The Centro Building
An exterior corner view of The Centro Building by Piercy&Company, showcasing a traditional red brick facade updated with rhythmic arched and circular window assemblies.
- What we like about this project
- The transition from arched multi-pane openings on lower floors to uniform circular windows along the top cornice level.
Materials
- red-brick
- glass
- painted-stucco
- metal-frames
Visual identifiers
- red-brick-facade
- arched-windows
- circular-windows
- corner-building
- piercy-and-company
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- brick-masonry
Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse
- historicist
- commercial
- brick-architecture
- urban-context
- Geometry
- Multi-story corner commercial building massing featuring a rhythmic arrangement of arched and circular window openings across a red brick facade.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or clad red brick masonry with punched arched and round openings, featuring light stone or stucco surrounds.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete structure behind a masonry exterior wall.
- Spatial scale
- Five-to-six story urban commercial scale, fitting tightly within a historic street block.
- Lighting
- Bright direct sunlight casting sharp shadows across the facade relief, highlighting the window surrounds and cornices.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, bright daytime atmosphere emphasizing tactile masonry details and strong urban presence.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner context with mature street trees, traffic infrastructure, and passing pedestrians.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level facade grounds the heavy brick mass with white-painted base detailing and clear pedestrian entrances on the corner.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical window bays set up a steady rhythm, topped by an attic tier of repetitive circular oculi.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual brick architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- red-brick, glass, painted-stucco, metal-frames
- Visual identifiers
- red-brick-facade, arched-windows, circular-windows, corner-building, piercy-and-company
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, brick-masonry
- Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse, historicist, commercial, brick-architecture, urban-context
- Geometry
- Multi-story corner commercial building massing featuring a rhythmic arrangement of arched and circular window openings across a red brick facade.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or clad red brick masonry with punched arched and round openings, featuring light stone or stucco surrounds.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete structure behind a masonry exterior wall.
- Spatial scale
- Five-to-six story urban commercial scale, fitting tightly within a historic street block.
- Lighting
- Bright direct sunlight casting sharp shadows across the facade relief, highlighting the window surrounds and cornices.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, bright daytime atmosphere emphasizing tactile masonry details and strong urban presence.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner context with mature street trees, traffic infrastructure, and passing pedestrians.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level facade grounds the heavy brick mass with white-painted base detailing and clear pedestrian entrances on the corner.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical window bays set up a steady rhythm, topped by an attic tier of repetitive circular oculi.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual brick architecture
- Program
- Commercial office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture