THESEED
A storefront architecture precedent demonstrating the integration of a modern dark metal display window system into a historic masonry building base.
- What we like about this project
- A linear array of exposed Edison-style bulbs creates a glowing horizontal header inside the main vitrine window.
Materials
- glass
- metal
- stone
- masonry
Visual identifiers
- storefront-glazing
- stone-base
- historic-masonry
- display-window
Style tags
- commercial
- contemporary-historic-mix
- retail-design
Visual tags
- retail
- storefront
- urban-facade
- historic-context
- commercial
- Geometry
- Multi-story historic masonry building base retrofitted with a dark metal storefront system and deep glass display windows.
- Facade system
- Dark metal storefront framing with large single-pane display glass set on a heavy stone base.
- Structural guess
- Historic masonry bearing wall structure with inserted steel storefront support.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled retail storefront occupying the ground and lower levels of a multi-story building.
- Lighting
- Warm incandescent bulbs line the upper interior window header, contrasting with ambient daylight on the stone and masonry exterior.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, inviting retail glow framing the urban street edge.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape with historic masonry facades and concrete sidewalk.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrian approach along the sidewalk engages with large-scale vitrine windows that reveal internal product displays and lighting.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical articulation of the historic upper facade sits above a wide, horizontal retail display base.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial storefront within a historic envelope
- Program
- Retail storefront / showroom
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, metal, stone, masonry
- Visual identifiers
- storefront-glazing, stone-base, historic-masonry, display-window
- Style tags
- commercial, contemporary-historic-mix, retail-design
- Visual tags
- retail, storefront, urban-facade, historic-context, commercial
- Geometry
- Multi-story historic masonry building base retrofitted with a dark metal storefront system and deep glass display windows.
- Facade system
- Dark metal storefront framing with large single-pane display glass set on a heavy stone base.
- Structural guess
- Historic masonry bearing wall structure with inserted steel storefront support.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled retail storefront occupying the ground and lower levels of a multi-story building.
- Lighting
- Warm incandescent bulbs line the upper interior window header, contrasting with ambient daylight on the stone and masonry exterior.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, inviting retail glow framing the urban street edge.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape with historic masonry facades and concrete sidewalk.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrian approach along the sidewalk engages with large-scale vitrine windows that reveal internal product displays and lighting.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical articulation of the historic upper facade sits above a wide, horizontal retail display base.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial storefront within a historic envelope
- Program
- Retail storefront / showroom
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture