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A commercial street facade precedent showcasing a multi-story glass atrium inset within solid stone piers, supported by slender structural columns.
- What we like about this project
- Large prominent branding integrated directly across the central lower glazed spandrel zone.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- stone
- aluminum
Visual identifiers
- glass-curtain-wall
- stone-cladding
- slender-steel-columns
- atrium-entrance
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- transparent
Visual tags
- commercial
- transparency
- urban-facade
- atrium
- mixed-use
- Geometry
- A multi-story recessed glazed atrium bay inserted between two massive stone-clad planar wings, fronted by slender circular steel columns.
- Facade system
- Stick-built glass curtain wall set behind a colonnade of structural steel columns, flanked by precast or natural stone rainscreen panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite floor decks and exterior steel columns supporting canopy and facade loads.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial scale; the central glazed atrium spans approximately four to five stories above the revolving entrance doors.
- Lighting
- Bright diffused daylight with soft reflections across the large glass curtain wall and crisp shadows cast by the round steel columns.
- Atmosphere
- Open, bustling public-facing commercial atmosphere energized by daylight and reflections.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape with mature street trees, bicycle racks, outdoor seating, and neighboring commercial storefronts.
- Spatial experience
- The pedestrian approach transitions from an active sidewalk through a lined alley of trees into a towering, transparent multi-level atrium entrance.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical emphasis provided by slender round columns and floor-to-ceiling mullions contrasting with wide stone panels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial retail or mixed-use office atrium
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, stone, aluminum
- Visual identifiers
- glass-curtain-wall, stone-cladding, slender-steel-columns, atrium-entrance
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, transparent
- Visual tags
- commercial, transparency, urban-facade, atrium, mixed-use
- Geometry
- A multi-story recessed glazed atrium bay inserted between two massive stone-clad planar wings, fronted by slender circular steel columns.
- Facade system
- Stick-built glass curtain wall set behind a colonnade of structural steel columns, flanked by precast or natural stone rainscreen panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite floor decks and exterior steel columns supporting canopy and facade loads.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial scale; the central glazed atrium spans approximately four to five stories above the revolving entrance doors.
- Lighting
- Bright diffused daylight with soft reflections across the large glass curtain wall and crisp shadows cast by the round steel columns.
- Atmosphere
- Open, bustling public-facing commercial atmosphere energized by daylight and reflections.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape with mature street trees, bicycle racks, outdoor seating, and neighboring commercial storefronts.
- Spatial experience
- The pedestrian approach transitions from an active sidewalk through a lined alley of trees into a towering, transparent multi-level atrium entrance.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical emphasis provided by slender round columns and floor-to-ceiling mullions contrasting with wide stone panels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial architecture
- Program
- Commercial retail or mixed-use office atrium
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture