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An exterior precedent featuring a striking cylindrical glass tower cantilevered above a flowing concrete podium, ideal for prominent corner sites.
- What we like about this project
- The seamless transition of the roofline curve connecting the low wing to the tall drum.
Materials
- glass
- concrete
- steel
Visual identifiers
- cylindrical-tower
- curved-curtain-wall
- cantilever
- sweeping-podium
Style tags
- contemporary
- curvilinear
- transparent
Visual tags
- curvilinear
- cantilever
- commercial
- urban-corner
- glazing
- Geometry
- Cylindrical multi-story glass volume cantilevered over a sweeping, undulating concrete base.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall system paired with board-formed or smooth concrete panels.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete core and floor plates with steel or concrete cantilever elements.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story commercial or civic scale towering over pedestrians on the street.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight reflecting clouds off curved curtain wall glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, open, and dynamic urban energy under a clear sky.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with mature trees, parked cars, and moving traffic.
- Spatial experience
- The building transitions from a low, grounded podium into a prominent vertical cylinder visible across the urban intersection.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullion grid on the cylinder contrasted by the sweeping horizontal lines of the base.
- Style reading
- Contemporary curvilinear commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office or multi-use facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, concrete, steel
- Visual identifiers
- cylindrical-tower, curved-curtain-wall, cantilever, sweeping-podium
- Style tags
- contemporary, curvilinear, transparent
- Visual tags
- curvilinear, cantilever, commercial, urban-corner, glazing
- Geometry
- Cylindrical multi-story glass volume cantilevered over a sweeping, undulating concrete base.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall system paired with board-formed or smooth concrete panels.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete core and floor plates with steel or concrete cantilever elements.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story commercial or civic scale towering over pedestrians on the street.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight reflecting clouds off curved curtain wall glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, open, and dynamic urban energy under a clear sky.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with mature trees, parked cars, and moving traffic.
- Spatial experience
- The building transitions from a low, grounded podium into a prominent vertical cylinder visible across the urban intersection.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullion grid on the cylinder contrasted by the sweeping horizontal lines of the base.
- Style reading
- Contemporary curvilinear commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial office or multi-use facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture