Exterior facade of commercial building with metal canopy and yellow
An exterior facade precedent for commercial architecture featuring a prominent metal entry canopy, round steel columns, and a bright accent wall.
- What we like about this project
- A solid, brightly colored yellow monolith frames a small window offset from the main glass entry.
Materials
- metal-panel
- glass
- steel
- stucco
Visual identifiers
- metal-canopy
- round-columns
- yellow-accent-wall
- glazed-lobby
Style tags
- contemporary
- corporate
- commercial
Visual tags
- commercial
- entrance
- corporate
- curtain-wall
- twilight
- Geometry
- Low-slung massing with a prominent projecting canopy supported by round columns over a recessed glazed entrance.
- Facade system
- Metal panel siding with storefront curtain wall glazing and a protruding architectural canopy.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with lightweight cladding and cantilevered canopy structure.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story commercial volume with a double-height glazed entry portico.
- Lighting
- Twilight illumination with warm interior lights glowing through the full-height lobby glazing and soffit downlights.
- Atmosphere
- Welcoming and professional twilight glow highlighting the central entry portal.
- Environmental context
- Suburban industrial or commercial park setting with manicured lawn and roadside paving.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the paved entry drive leads to a raised central stair sheltered beneath a deep metallic overhang.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical rhythm established by tall curtain wall mullions and round support columns counterbalanced by the heavy horizontal canopy line.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate commercial
- Program
- Commercial office or industrial headquarters entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- metal-panel, glass, steel, stucco
- Visual identifiers
- metal-canopy, round-columns, yellow-accent-wall, glazed-lobby
- Style tags
- contemporary, corporate, commercial
- Visual tags
- commercial, entrance, corporate, curtain-wall, twilight
- Geometry
- Low-slung massing with a prominent projecting canopy supported by round columns over a recessed glazed entrance.
- Facade system
- Metal panel siding with storefront curtain wall glazing and a protruding architectural canopy.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with lightweight cladding and cantilevered canopy structure.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story commercial volume with a double-height glazed entry portico.
- Lighting
- Twilight illumination with warm interior lights glowing through the full-height lobby glazing and soffit downlights.
- Atmosphere
- Welcoming and professional twilight glow highlighting the central entry portal.
- Environmental context
- Suburban industrial or commercial park setting with manicured lawn and roadside paving.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the paved entry drive leads to a raised central stair sheltered beneath a deep metallic overhang.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical rhythm established by tall curtain wall mullions and round support columns counterbalanced by the heavy horizontal canopy line.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate commercial
- Program
- Commercial office or industrial headquarters entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture