3440 Forbes
A street-level architectural precedent illustrating how a glazed double-height corner lobby and linear soffit lighting engage an urban intersection for a mixed-use commercial development.
- What we like about this project
- The prominent backlit 'DISTRICT HALL' branding integrated cleanly into the upper portion of the double-height curtain wall.
Materials
- glass
- metal-panels
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- glazed-corner
- district-hall-signage
- panelized-facade
- linear-soffit-lights
- double-height-lobby
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- rationalist
Visual tags
- commercial
- urban-facade
- street-level-transparency
- mixed-use
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Multi-story vertical mass with a projecting double-height glazed corner corner volume wrapped in a dark frame and linear soffit lighting.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal panel cladding system combined with full-height storefront glazing at street level.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame supporting a unitized curtain wall tower and wide-span ground floor glazing.
- Spatial scale
- Pedestrian scale at the street level transitioning rapidly into a multi-story commercial tower scale above.
- Lighting
- Twilight or overcast urban lighting complemented by warm interior illumination, glowing soffit slots, and crisp backlit facade signage.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, welcoming urban evening atmosphere animated by glowing internal spaces and reflections.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with wet asphalt reflecting light, parked cars, and neighboring city fabric.
- Spatial experience
- The street corner opens up with a tall transparent lobby that dissolves the ground plane barrier, welcoming pedestrians into District Hall.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical panel alignment on the tower meets a horizontal multi-story canopy frame enclosing the corner entrance.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial urbanism
- Program
- Commercial office and civic innovation hall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, metal-panels, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- glazed-corner, district-hall-signage, panelized-facade, linear-soffit-lights, double-height-lobby
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, rationalist
- Visual tags
- commercial, urban-facade, street-level-transparency, mixed-use, contemporary
- Geometry
- Multi-story vertical mass with a projecting double-height glazed corner corner volume wrapped in a dark frame and linear soffit lighting.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal panel cladding system combined with full-height storefront glazing at street level.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame supporting a unitized curtain wall tower and wide-span ground floor glazing.
- Spatial scale
- Pedestrian scale at the street level transitioning rapidly into a multi-story commercial tower scale above.
- Lighting
- Twilight or overcast urban lighting complemented by warm interior illumination, glowing soffit slots, and crisp backlit facade signage.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, welcoming urban evening atmosphere animated by glowing internal spaces and reflections.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with wet asphalt reflecting light, parked cars, and neighboring city fabric.
- Spatial experience
- The street corner opens up with a tall transparent lobby that dissolves the ground plane barrier, welcoming pedestrians into District Hall.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical panel alignment on the tower meets a horizontal multi-story canopy frame enclosing the corner entrance.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial urbanism
- Program
- Commercial office and civic innovation hall
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture