Exterior dusk view of The Teralta multi-family residential building in
An exterior dusk precedent for mixed-use multi-family housing, combining curved stucco facade volumes, punched windows, and a prominent commercial base.
- What we like about this project
- The prominent white blade-like sign structure intersecting the glazed ground floor provides a strong architectural threshold.
Materials
- stucco
- glass
- metal
- stone-veneer
Visual identifiers
- curved-corner-facade
- stucco-cladding
- ground-floor-signage
- residential-balconies
Style tags
- contemporary
- mixed-use
- residential
Visual tags
- multi-family
- affordable-housing
- mixed-use
- street-facade
- dusk-shot
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical multi-story residential massing featuring curved corner volumes, a projecting ground-floor retail/community podium with signage, and recessed balconies.
- Facade system
- Stucco over framed exterior walls with punched window openings, metal balconies, and ground-floor curtain wall glazing.
- Structural guess
- Wood-frame or light-gauge steel residential construction over podium concrete retail base.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential scale; five to six stories high with human-scaled ground retail.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue-hour ambient light paired with warm interior illumination from windows and storefront glazing, plus exterior street lighting.
- Atmosphere
- Welcoming twilight glow emphasizing the transition between active street retail and quiet upper residential units.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner setting with adjacent roadway, streetlights, and sparse landscaping along the curb.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level commercial base and white sign wall anchor the pedestrian experience, while upper green and orange stucco blocks define distinct residential bays against the dusk sky.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical window alignments and projecting balconies offset by horizontal banding and the massive white sign wall below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary multi-family residential architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use affordable housing with ground-floor community or retail space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, glass, metal, stone-veneer
- Visual identifiers
- curved-corner-facade, stucco-cladding, ground-floor-signage, residential-balconies
- Style tags
- contemporary, mixed-use, residential
- Visual tags
- multi-family, affordable-housing, mixed-use, street-facade, dusk-shot
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical multi-story residential massing featuring curved corner volumes, a projecting ground-floor retail/community podium with signage, and recessed balconies.
- Facade system
- Stucco over framed exterior walls with punched window openings, metal balconies, and ground-floor curtain wall glazing.
- Structural guess
- Wood-frame or light-gauge steel residential construction over podium concrete retail base.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential scale; five to six stories high with human-scaled ground retail.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue-hour ambient light paired with warm interior illumination from windows and storefront glazing, plus exterior street lighting.
- Atmosphere
- Welcoming twilight glow emphasizing the transition between active street retail and quiet upper residential units.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner setting with adjacent roadway, streetlights, and sparse landscaping along the curb.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level commercial base and white sign wall anchor the pedestrian experience, while upper green and orange stucco blocks define distinct residential bays against the dusk sky.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical window alignments and projecting balconies offset by horizontal banding and the massive white sign wall below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary multi-family residential architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use affordable housing with ground-floor community or retail space
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture