Erewhon West Hollywood
An urban retail streetscape precedent featuring an articulated storefront, projecting entry canopy, and integrated vertical sunshades by RDC.
- What we like about this project
- Vertical metal louvers extend continuously across upper window bands to unify the multi-story facade composition.
Materials
- glass
- metal
- stone
- concrete
- wood-composite
Visual identifiers
- storefront-canopy
- metal-fins
- retail-facade
- street-edge
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- retail
Visual tags
- commercial
- retail
- urban-facade
- canopy
- streetscape
- Geometry
- Linear multi-story retail storefront with a projecting marquee canopy at the primary entrance and vertical metal fins above.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall and storefront glazing with projecting metal fins, operable louvers, and a solid entry marquee.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite concrete decks and non-loadbearing retail facade infill.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale pedestrian streetscape with single-story retail height base and multi-story facade above.
- Lighting
- Bright indirect daylight along the sidewalk contrasted by recessed warm downlights under the entry canopy.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, active urban marketplace atmosphere with warm threshold lighting and lush planters.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with mature street trees, parked cars, and outdoor cafe seating.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrians move along a wide paved sidewalk beneath a continuous sequence of outdoor seating, awnings, and deep entryway recesses.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal progression of storefront bays paired with vertical metal screens and rhythmically spaced street trees.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial retail architecture
- Program
- High-end grocery and retail storefront
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, metal, stone, concrete, wood-composite
- Visual identifiers
- storefront-canopy, metal-fins, retail-facade, street-edge
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, retail
- Visual tags
- commercial, retail, urban-facade, canopy, streetscape
- Geometry
- Linear multi-story retail storefront with a projecting marquee canopy at the primary entrance and vertical metal fins above.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall and storefront glazing with projecting metal fins, operable louvers, and a solid entry marquee.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite concrete decks and non-loadbearing retail facade infill.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale pedestrian streetscape with single-story retail height base and multi-story facade above.
- Lighting
- Bright indirect daylight along the sidewalk contrasted by recessed warm downlights under the entry canopy.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, active urban marketplace atmosphere with warm threshold lighting and lush planters.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with mature street trees, parked cars, and outdoor cafe seating.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrians move along a wide paved sidewalk beneath a continuous sequence of outdoor seating, awnings, and deep entryway recesses.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal progression of storefront bays paired with vertical metal screens and rhythmically spaced street trees.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial retail architecture
- Program
- High-end grocery and retail storefront
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture