One Roxborough West — Reflect Architecture
An exterior facade precedent showing how perforated metal screens, floor-to-ceiling glass, and integrated terrace planting mediate between high-rise residential living and an expansive urban canopy.
- What we like about this project
- Perforated metal screens wrap the glazed corners, dissolving the solid edge of the building against the sky.
Materials
- glass
- perforated-metal
- concrete
- steel
- planting
Visual identifiers
- perforated-metal-screens
- floor-to-ceiling-glass
- integrated-terrace-planting
- horizontal-floor-slabs
Style tags
- contemporary
- sustainable
- glazed
Visual tags
- high-rise
- residential
- urban-canopy
- perforated-metal
- balcony
- reflective-glass
- Geometry
- Linear multi-story volume with deep horizontal floor slabs, featuring rhythmically spaced vertical piers and recessed balconies.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall with full-height glazing, operable balcony doors, and exterior perforated sliding or fixed metal screens.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with flat slab construction and perimeter cantilevered balconies.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential tower scale, viewed from an upper-level terrace or balcony.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sun glancing across the facade edge, creating crisp reflections and bright lens flare against the sky.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and luminous, balancing dense urban views with lush embedded greenery.
- Environmental context
- High-rise residential context overlooking a dense suburban-style tree canopy and distant commercial skyline.
- Spatial experience
- Elevated vantage point looking out past the building skin across an expansive urban tree canopy toward a high-rise downtown skyline.
- Composition rhythm
- Alternating glazed panels, solid slab edges, and vertical perforated screen fins creating a layered rhythmic facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sustainable high-rise architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, perforated-metal, concrete, steel, planting
- Visual identifiers
- perforated-metal-screens, floor-to-ceiling-glass, integrated-terrace-planting, horizontal-floor-slabs
- Style tags
- contemporary, sustainable, glazed
- Visual tags
- high-rise, residential, urban-canopy, perforated-metal, balcony, reflective-glass
- Geometry
- Linear multi-story volume with deep horizontal floor slabs, featuring rhythmically spaced vertical piers and recessed balconies.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall with full-height glazing, operable balcony doors, and exterior perforated sliding or fixed metal screens.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with flat slab construction and perimeter cantilevered balconies.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential tower scale, viewed from an upper-level terrace or balcony.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sun glancing across the facade edge, creating crisp reflections and bright lens flare against the sky.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and luminous, balancing dense urban views with lush embedded greenery.
- Environmental context
- High-rise residential context overlooking a dense suburban-style tree canopy and distant commercial skyline.
- Spatial experience
- Elevated vantage point looking out past the building skin across an expansive urban tree canopy toward a high-rise downtown skyline.
- Composition rhythm
- Alternating glazed panels, solid slab edges, and vertical perforated screen fins creating a layered rhythmic facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sustainable high-rise architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture