Exterior corner view of a large multi-story commercial building with
An exterior street-corner precedent showcasing a rhythmic vertical fin facade system sitting atop active ground-floor retail storefronts.
- What we like about this project
- Vertical piers extend well past the roof parapet to terminate in flagpole-like finials.
Materials
- stone
- glass
- metal
- canvas
Visual identifiers
- vertical-fins
- corner-facade
- ground-floor-retail
- stone-clad-grid
Style tags
- commercial
- rationalist
- urban-infill
Visual tags
- commercial
- urban-corner
- retail-base
- classic-modern
- street-edge
- Geometry
- An imposing corner-turning massing with expressed vertical piers extending upward as finials. Fenestration is organized in a strict grid across multiple horizontal tiers, culminating in a stepped upper attic level.
- Facade system
- Precast or natural stone-clad frame with expressed vertical fins and punched glazing units.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame with non-structural stone curtain wall or cladding panels.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial scale, spanning approximately seven stories above ground-level retail.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sun casting crisp shadows along the facade's vertical fins and recessed window bays.
- Atmosphere
- Bustling, formal urban atmosphere animated by street activity and fluttering flags.
- Environmental context
- Urban intersection with a wide street, sidewalks, street trees, and pedestrians establishing human scale.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level retail creates an active pedestrian interface beneath the heavy stone-clad volume above, establishing a grand urban scale at the corner.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical pilasters establish a strong rhythmic cadence across the multi-bay facade.
- Style reading
- Classical-modern commercial revival
- Program
- Commercial office building with ground-floor retail
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stone, glass, metal, canvas
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-fins, corner-facade, ground-floor-retail, stone-clad-grid
- Style tags
- commercial, rationalist, urban-infill
- Visual tags
- commercial, urban-corner, retail-base, classic-modern, street-edge
- Geometry
- An imposing corner-turning massing with expressed vertical piers extending upward as finials. Fenestration is organized in a strict grid across multiple horizontal tiers, culminating in a stepped upper attic level.
- Facade system
- Precast or natural stone-clad frame with expressed vertical fins and punched glazing units.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame with non-structural stone curtain wall or cladding panels.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial scale, spanning approximately seven stories above ground-level retail.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sun casting crisp shadows along the facade's vertical fins and recessed window bays.
- Atmosphere
- Bustling, formal urban atmosphere animated by street activity and fluttering flags.
- Environmental context
- Urban intersection with a wide street, sidewalks, street trees, and pedestrians establishing human scale.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level retail creates an active pedestrian interface beneath the heavy stone-clad volume above, establishing a grand urban scale at the corner.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical pilasters establish a strong rhythmic cadence across the multi-bay facade.
- Style reading
- Classical-modern commercial revival
- Program
- Commercial office building with ground-floor retail
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture