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An exterior facade precedent by Powerhouse Company showcasing deep-set punched openings in a rational stone grid, tailored for arid or desert contextual integration.
- What we like about this project
- The deep reveals completely shade the upper panes during peak daylight angles.
Materials
- stone
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- stone-cladding
- deep-reveals
- grid-facade
- punched-windows
- glazed-portal
Style tags
- contemporary
- rationalist
- monolithic
Visual tags
- commercial
- arid-climate
- grid
- stone-facade
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Orthogonal mid-rise volume featuring a regular grid of deep-set punched windows and a tall double-height central glass portal.
- Facade system
- Heavy stone-clad precast or masonry grid with recessed glazing.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with stone cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Five-story commercial massing scaled to pedestrians and cars on an urban street.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sun casting sharp angles and dark shadows within the deep window reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Arid, sun-drenched, and solid with rhythmic shadow play.
- Environmental context
- Arid or desert environment with mountainous backdrop, palm trees, and foreground street traffic.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the street reveals a massive stone-clad envelope grounded by a secure wall, punctuated by deep shadows that invite investigation of the interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical and horizontal grid punctuated by a central monumental entrance break.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental rationalism
- Program
- Commercial office building or corporate headquarters
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stone, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- stone-cladding, deep-reveals, grid-facade, punched-windows, glazed-portal
- Style tags
- contemporary, rationalist, monolithic
- Visual tags
- commercial, arid-climate, grid, stone-facade, contemporary
- Geometry
- Orthogonal mid-rise volume featuring a regular grid of deep-set punched windows and a tall double-height central glass portal.
- Facade system
- Heavy stone-clad precast or masonry grid with recessed glazing.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with stone cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Five-story commercial massing scaled to pedestrians and cars on an urban street.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sun casting sharp angles and dark shadows within the deep window reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Arid, sun-drenched, and solid with rhythmic shadow play.
- Environmental context
- Arid or desert environment with mountainous backdrop, palm trees, and foreground street traffic.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the street reveals a massive stone-clad envelope grounded by a secure wall, punctuated by deep shadows that invite investigation of the interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical and horizontal grid punctuated by a central monumental entrance break.
- Style reading
- Contemporary monumental rationalism
- Program
- Commercial office building or corporate headquarters
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture