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Based in Shanghai, Voice Architecture Lab designs mixed-use high-rise towers and hospitality projects defined by sharp geometric volume carvings, deep angled overhangs, and warm timber-slat soffits that temper louvered facades and curved glazed entryways. Serves as a strong reference for detailing multi-level tower drop-offs, integrating exterior louvered screens with carved sky-atrium voids, or specifying wood-lined soffit transitions beneath cantilevered overhangs.

Exterior street-level perspective of a stepped high-rise urban infill building by Voice Architecture Lab in Taipei.

台北市中正区危险老旧重建案

上海

A street-level architectural precedent illustrating stepped high-rise massing and complex facade articulation along an urban boulevard.

What we like about this project
Upper levels feature staggered terraces carved directly into the building volume.

Materials

  • glass
  • aluminum
  • concrete
  • steel

Visual identifiers

  • stepped-massing
  • glass-curtain-wall
  • urban-infill
  • vertical-articulation

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • urban
  • high-rise

Visual tags

  • high-rise
  • mixed-use
  • urban-corridor
  • contemporary-facade
  • stepped-form
Geometry
Stepped volumetric massing rising from a medium-density street wall, featuring articulated upper setbacks and shifting grid expressions.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall combined with recessed balconies and expressed structural framing.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete core and flat slab structure with perimeter steel or aluminum framing.
Spatial scale
High-rise residential or mixed-use tower seen from across a wide urban boulevard.
Lighting
Bright afternoon sunlight casting sharp highlights on glass curtain wall corners and deep vertical reveals.
Atmosphere
Active, sunlit urban environment with a crisp, modern architectural presence.
Environmental context
Urban street corridor with multi-lane vehicular traffic, mature street trees, and adjacent mid-to-high-rise commercial buildings.
Spatial experience
The building commands the urban corridor, shifting between solid framed bays and glazed vertical surfaces as it steps up.
Composition rhythm
Vertical window mullions paired with horizontal slab edge bands shifting rhythmically across stepped volumes.
Style reading
Contemporary urban high-rise architecture
Program
Mixed-use residential and commercial tower
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, aluminum, concrete, steel
Visual identifiers
stepped-massing, glass-curtain-wall, urban-infill, vertical-articulation
Style tags
contemporary, urban, high-rise
Visual tags
high-rise, mixed-use, urban-corridor, contemporary-facade, stepped-form
Geometry
Stepped volumetric massing rising from a medium-density street wall, featuring articulated upper setbacks and shifting grid expressions.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall combined with recessed balconies and expressed structural framing.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete core and flat slab structure with perimeter steel or aluminum framing.
Spatial scale
High-rise residential or mixed-use tower seen from across a wide urban boulevard.
Lighting
Bright afternoon sunlight casting sharp highlights on glass curtain wall corners and deep vertical reveals.
Atmosphere
Active, sunlit urban environment with a crisp, modern architectural presence.
Environmental context
Urban street corridor with multi-lane vehicular traffic, mature street trees, and adjacent mid-to-high-rise commercial buildings.
Spatial experience
The building commands the urban corridor, shifting between solid framed bays and glazed vertical surfaces as it steps up.
Composition rhythm
Vertical window mullions paired with horizontal slab edge bands shifting rhythmically across stepped volumes.
Style reading
Contemporary urban high-rise architecture
Program
Mixed-use residential and commercial tower
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior street-level perspective of a stepped high-rise urban infill building by Voice Architecture Lab in Taipei.

台北市中正区危险老旧重建案

上海

A street-level architectural precedent illustrating stepped high-rise massing and complex facade articulation along an urban boulevard.

What we like about this project
Upper levels feature staggered terraces carved directly into the building volume.

Materials

  • glass
  • aluminum
  • concrete
  • steel

Visual identifiers

  • stepped-massing
  • glass-curtain-wall
  • urban-infill
  • vertical-articulation

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • urban
  • high-rise

Visual tags

  • high-rise
  • mixed-use
  • urban-corridor
  • contemporary-facade
  • stepped-form
Geometry
Stepped volumetric massing rising from a medium-density street wall, featuring articulated upper setbacks and shifting grid expressions.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall combined with recessed balconies and expressed structural framing.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete core and flat slab structure with perimeter steel or aluminum framing.
Spatial scale
High-rise residential or mixed-use tower seen from across a wide urban boulevard.
Lighting
Bright afternoon sunlight casting sharp highlights on glass curtain wall corners and deep vertical reveals.
Atmosphere
Active, sunlit urban environment with a crisp, modern architectural presence.
Environmental context
Urban street corridor with multi-lane vehicular traffic, mature street trees, and adjacent mid-to-high-rise commercial buildings.
Spatial experience
The building commands the urban corridor, shifting between solid framed bays and glazed vertical surfaces as it steps up.
Composition rhythm
Vertical window mullions paired with horizontal slab edge bands shifting rhythmically across stepped volumes.
Style reading
Contemporary urban high-rise architecture
Program
Mixed-use residential and commercial tower
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, aluminum, concrete, steel
Visual identifiers
stepped-massing, glass-curtain-wall, urban-infill, vertical-articulation
Style tags
contemporary, urban, high-rise
Visual tags
high-rise, mixed-use, urban-corridor, contemporary-facade, stepped-form
Geometry
Stepped volumetric massing rising from a medium-density street wall, featuring articulated upper setbacks and shifting grid expressions.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall combined with recessed balconies and expressed structural framing.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete core and flat slab structure with perimeter steel or aluminum framing.
Spatial scale
High-rise residential or mixed-use tower seen from across a wide urban boulevard.
Lighting
Bright afternoon sunlight casting sharp highlights on glass curtain wall corners and deep vertical reveals.
Atmosphere
Active, sunlit urban environment with a crisp, modern architectural presence.
Environmental context
Urban street corridor with multi-lane vehicular traffic, mature street trees, and adjacent mid-to-high-rise commercial buildings.
Spatial experience
The building commands the urban corridor, shifting between solid framed bays and glazed vertical surfaces as it steps up.
Composition rhythm
Vertical window mullions paired with horizontal slab edge bands shifting rhythmically across stepped volumes.
Style reading
Contemporary urban high-rise architecture
Program
Mixed-use residential and commercial tower
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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