Douglas and King Architects
An urban infill tower precedent demonstrating how a deep vertical exterior colonnade and recessed glazing can establish a strong presence within a mixed historical context.
- What we like about this project
- The top-most level of the colonnade extends slightly past the roofline as an open structural crown.
Materials
- precast-concrete
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- exterior-colonnade
- vertical-fins
- slender-tower
- urban-infill
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- rationalist
Visual tags
- urban-infill
- facade-depth
- commercial
- contextual
- contemporary-tower
- Geometry
- Slender vertical rectangular tower volume featuring deep exterior structural colonnade framing floor-to-ceiling recessed glazing.
- Facade system
- Exposed structural colonnade frame with recessed floor-to-ceiling curtain wall glazing.
- Structural guess
- External precast or steel colonnade frame acting in combination with an internal core and floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise urban tower rising significantly above its immediate historical neighbors, roughly eight to ten stories high.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused daylight casting gentle shadows across the vertical facade fins and surrounding streetscape.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, orderly urban atmosphere where structural rhythm mediates between old and new contexts.
- Environmental context
- Urban street intersection surrounded by diverse historical and contemporary mid-rise buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The tower creates a commanding vertical anchor at the street corner, contrasting with the lower historical masonry context surrounding it.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical rhythm created by closely spaced full-height exterior columns that unify multiple storeys.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual tower architecture
- Program
- Commercial office or mixed-use tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- precast-concrete, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- exterior-colonnade, vertical-fins, slender-tower, urban-infill
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, rationalist
- Visual tags
- urban-infill, facade-depth, commercial, contextual, contemporary-tower
- Geometry
- Slender vertical rectangular tower volume featuring deep exterior structural colonnade framing floor-to-ceiling recessed glazing.
- Facade system
- Exposed structural colonnade frame with recessed floor-to-ceiling curtain wall glazing.
- Structural guess
- External precast or steel colonnade frame acting in combination with an internal core and floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise urban tower rising significantly above its immediate historical neighbors, roughly eight to ten stories high.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused daylight casting gentle shadows across the vertical facade fins and surrounding streetscape.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, orderly urban atmosphere where structural rhythm mediates between old and new contexts.
- Environmental context
- Urban street intersection surrounded by diverse historical and contemporary mid-rise buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The tower creates a commanding vertical anchor at the street corner, contrasting with the lower historical masonry context surrounding it.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical rhythm created by closely spaced full-height exterior columns that unify multiple storeys.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual tower architecture
- Program
- Commercial office or mixed-use tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture