Exterior facade of a high-rise tower by NBBJ
A striking high-rise architectural precedent showcasing a multi-story diagonal cutout that exposes internal landscaped terraces and shared activity zones.
- What we like about this project
- A continuous illuminated track outlines the entire diagonal zigzag break across the building facade.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- diagonal-atrium-void
- zigzag-lighting
- punched-window-grid
- high-rise-tower
Style tags
- contemporary
- monumental
- high-tech
- carved-mass
Visual tags
- skyscraper
- atrium
- vertical-carve
- twilight-illumination
- mixed-use
- terrace
- Geometry
- Rectangular tower volume cut diagonally by a continuous zigzag architectural atrium void spanning multiple stories, breaking the regular window grid.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall combined with a punched window grid panel system.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with perimeter composite columns and mega-bracing supporting the carved atrium void.
- Spatial scale
- Massive skyscraper scale; the glazed multi-story cutout spans several building levels.
- Lighting
- Dusk or twilight sky with warm interior illumination glowing through the large glazed atrium cutout, outlined by bright linear perimeter lighting.
- Atmosphere
- Dramatic, futuristic, and luminous against a dim twilight backdrop.
- Environmental context
- High-rise elevation overlooking a body of water and distant rolling landscape during twilight.
- Spatial experience
- Glimpses into stacked multi-level illuminated floors and internal landscape terraces behind a monumental glazed carve-out.
- Composition rhythm
- A dense, repeating punched-window matrix interrupted forcefully by a sweeping linear zigzag channel.
- Style reading
- Contemporary megastructure with dramatic tectonic carving
- Program
- Commercial office or mixed-use high-rise tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- diagonal-atrium-void, zigzag-lighting, punched-window-grid, high-rise-tower
- Style tags
- contemporary, monumental, high-tech, carved-mass
- Visual tags
- skyscraper, atrium, vertical-carve, twilight-illumination, mixed-use, terrace
- Geometry
- Rectangular tower volume cut diagonally by a continuous zigzag architectural atrium void spanning multiple stories, breaking the regular window grid.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall combined with a punched window grid panel system.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with perimeter composite columns and mega-bracing supporting the carved atrium void.
- Spatial scale
- Massive skyscraper scale; the glazed multi-story cutout spans several building levels.
- Lighting
- Dusk or twilight sky with warm interior illumination glowing through the large glazed atrium cutout, outlined by bright linear perimeter lighting.
- Atmosphere
- Dramatic, futuristic, and luminous against a dim twilight backdrop.
- Environmental context
- High-rise elevation overlooking a body of water and distant rolling landscape during twilight.
- Spatial experience
- Glimpses into stacked multi-level illuminated floors and internal landscape terraces behind a monumental glazed carve-out.
- Composition rhythm
- A dense, repeating punched-window matrix interrupted forcefully by a sweeping linear zigzag channel.
- Style reading
- Contemporary megastructure with dramatic tectonic carving
- Program
- Commercial office or mixed-use high-rise tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture