Curved and looped red and white frame facade with glass curtain wall
A striking commercial building facade precedent featuring bold, looping elliptical arches and red-and-white framing elements by Ron Arad Studio.
- What we like about this project
- The structural loops float independently past the glazed envelope, creating deep spatial shadows.
Materials
- painted-metal
- glass
- steel
- stone
Visual identifiers
- elliptical-frames
- ribbon-facade
- curved-glass
- red-and-white-panels
Style tags
- contemporary
- biomorphic
- expressive
- high-tech
Visual tags
- biomorphic
- curvilinear
- commercial-architecture
- dusk-lighting
- complex-geometry
- Geometry
- Dynamic sweeping ellipses and looping ribbon-like structural frames wrap an elongated multi-level volume above a dark glass base.
- Facade system
- Custom curved metal panel framing with structurally glazed curtain wall infill.
- Structural guess
- Steel space frame supporting large-span curved composite ribbing and curtain wall glazing.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial or public scale, spanning multiple stories with expansive curving spans.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue hour sky contrasted with warm interior illumination and bright perimeter ground lighting.
- Atmosphere
- Dramatic and futuristic, enhanced by the twilight sky and glowing structural contours.
- Environmental context
- Open paved urban or commercial plaza at dusk under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the open plaza reveals the layered depth of overlapping structural hoops framing the glazed interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic sequence of overlapping elliptical loops decreasing in scale along the longitudinal facade.
- Style reading
- Expressive biomorphic contemporary architecture
- Program
- Commercial or cultural pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- painted-metal, glass, steel, stone
- Visual identifiers
- elliptical-frames, ribbon-facade, curved-glass, red-and-white-panels
- Style tags
- contemporary, biomorphic, expressive, high-tech
- Visual tags
- biomorphic, curvilinear, commercial-architecture, dusk-lighting, complex-geometry
- Geometry
- Dynamic sweeping ellipses and looping ribbon-like structural frames wrap an elongated multi-level volume above a dark glass base.
- Facade system
- Custom curved metal panel framing with structurally glazed curtain wall infill.
- Structural guess
- Steel space frame supporting large-span curved composite ribbing and curtain wall glazing.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial or public scale, spanning multiple stories with expansive curving spans.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue hour sky contrasted with warm interior illumination and bright perimeter ground lighting.
- Atmosphere
- Dramatic and futuristic, enhanced by the twilight sky and glowing structural contours.
- Environmental context
- Open paved urban or commercial plaza at dusk under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the open plaza reveals the layered depth of overlapping structural hoops framing the glazed interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic sequence of overlapping elliptical loops decreasing in scale along the longitudinal facade.
- Style reading
- Expressive biomorphic contemporary architecture
- Program
- Commercial or cultural pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture