65 Gresham Street
A streetscape precedent showing the integration of active retail storefronts, warm interior lighting, and lush pedestrian landscapes designed by Gustafson Porter + Bowman.
- What we like about this project
- Backlit overhead signage integrated directly into the upper storefront transoms maintains visual clarity without cluttering the facade.
Materials
- stone
- glass
- metal
- timber
- fabric
Visual identifiers
- storefront-glazing
- retail-awnings
- landscaped-pedestrian-way
- blade-signs
- integrated-bench-seating
Style tags
- contemporary
- urban
- commercial
Visual tags
- retail-streetscape
- public-realm
- commercial-facade
- outdoor-dining
- urban-design
- Geometry
- Multi-bay commercial storefront system with articulated vertical stone or metal piers, large glazed openings, and projecting backlit blade signs.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall and storefront glazing system with vertical stone-clad or metal-finished piers and projecting green awnings.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame with non-structural commercial storefront infill.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled street frontage with two-story retail bays under a larger multi-story commercial building.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting tree shadows across the foreground paving, contrasted with warm interior illumination glowing from the retail spaces.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and welcoming public atmosphere balancing shaded outdoor seating with warm, active interior spaces.
- Environmental context
- Urban pedestrianized street or plaza edge featuring mature trees, built-in planters, and integrated bench seating.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrians move through a generous tree-lined public realm that seamlessly transitions into active retail and dining interiors.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical storefront bays create a steady rhythm along the pedestrian walkway, anchored by mature street trees.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial urbanism
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and retail ground floor with public streetscape
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stone, glass, metal, timber, fabric
- Visual identifiers
- storefront-glazing, retail-awnings, landscaped-pedestrian-way, blade-signs, integrated-bench-seating
- Style tags
- contemporary, urban, commercial
- Visual tags
- retail-streetscape, public-realm, commercial-facade, outdoor-dining, urban-design
- Geometry
- Multi-bay commercial storefront system with articulated vertical stone or metal piers, large glazed openings, and projecting backlit blade signs.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall and storefront glazing system with vertical stone-clad or metal-finished piers and projecting green awnings.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame with non-structural commercial storefront infill.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled street frontage with two-story retail bays under a larger multi-story commercial building.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting tree shadows across the foreground paving, contrasted with warm interior illumination glowing from the retail spaces.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and welcoming public atmosphere balancing shaded outdoor seating with warm, active interior spaces.
- Environmental context
- Urban pedestrianized street or plaza edge featuring mature trees, built-in planters, and integrated bench seating.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrians move through a generous tree-lined public realm that seamlessly transitions into active retail and dining interiors.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical storefront bays create a steady rhythm along the pedestrian walkway, anchored by mature street trees.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial urbanism
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and retail ground floor with public streetscape
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture