Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Livestock Center
An exterior facade precedent for large-scale agricultural or civic arenas, combining utilitarian metal paneling with monumental public art and illuminated branding.
- What we like about this project
- Ground-level uplights dramatically illuminate the undulating undersides of the bronze bull sculpture.
Materials
- metal
- glass
- bronze
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- metal-siding
- large-signage
- bronze-sculpture
- clerestory-glazing
Style tags
- contemporary
- civic
- industrial
- monumental
Visual tags
- civic
- arena
- facade
- public-plaza
- industrial-aesthetic
- Geometry
- Large-scale orthogonal arena volume with a stepped upper facade band housing prominent signage, over a ground level featuring regular structural bays and ribbon glazing.
- Facade system
- Corrugated metal panel rainscreen with integrated ribbon glazing and structural steel framing.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss frame with metal wall cladding and concrete foundation.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; multi-story facade height dwarfing the foreground bronze bull sculpture and human visitors.
- Lighting
- Twilight exterior condition with warm up-lighting on the bronze sculptural group and strong interior illumination glowing through upper clerestory windows and entrance glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Dramatic and welcoming at dusk, anchored by the illuminated sculptural centerpiece against the large metal facade.
- Environmental context
- Expansive paved plaza setting at dusk outside a major agricultural/civic exhibition facility.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the paved public plaza, the monumental bronze sculpture frames the transition toward the brightly lit main entrance canopy and glazed doors.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical corrugated metal ribs set up a steady rhythm, punctuated horizontally by the glazed window band and illuminated signboards.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental civic architecture
- Program
- Livestock arena and exhibition center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- metal, glass, bronze, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- metal-siding, large-signage, bronze-sculpture, clerestory-glazing
- Style tags
- contemporary, civic, industrial, monumental
- Visual tags
- civic, arena, facade, public-plaza, industrial-aesthetic
- Geometry
- Large-scale orthogonal arena volume with a stepped upper facade band housing prominent signage, over a ground level featuring regular structural bays and ribbon glazing.
- Facade system
- Corrugated metal panel rainscreen with integrated ribbon glazing and structural steel framing.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss frame with metal wall cladding and concrete foundation.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental scale; multi-story facade height dwarfing the foreground bronze bull sculpture and human visitors.
- Lighting
- Twilight exterior condition with warm up-lighting on the bronze sculptural group and strong interior illumination glowing through upper clerestory windows and entrance glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Dramatic and welcoming at dusk, anchored by the illuminated sculptural centerpiece against the large metal facade.
- Environmental context
- Expansive paved plaza setting at dusk outside a major agricultural/civic exhibition facility.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the paved public plaza, the monumental bronze sculpture frames the transition toward the brightly lit main entrance canopy and glazed doors.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical corrugated metal ribs set up a steady rhythm, punctuated horizontally by the glazed window band and illuminated signboards.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental civic architecture
- Program
- Livestock arena and exhibition center
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture