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An exterior facade precedent illustrating historical commercial architecture with rich cast metal spandrels, vertical brick articulation, and rhythmic projecting urns.
- What we like about this project
- A vertical stack of projecting circular urn-like sconces or architectural details breaking out from the flat brick pier surface.
Materials
- brick
- cast-bronze
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- projecting-urns
- ornate-spandrels
- vertical-brick-piers
- historic-commercial-facade
Style tags
- art-deco
- historic
- ornate
- traditional
Visual tags
- historic-preservation
- ornamentation
- facade-detail
- masonry
- architectural-relief
- Geometry
- Vertical multi-story facade featuring rhythmic piers, large ground/mezzanine display windows with decorative spandrels, and a vertical series of projecting circular urns running up the brick shaft.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or steel-frame masonry with decorative metal spandrels and punched window openings.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with masonry and ornamental cladding
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story commercial building facade; windows are double-height at the base transitioning to standard punched openings above.
- Lighting
- Direct warm morning or late afternoon sunlight striking the right side of the facade, casting long diagonal shadows and highlighting the deep reliefs in the metal spandrels.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, dramatic lighting that emphasizes the rich textures and deep shadows of historical ornamentation.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape context, indicated by adjacent modern light-brick structure visible on the lower left.
- Spatial experience
- The eye is drawn upward along the vertical brick bays and the projecting decorative elements that break the flat plane of the upper stories.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong vertical rhythm created by brick piers and repeating circular light/urn projections up the tower.
- Style reading
- Art Deco commercial historicism
- Program
- Commercial office or retail building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, cast-bronze, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- projecting-urns, ornate-spandrels, vertical-brick-piers, historic-commercial-facade
- Style tags
- art-deco, historic, ornate, traditional
- Visual tags
- historic-preservation, ornamentation, facade-detail, masonry, architectural-relief
- Geometry
- Vertical multi-story facade featuring rhythmic piers, large ground/mezzanine display windows with decorative spandrels, and a vertical series of projecting circular urns running up the brick shaft.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or steel-frame masonry with decorative metal spandrels and punched window openings.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with masonry and ornamental cladding
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story commercial building facade; windows are double-height at the base transitioning to standard punched openings above.
- Lighting
- Direct warm morning or late afternoon sunlight striking the right side of the facade, casting long diagonal shadows and highlighting the deep reliefs in the metal spandrels.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, dramatic lighting that emphasizes the rich textures and deep shadows of historical ornamentation.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape context, indicated by adjacent modern light-brick structure visible on the lower left.
- Spatial experience
- The eye is drawn upward along the vertical brick bays and the projecting decorative elements that break the flat plane of the upper stories.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong vertical rhythm created by brick piers and repeating circular light/urn projections up the tower.
- Style reading
- Art Deco commercial historicism
- Program
- Commercial office or retail building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture