500 East 81
An exterior facade precedent by S20M showcasing a sophisticated urban residential tower with curved corner glazing and limestone-clad vertical piers.
- What we like about this project
- The seamless transition from a rectilinear street facade into a soft, curved rounded corner composition.
Materials
- limestone
- glass
- metal
- stone
Visual identifiers
- curved-corner
- limestone-cladding
- vertical-pilasters
- stacked-balconies
Style tags
- contemporary
- neoclassical
- residential
- urban
Visual tags
- residential-tower
- urban-infill
- stone-façade
- balconies
- curved-geometry
- Geometry
- Multi-story residential tower featuring a prominent rounded corner with curved balconies and a grid of vertical stone-clad piers framing tall multi-pane windows.
- Facade system
- Precast stone or limestone panel cladding system with integrated glass railings and dark metal balcony frames.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame structure with flat slabs and non-loadbearing stone-clad exterior walls.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise residential scale of approximately ten stories, fitting into a dense urban street grid.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sunlight striking the main facade, casting soft shadows in the window reveals and highlighting the vertical fluting.
- Atmosphere
- Elegant, polished, and grounded in traditional urban materiality with a modern expression.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner setting with neighboring brick and stone buildings visible on the flanks.
- Spatial experience
- The facade presents a polished urban streetwall presence that balances solid stone cladding with transparent balconies and deep window reveals.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical grid interrupted by the flowing curve of stacked corner balconies.
- Style reading
- Contemporary neoclassical urban residential
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- limestone, glass, metal, stone
- Visual identifiers
- curved-corner, limestone-cladding, vertical-pilasters, stacked-balconies
- Style tags
- contemporary, neoclassical, residential, urban
- Visual tags
- residential-tower, urban-infill, stone-façade, balconies, curved-geometry
- Geometry
- Multi-story residential tower featuring a prominent rounded corner with curved balconies and a grid of vertical stone-clad piers framing tall multi-pane windows.
- Facade system
- Precast stone or limestone panel cladding system with integrated glass railings and dark metal balcony frames.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame structure with flat slabs and non-loadbearing stone-clad exterior walls.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise residential scale of approximately ten stories, fitting into a dense urban street grid.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sunlight striking the main facade, casting soft shadows in the window reveals and highlighting the vertical fluting.
- Atmosphere
- Elegant, polished, and grounded in traditional urban materiality with a modern expression.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner setting with neighboring brick and stone buildings visible on the flanks.
- Spatial experience
- The facade presents a polished urban streetwall presence that balances solid stone cladding with transparent balconies and deep window reveals.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical grid interrupted by the flowing curve of stacked corner balconies.
- Style reading
- Contemporary neoclassical urban residential
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture