29 Wythe — ARCHIMÆRA
A street-level architectural precedent showcasing the integration of curved masonry massing, monumental ground-level arches, and a central glazed atrium.
- What we like about this project
- Large ground-level brick arches spring directly from the sidewalk without traditional columns.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- curved-brick
- glass-atrium
- masonry-arches
- corner-facade
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- masonry-modern
Visual tags
- commercial
- urban-infill
- mixed-use
- curvilinear
- street-edge
- Geometry
- Curvilinear massing with rounded brick corner towers flanking a central multi-story glazed curtain wall inset.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall inset between curved masonry bearing or rainscreen walls.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with masonry cladding and suspended curtain wall.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise urban commercial building, roughly six stories high relative to pedestrian figures below.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting the curved brick texture and glass reflections.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, approachable urban energy grounded by heavy warm masonry and transparent core.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with pedestrian activity, parked cars, and neighboring brick buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The street corner opens up via monumental masonry arches that draw pedestrians inward toward commercial storefronts.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal brick spandrels alternate with vertical punched windows, converging toward the central curved glass bay.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual commercial architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- curved-brick, glass-atrium, masonry-arches, corner-facade
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, masonry-modern
- Visual tags
- commercial, urban-infill, mixed-use, curvilinear, street-edge
- Geometry
- Curvilinear massing with rounded brick corner towers flanking a central multi-story glazed curtain wall inset.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall inset between curved masonry bearing or rainscreen walls.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with masonry cladding and suspended curtain wall.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise urban commercial building, roughly six stories high relative to pedestrian figures below.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting the curved brick texture and glass reflections.
- Atmosphere
- Lively, approachable urban energy grounded by heavy warm masonry and transparent core.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with pedestrian activity, parked cars, and neighboring brick buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The street corner opens up via monumental masonry arches that draw pedestrians inward toward commercial storefronts.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal brick spandrels alternate with vertical punched windows, converging toward the central curved glass bay.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual commercial architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture