Exterior dusk view of a brick commercial building with curved corners
An urban commercial corner building by ODOS Architects featuring dark brick masonry, curved massing, and large punched windows that glow at dusk.
- What we like about this project
- The smooth, continuous radius of the brickwork at the building corner anchors the intersection without a sharp corner joint.
Materials
- dark-brick
- glass
- aluminum
- steel
Visual identifiers
- brick-facade
- curved-corner
- punched-windows
- glazed-ground-floor
Style tags
- contemporary
- brick-rationalism
- urban
Visual tags
- commercial
- urban-infill
- dusk-lighting
- masonry
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Stepped brick massing featuring a prominent rounded corner at the street intersection, balanced by rectilinear step-backs along the upper floors.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing dark brick masonry with recessed aluminum-framed glazing and expansive storefront system.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or reinforced concrete frame with masonry exterior cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story commercial scale, framing the street edge with pedestrian-friendly transparency at the ground level.
- Lighting
- Dusk twilight with warm interior lighting glowing through large storefront and office windows, contrasting with the cool blue evening sky.
- Atmosphere
- Professional and crisp twilight ambiance where warm interior workspaces project onto the darkening street.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner site flanked by neighboring low-rise buildings and street furniture.
- Spatial experience
- The building engages the street corner with an expansive glazed ground floor, transitioning to punched brick openings above that modulate privacy and light.
- Composition rhythm
- Irregular rhythm of punched windows counterbalanced by the continuous horizontal sweep of the fully glazed ground level.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban commercial architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- dark-brick, glass, aluminum, steel
- Visual identifiers
- brick-facade, curved-corner, punched-windows, glazed-ground-floor
- Style tags
- contemporary, brick-rationalism, urban
- Visual tags
- commercial, urban-infill, dusk-lighting, masonry, contemporary
- Geometry
- Stepped brick massing featuring a prominent rounded corner at the street intersection, balanced by rectilinear step-backs along the upper floors.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing dark brick masonry with recessed aluminum-framed glazing and expansive storefront system.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or reinforced concrete frame with masonry exterior cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story commercial scale, framing the street edge with pedestrian-friendly transparency at the ground level.
- Lighting
- Dusk twilight with warm interior lighting glowing through large storefront and office windows, contrasting with the cool blue evening sky.
- Atmosphere
- Professional and crisp twilight ambiance where warm interior workspaces project onto the darkening street.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner site flanked by neighboring low-rise buildings and street furniture.
- Spatial experience
- The building engages the street corner with an expansive glazed ground floor, transitioning to punched brick openings above that modulate privacy and light.
- Composition rhythm
- Irregular rhythm of punched windows counterbalanced by the continuous horizontal sweep of the fully glazed ground level.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban commercial architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture