47 Great Marlborough Street — Morrow + Lorraine
An upward-facing exterior precedent for integrating structural masonry grids with recessed planters and glazed atriums in urban architecture.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- steel
- planting
Visual identifiers
- masonry-grid
- integrated-planters
- atrium-glazing
- hanging-foliage
Style tags
- contemporary
- biophilic
- sustainable
- urban
Visual tags
- biophilic-design
- urban-infill
- masonry
- atrium
- vertical-garden
- Geometry
- Upward perspective looking at a multi-tiered facade grid featuring structural masonry piers, recessed horizontal window bands, and integrated planting troughs.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or clad masonry structural grid with deep window recesses and integrated planter ledges.
- Structural guess
- Masonry piers supporting floor slabs with a glazed atrium canopy structure.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story building facade scaled for an urban context.
- Lighting
- Direct daytime sun casting sharp shadows across the waffle-like masonry grid and highlighting hanging foliage.
- Atmosphere
- Fresh and verdant, blending heavy structural brickwork with soft natural planting.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill setting, viewed from a courtyard or atrium looking up toward upper levels.
- Spatial experience
- Gazing upward emphasizes the vertical stacking and layered depth of planters and glazing against the open sky.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical pier spacing combined with horizontal banding and repeating window bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biophilic urban architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use urban commercial or residential building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, steel, planting
- Visual identifiers
- masonry-grid, integrated-planters, atrium-glazing, hanging-foliage
- Style tags
- contemporary, biophilic, sustainable, urban
- Visual tags
- biophilic-design, urban-infill, masonry, atrium, vertical-garden
- Geometry
- Upward perspective looking at a multi-tiered facade grid featuring structural masonry piers, recessed horizontal window bands, and integrated planting troughs.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or clad masonry structural grid with deep window recesses and integrated planter ledges.
- Structural guess
- Masonry piers supporting floor slabs with a glazed atrium canopy structure.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story building facade scaled for an urban context.
- Lighting
- Direct daytime sun casting sharp shadows across the waffle-like masonry grid and highlighting hanging foliage.
- Atmosphere
- Fresh and verdant, blending heavy structural brickwork with soft natural planting.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill setting, viewed from a courtyard or atrium looking up toward upper levels.
- Spatial experience
- Gazing upward emphasizes the vertical stacking and layered depth of planters and glazing against the open sky.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical pier spacing combined with horizontal banding and repeating window bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary biophilic urban architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use urban commercial or residential building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture