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Glazed Curtain Walls with Cantilevered Mass Timber Framing

This commercial facade typology combines unitized glass curtain wall systems with expressed mass timber structural framing, creating dramatic cantilevers over multi-story glazed entrance atriums. Deep soffits and warm timber interiors contrast with crisp exterior glazing, mediating between large-scale civic presence and sustainable biophilic design.

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Exterior views and facade details of a multi-story building featuring an external rhythmic louver grid by SAKO Architects.

图片6_福冈向量

北京

An exterior facade precedent showcasing an aggressive cellular louver system that transitions from a planar screen to a heavily sculptural waffle grid under oblique sunlight.

What we like about this project
The fins angle slightly or feature varying depth to catch light differently depending on orientation.

Materials

  • metal-louvers
  • glass
  • concrete

Visual identifiers

  • louver-grid
  • brise-soleil
  • cellular-facade
  • vertical-fins

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • rationalist
  • grid-based

Visual tags

  • solar-shading
  • grid-facade
  • urban-tower
  • contemporary-facade
  • monolithic
Geometry
Rectangular multi-story tower elevation featuring a deep, protruding vertical and horizontal louver grid forming an integrated brise-soleil system.
Facade system
External metal fin and louver shading grid over full-height glazed curtain wall.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with curtain wall glazing system.
Spatial scale
Mid-rise urban building scale, roughly ten stories high.
Lighting
Bright direct daylight casting strong angular shadows across the cellular facade elements and deep reveals.
Atmosphere
Crisp, architectural clarity with high contrast between deep shade and sunlit metal surfaces.
Environmental context
Urban infill setting flanked by existing masonry structures under a clear blue sky.
Spatial experience
The facade reads as a flat graphic grid from straight-on, but dissolves into a deeply textured, three-dimensional cellular matrix when viewed from oblique angles.
Composition rhythm
Strict rectilinear grid repeating vertically across all floors with integrated slab-edge alignment.
Style reading
Contemporary Japanese rationalist architecture
Program
Commercial office or residential apartment tower
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
metal-louvers, glass, concrete
Visual identifiers
louver-grid, brise-soleil, cellular-facade, vertical-fins
Style tags
contemporary, rationalist, grid-based
Visual tags
solar-shading, grid-facade, urban-tower, contemporary-facade, monolithic
Geometry
Rectangular multi-story tower elevation featuring a deep, protruding vertical and horizontal louver grid forming an integrated brise-soleil system.
Facade system
External metal fin and louver shading grid over full-height glazed curtain wall.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with curtain wall glazing system.
Spatial scale
Mid-rise urban building scale, roughly ten stories high.
Lighting
Bright direct daylight casting strong angular shadows across the cellular facade elements and deep reveals.
Atmosphere
Crisp, architectural clarity with high contrast between deep shade and sunlit metal surfaces.
Environmental context
Urban infill setting flanked by existing masonry structures under a clear blue sky.
Spatial experience
The facade reads as a flat graphic grid from straight-on, but dissolves into a deeply textured, three-dimensional cellular matrix when viewed from oblique angles.
Composition rhythm
Strict rectilinear grid repeating vertically across all floors with integrated slab-edge alignment.
Style reading
Contemporary Japanese rationalist architecture
Program
Commercial office or residential apartment tower
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior views and facade details of a multi-story building featuring an external rhythmic louver grid by SAKO Architects.

图片6_福冈向量

北京

An exterior facade precedent showcasing an aggressive cellular louver system that transitions from a planar screen to a heavily sculptural waffle grid under oblique sunlight.

What we like about this project
The fins angle slightly or feature varying depth to catch light differently depending on orientation.

Materials

  • metal-louvers
  • glass
  • concrete

Visual identifiers

  • louver-grid
  • brise-soleil
  • cellular-facade
  • vertical-fins

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • rationalist
  • grid-based

Visual tags

  • solar-shading
  • grid-facade
  • urban-tower
  • contemporary-facade
  • monolithic
Geometry
Rectangular multi-story tower elevation featuring a deep, protruding vertical and horizontal louver grid forming an integrated brise-soleil system.
Facade system
External metal fin and louver shading grid over full-height glazed curtain wall.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with curtain wall glazing system.
Spatial scale
Mid-rise urban building scale, roughly ten stories high.
Lighting
Bright direct daylight casting strong angular shadows across the cellular facade elements and deep reveals.
Atmosphere
Crisp, architectural clarity with high contrast between deep shade and sunlit metal surfaces.
Environmental context
Urban infill setting flanked by existing masonry structures under a clear blue sky.
Spatial experience
The facade reads as a flat graphic grid from straight-on, but dissolves into a deeply textured, three-dimensional cellular matrix when viewed from oblique angles.
Composition rhythm
Strict rectilinear grid repeating vertically across all floors with integrated slab-edge alignment.
Style reading
Contemporary Japanese rationalist architecture
Program
Commercial office or residential apartment tower
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
metal-louvers, glass, concrete
Visual identifiers
louver-grid, brise-soleil, cellular-facade, vertical-fins
Style tags
contemporary, rationalist, grid-based
Visual tags
solar-shading, grid-facade, urban-tower, contemporary-facade, monolithic
Geometry
Rectangular multi-story tower elevation featuring a deep, protruding vertical and horizontal louver grid forming an integrated brise-soleil system.
Facade system
External metal fin and louver shading grid over full-height glazed curtain wall.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with curtain wall glazing system.
Spatial scale
Mid-rise urban building scale, roughly ten stories high.
Lighting
Bright direct daylight casting strong angular shadows across the cellular facade elements and deep reveals.
Atmosphere
Crisp, architectural clarity with high contrast between deep shade and sunlit metal surfaces.
Environmental context
Urban infill setting flanked by existing masonry structures under a clear blue sky.
Spatial experience
The facade reads as a flat graphic grid from straight-on, but dissolves into a deeply textured, three-dimensional cellular matrix when viewed from oblique angles.
Composition rhythm
Strict rectilinear grid repeating vertically across all floors with integrated slab-edge alignment.
Style reading
Contemporary Japanese rationalist architecture
Program
Commercial office or residential apartment tower
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

Related in this portfolio

View SAKO建筑设计工社(北京卅口建筑设计咨询有限公司) →