Business Space
An exterior precedent for commercial office architecture featuring a gently curved glazed facade, decorative vertical mullion screens, and a sweeping entrance canopy.
- What we like about this project
- The dramatic off-center cantilevered canopy creates a massive semi-outdoor plaza adjacent to the main glazed volume.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- aluminum
- pavers
- native-planting
Visual identifiers
- curved-facade
- cantilevered-canopy
- curtain-wall
- central-paved-path
Style tags
- contemporary
- corporate
- glazed
Visual tags
- commercial-office
- corporate-headquarters
- curtain-wall
- canopy
- twilight-illumination
- Geometry
- Symmetrical two-story curved facade fronted by a central paved walkway and flanked to the left by an extensive cantilevered canopy structure.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated perforated metal sunshades and structural steel framework.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with lateral bracing supporting the curved roofline and cantilevered entrance canopy.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story commercial scale with a wide horizontal frontage and expansive covered arrival zone.
- Lighting
- Twilight or overcast evening light; internal warm lighting glows through the extensive glazing, contrasting with the cool blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Professional, welcoming, and crisp with warm interior light spilling into a twilight landscape.
- Environmental context
- Suburban business park setting featuring manicured lawns, low native planting beds, and low-rise residential or commercial roofs in the distance.
- Spatial experience
- A strong central axis draws the eye from the landscaped approach directly into the glazed double-height entrance lobby.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical rhythm of structural mullions punctuated by decorative perforated metal fins across the curved glass envelope.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate architecture
- Program
- Corporate office headquarters or business park workspace
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, aluminum, pavers, native-planting
- Visual identifiers
- curved-facade, cantilevered-canopy, curtain-wall, central-paved-path
- Style tags
- contemporary, corporate, glazed
- Visual tags
- commercial-office, corporate-headquarters, curtain-wall, canopy, twilight-illumination
- Geometry
- Symmetrical two-story curved facade fronted by a central paved walkway and flanked to the left by an extensive cantilevered canopy structure.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated perforated metal sunshades and structural steel framework.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with lateral bracing supporting the curved roofline and cantilevered entrance canopy.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story commercial scale with a wide horizontal frontage and expansive covered arrival zone.
- Lighting
- Twilight or overcast evening light; internal warm lighting glows through the extensive glazing, contrasting with the cool blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Professional, welcoming, and crisp with warm interior light spilling into a twilight landscape.
- Environmental context
- Suburban business park setting featuring manicured lawns, low native planting beds, and low-rise residential or commercial roofs in the distance.
- Spatial experience
- A strong central axis draws the eye from the landscaped approach directly into the glazed double-height entrance lobby.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical rhythm of structural mullions punctuated by decorative perforated metal fins across the curved glass envelope.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate architecture
- Program
- Corporate office headquarters or business park workspace
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture