415 Natoma at the 5M Development
A high-rise exterior precedent demonstrating faceted dark glass massing and a stepped urban podium—useful for large-scale commercial and mixed-use envelope studies.
- What we like about this project
- The sharp corner intersection of the primary tower volume creates a dynamic prow-like geometry.
Materials
- glass
- metal
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- faceted-tower
- dark-curtain-wall
- stepped-podium
- urban-corner-massing
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- high-rise
- rationalist
Visual tags
- high-rise
- commercial-tower
- urban-infill
- faceted-geometry
- curtain-wall
- Geometry
- A vertical tower composition featuring faceted, intersecting volumes and a stepped podium that responds to the urban street corner.
- Facade system
- Unitized dark glass and metal curtain wall with faceted articulation.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete core with perimeter moment frame.
- Spatial scale
- High-rise tower scale set against standard urban multi-story street frontages.
- Lighting
- Clear daylight casting sharp shadows across the faceted curtain wall and deep podium reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, commanding urban presence under a clear sky.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban street context with surrounding mid-rise buildings, overhead utility lines, and vehicular traffic.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents a commanding vertical edge from the street, with the faceted corner creating dynamic perspective shifts as one moves past.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullions create a dense grid that breaks at the horizontal stepped podium reveals.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial high-rise
- Program
- Commercial office and mixed-use tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, metal, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- faceted-tower, dark-curtain-wall, stepped-podium, urban-corner-massing
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, high-rise, rationalist
- Visual tags
- high-rise, commercial-tower, urban-infill, faceted-geometry, curtain-wall
- Geometry
- A vertical tower composition featuring faceted, intersecting volumes and a stepped podium that responds to the urban street corner.
- Facade system
- Unitized dark glass and metal curtain wall with faceted articulation.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete core with perimeter moment frame.
- Spatial scale
- High-rise tower scale set against standard urban multi-story street frontages.
- Lighting
- Clear daylight casting sharp shadows across the faceted curtain wall and deep podium reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, commanding urban presence under a clear sky.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban street context with surrounding mid-rise buildings, overhead utility lines, and vehicular traffic.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents a commanding vertical edge from the street, with the faceted corner creating dynamic perspective shifts as one moves past.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullions create a dense grid that breaks at the horizontal stepped podium reveals.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial high-rise
- Program
- Commercial office and mixed-use tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture