear, optimistic daytime urban atmosphere with balanced light and shadow.
- Environmental context
- Urban arterial street setting with neighboring low-rise parking structures and mature trees along the sidewalk.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents an active street frontage with a double-height glazed lobby set back under a projecting roof canopy, addressing the multi-lane boulevard.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical rhythm created by the alternating glass folds and solid spandrel panels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial high-rise architecture
- Program
- Commercial office or residential high-rise
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, metal, concrete, stone
- Visual identifiers
- faceted-glass-curtain-wall, vertical-piers, street-level-lobby, high-rise-tower
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, tower
- Visual tags
- high-rise, commercial, facade-articulation, urban-infill, contemporary-tower
- Geometry
- Rectangular high-rise tower with a faceted or folded glass curtain wall facing the street and solid vertical piers on the side elevations.
- Facade system
- Faceted unitized glass curtain wall combined with precast or metal vertical side piers.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete core with column-free perimeter slab edges.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story high-rise tower dominating the streetscape, approximately 15 to 20 stories tall.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting clear, soft shadows across the facade and street level.
- Atmosphere
- Clear, optimistic daytime urban atmosphere with balanced light and shadow.
- Environmental context
- Urban arterial street setting with neighboring low-rise parking structures and mature trees along the sidewalk.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents an active street frontage with a double-height glazed lobby set back under a projecting roof canopy, addressing the multi-lane boulevard.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical rhythm created by the alternating glass folds and solid spandrel panels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial high-rise architecture
- Program
- Commercial office or residential high-rise
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture