The Marc 88
An exterior tower facade precedent featuring a glazed curtain wall system and an elaborate perforated metal crown by Aedas.
- What we like about this project
- The central recessed upper zone features undulating perforated panels that function as a decorative crown screen.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- perforated-metal
Visual identifiers
- curtain-wall
- perforated-metal-crown
- symmetrical-facade
- tower-elevation
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- high-rise
Visual tags
- high-rise
- commercial-tower
- curtain-wall
- contemporary
- metal-screen
- Geometry
- Symmetrical high-rise tower elevation featuring a central recessed vertical bay flanked by floor-to-ceiling glass curtain wall wings.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with vertical dark mullions and a perforated crown screen.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete core with perimeter columns and floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story commercial tower scale.
- Lighting
- Direct bright daylight casting crisp vertical reflections on the glass facade and highlighting the textured metallic crown.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, clean, and corporate with sharp geometric contrast between glass and metal.
- Environmental context
- Clear blue sky background with distant low-rise urban context visible at the base.
- Spatial experience
- The building reads as a precise, crystalline volume set against the open sky, anchored by a prominent decorative mechanical crown.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullion grid interrupted by the contrasting textured vertical fins at the crown.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial high-rise architecture
- Program
- Commercial office tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, perforated-metal
- Visual identifiers
- curtain-wall, perforated-metal-crown, symmetrical-facade, tower-elevation
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, high-rise
- Visual tags
- high-rise, commercial-tower, curtain-wall, contemporary, metal-screen
- Geometry
- Symmetrical high-rise tower elevation featuring a central recessed vertical bay flanked by floor-to-ceiling glass curtain wall wings.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with vertical dark mullions and a perforated crown screen.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete core with perimeter columns and floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story commercial tower scale.
- Lighting
- Direct bright daylight casting crisp vertical reflections on the glass facade and highlighting the textured metallic crown.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, clean, and corporate with sharp geometric contrast between glass and metal.
- Environmental context
- Clear blue sky background with distant low-rise urban context visible at the base.
- Spatial experience
- The building reads as a precise, crystalline volume set against the open sky, anchored by a prominent decorative mechanical crown.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullion grid interrupted by the contrasting textured vertical fins at the crown.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial high-rise architecture
- Program
- Commercial office tower
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture