Trinity University
An institutional entrance facade featuring traditional red brick and stone detailing paired with a modern framed glass portal, designed by DLG Architects.
- What we like about this project
- Large prominent university branding integrated directly above the central glazed entry canopy.
Materials
- brick
- stone
- glass
- aluminum
- wrought-iron
Visual identifiers
- brick-masonry
- stone-accents
- glazed-entrance
- university-signage
Style tags
- institutional
- contextual
- brick-and-stone
Visual tags
- institutional
- brick-facade
- entrance
- urban-context
- contemporary-retrofit
- Geometry
- Symmetrical facade centered on a glazed entrance portal flanked by articulated brick piers with stone bases and lintel bands.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick masonry with stone dressings and aluminum-framed glazed storefront entrance.
- Structural guess
- Masonry cavity wall construction with steel portal framing at the main entrance opening.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled university entrance portal, approximately three stories high in total framing.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast natural daylight casting even illumination across the brick surface and storefront glass.
- Atmosphere
- Formal, accessible, and grounded civic character.
- Environmental context
- Urban university building exterior with a paved sidewalk and black metal perimeter railings.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the sidewalk leads directly into a prominent, recessed main glass entryway framed by heavy masonry.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict bilateral symmetry with vertical brick bays punctuated by tall windows and centered on the entrance.
- Style reading
- Contextual institutional architecture
- Program
- University campus building entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, stone, glass, aluminum, wrought-iron
- Visual identifiers
- brick-masonry, stone-accents, glazed-entrance, university-signage
- Style tags
- institutional, contextual, brick-and-stone
- Visual tags
- institutional, brick-facade, entrance, urban-context, contemporary-retrofit
- Geometry
- Symmetrical facade centered on a glazed entrance portal flanked by articulated brick piers with stone bases and lintel bands.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick masonry with stone dressings and aluminum-framed glazed storefront entrance.
- Structural guess
- Masonry cavity wall construction with steel portal framing at the main entrance opening.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled university entrance portal, approximately three stories high in total framing.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast natural daylight casting even illumination across the brick surface and storefront glass.
- Atmosphere
- Formal, accessible, and grounded civic character.
- Environmental context
- Urban university building exterior with a paved sidewalk and black metal perimeter railings.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the sidewalk leads directly into a prominent, recessed main glass entryway framed by heavy masonry.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict bilateral symmetry with vertical brick bays punctuated by tall windows and centered on the entrance.
- Style reading
- Contextual institutional architecture
- Program
- University campus building entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture