500 NW 23rd
A striking modern residential precedent featuring a cantilevered upper volume and double-height transparent curtain walls contrasting with opaque metal panels.
- What we like about this project
- A massive solid column contrasts directly with the adjacent fully transparent two-story corner glazing.
Materials
- glass
- metal-panel
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-volume
- full-height-glazing
- metal-panel-facade
- dusk-illumination
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- rationalist
Visual tags
- modernist
- cantilever
- curtain-wall
- residential
- dusk-lighting
- Geometry
- Rectangular orthogonal volumes stacked with a prominent cantilevered upper floor over a recessed ground-level open corner.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall and metal rainscreen panel system.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with moment connections supporting the upper-floor cantilever.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, roughly 7-8 meters in total height.
- Lighting
- Cool ambient dusk light externally contrasted with warm interior illumination glowing through the transparent double-height glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and luminous dusk atmosphere where interior light transforms the heavy structural volume into a transparent lantern.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural clearing surrounded by mature deciduous trees under an evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across the open lawn, the dual-zone facade shifts from solid frosted panels to full-height transparent curtain wall glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullion grid aligning seamlessly across double-height glazed openings next to structured metal panel bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist rationalism
- Program
- Single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, metal-panel, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-volume, full-height-glazing, metal-panel-facade, dusk-illumination
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, rationalist
- Visual tags
- modernist, cantilever, curtain-wall, residential, dusk-lighting
- Geometry
- Rectangular orthogonal volumes stacked with a prominent cantilevered upper floor over a recessed ground-level open corner.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall and metal rainscreen panel system.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with moment connections supporting the upper-floor cantilever.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, roughly 7-8 meters in total height.
- Lighting
- Cool ambient dusk light externally contrasted with warm interior illumination glowing through the transparent double-height glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and luminous dusk atmosphere where interior light transforms the heavy structural volume into a transparent lantern.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural clearing surrounded by mature deciduous trees under an evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching across the open lawn, the dual-zone facade shifts from solid frosted panels to full-height transparent curtain wall glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullion grid aligning seamlessly across double-height glazed openings next to structured metal panel bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist rationalism
- Program
- Single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture