MVMK
A corner urban infill precedent by MVMK Architecture utilizing a curved brick facade to soften a street intersection and organize multi-story vertical window alignments.
- What we like about this project
- The smooth curvature of the masonry wraps seamlessly around a tight urban corner without visible corner joints.
Materials
- dark-brick
- glass
- aluminum-frames
- accent-panels
Visual identifiers
- curved-corner
- dark-brick
- vertical-windows
- corner-building
Style tags
- contemporary
- rationalist
- urban
Visual tags
- urban-infill
- corner-lot
- curved-façade
- contemporary-brick
- mixed-use
- Geometry
- Multi-story building occupying a corner site, featuring a prominent curved radius at the intersection with rhythmically spaced window assemblies.
- Facade system
- Dark masonry veneer with punched vertical window units and orange accent panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab construction with masonry curtain wall support.
- Spatial scale
- Five-story urban infill building scaled to fit the surrounding streetwall profile.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting clear reflections on dark window frames and highlighting brick texture.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, clean urban morning light emphasizing clean lines and rich masonry tones.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with adjacent lower-rise historic buildings and clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The rounded corner softens the street intersection, creating a welcoming public entry framed by continuous glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal masonry bands alternating with vertical window mullions across the curved profile.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban vernacular
- Program
- Mixed-use residential and retail
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- dark-brick, glass, aluminum-frames, accent-panels
- Visual identifiers
- curved-corner, dark-brick, vertical-windows, corner-building
- Style tags
- contemporary, rationalist, urban
- Visual tags
- urban-infill, corner-lot, curved-façade, contemporary-brick, mixed-use
- Geometry
- Multi-story building occupying a corner site, featuring a prominent curved radius at the intersection with rhythmically spaced window assemblies.
- Facade system
- Dark masonry veneer with punched vertical window units and orange accent panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab construction with masonry curtain wall support.
- Spatial scale
- Five-story urban infill building scaled to fit the surrounding streetwall profile.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting clear reflections on dark window frames and highlighting brick texture.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, clean urban morning light emphasizing clean lines and rich masonry tones.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with adjacent lower-rise historic buildings and clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The rounded corner softens the street intersection, creating a welcoming public entry framed by continuous glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal masonry bands alternating with vertical window mullions across the curved profile.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban vernacular
- Program
- Mixed-use residential and retail
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture