
STAC
A storefront facade precedent by STAC Architecture demonstrating rich material juxtaposition between distressed red brick, white glazed tile, textured glazing, and a crisp black metal awning.
- What we like about this project
- Mixed textured and patterned glass panels within the grid selectively obscure parts of the interior view while letting warm light bleed through.
Materials
- brick
- glazed-tile
- metal
- glass
- canvas
Visual identifiers
- gridded-window
- black-awning
- distressed-brick
- patterned-glass
- white-tile
Style tags
- industrial
- urban
- eclectic
- hospitality
Visual tags
- storefront
- hospitality
- facade
- street-edge
- textural
- Geometry
- Symmetrical composition centered on a large multi-pane gridded window set within a textured brick facade and a lower white tiled wainscot.
- Facade system
- Metal-framed multi-pane storefront glazing with wall-mounted cantilevered fabric awning over layered masonry.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry wall with steel lintels supporting storefront openings.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled retail or hospitality shopfront facade.
- Lighting
- Warm interior pendant and ambient lighting glowing outwards, contrasting with cool external daylight reflecting off the glass and awning.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, tactile, and warm, contrasting robust exterior materials with a glowing interior.
- Environmental context
- Urban commercial storefront setting with weathered masonry context.
- Spatial experience
- The deep black metal awning and textured glass create a framed threshold between the bustling street and the warm, layered interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Balanced tripartite horizontal division with lower white tile, central gridded opening with awning, and upper digital or textured signage band.
- Style reading
- Industrial-chic urban hospitality vernacular
- Program
- Restaurant or hospitality storefront
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glazed-tile, metal, glass, canvas
- Visual identifiers
- gridded-window, black-awning, distressed-brick, patterned-glass, white-tile
- Style tags
- industrial, urban, eclectic, hospitality
- Visual tags
- storefront, hospitality, facade, street-edge, textural
- Geometry
- Symmetrical composition centered on a large multi-pane gridded window set within a textured brick facade and a lower white tiled wainscot.
- Facade system
- Metal-framed multi-pane storefront glazing with wall-mounted cantilevered fabric awning over layered masonry.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry wall with steel lintels supporting storefront openings.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled retail or hospitality shopfront facade.
- Lighting
- Warm interior pendant and ambient lighting glowing outwards, contrasting with cool external daylight reflecting off the glass and awning.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, tactile, and warm, contrasting robust exterior materials with a glowing interior.
- Environmental context
- Urban commercial storefront setting with weathered masonry context.
- Spatial experience
- The deep black metal awning and textured glass create a framed threshold between the bustling street and the warm, layered interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Balanced tripartite horizontal division with lower white tile, central gridded opening with awning, and upper digital or textured signage band.
- Style reading
- Industrial-chic urban hospitality vernacular
- Program
- Restaurant or hospitality storefront
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture