Eric Colbert & Associates
A street facade precedent showcasing white brick masonry, industrial multi-pane windows, and a setback rooftop pavilion at an urban corner.
- What we like about this project
- The setback rooftop terrace features a transparent glass balustrade and a playful bright orange accent umbrella.
Materials
- white-brick
- glass
- steel
- metal-canopy
Visual identifiers
- white-brick
- multi-pane-windows
- corner-building
- rooftop-terrace
Style tags
- neo-industrial
- commercial
- contemporary
Visual tags
- commercial
- adaptive-reuse
- urban-infill
- retail
- street-edge
- Geometry
- Multi-story corner building with a symmetrical white brick facade, multi-pane industrial-style grid windows, and a recessed glazed rooftop addition.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or clad white brick exterior wall with steel-framed industrial window assemblies.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete column structure with masonry exterior envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story urban commercial block operating at a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood scale.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight under a clear blue sky, casting crisp shadows along the storefront canopies and window recesses.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, sunlit urban retail environment with clean lines and classic mercantile proportions.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with pedestrian crosswalks, parked cars, street trees, and adjacent neighborhood traffic.
- Spatial experience
- The building anchors a busy urban intersection, presenting an inviting commercial ground floor that scales up cleanly to multi-level display and office space.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window bays establish a steady, rhythmic grid across the primary facade elevation.
- Style reading
- Neo-industrial commercial architecture
- Program
- Retail showroom and upper-level office or residential space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- white-brick, glass, steel, metal-canopy
- Visual identifiers
- white-brick, multi-pane-windows, corner-building, rooftop-terrace
- Style tags
- neo-industrial, commercial, contemporary
- Visual tags
- commercial, adaptive-reuse, urban-infill, retail, street-edge
- Geometry
- Multi-story corner building with a symmetrical white brick facade, multi-pane industrial-style grid windows, and a recessed glazed rooftop addition.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or clad white brick exterior wall with steel-framed industrial window assemblies.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete column structure with masonry exterior envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story urban commercial block operating at a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood scale.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight under a clear blue sky, casting crisp shadows along the storefront canopies and window recesses.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, sunlit urban retail environment with clean lines and classic mercantile proportions.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with pedestrian crosswalks, parked cars, street trees, and adjacent neighborhood traffic.
- Spatial experience
- The building anchors a busy urban intersection, presenting an inviting commercial ground floor that scales up cleanly to multi-level display and office space.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window bays establish a steady, rhythmic grid across the primary facade elevation.
- Style reading
- Neo-industrial commercial architecture
- Program
- Retail showroom and upper-level office or residential space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture