801 H St. apartments
An exterior architectural rendering of a multi-family mixed-use building, demonstrating how stepped massing, outdoor circulation stairs, and integrated pool terraces activate urban facades.
- What we like about this project
- An external multi-level open monumental stair directly connects ground-level activity to upper terrace and pool amenities.
Materials
- stucco
- concrete
- glass
- metal
- paint
Visual identifiers
- stepped-massing
- lime-green-recess
- open-staircase
- roof-pool
- white-balconies
Style tags
- contemporary
- urban-modern
Visual tags
- mixed-use
- multi-family-residential
- terraced
- urban-infill
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Asymmetric multi-story mixed-use building featuring stepped massing, outdoor terraces, open-air staircases, and protruding white balconies against a contrasting lime-green central courtyard cavity.
- Facade system
- Stucco and panelized rainscreen system with perforated metal or glass balustrades.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with flat slab construction.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise apartment block approximately five to six stories high, scaled for pedestrian-active urban context.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting sharp shadows across white facade panels and balcony overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and active, emphasizing communal outdoor living and tropical urban lifestyle.
- Environmental context
- Urban street intersection with sidewalk activity, street trees, parked cars, and neighboring coastal views in the distance.
- Spatial experience
- Complex urban layering where street-level retail flows into elevated courtyard spaces, open circulation stairs, and rooftop recreational decks.
- Composition rhythm
- Dynamic grid of horizontal balcony bands interlocked with vertical window stacks and offset color blocks.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban multi-family residential
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartments with ground-floor retail and rooftop amenities
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, concrete, glass, metal, paint
- Visual identifiers
- stepped-massing, lime-green-recess, open-staircase, roof-pool, white-balconies
- Style tags
- contemporary, urban-modern
- Visual tags
- mixed-use, multi-family-residential, terraced, urban-infill, contemporary
- Geometry
- Asymmetric multi-story mixed-use building featuring stepped massing, outdoor terraces, open-air staircases, and protruding white balconies against a contrasting lime-green central courtyard cavity.
- Facade system
- Stucco and panelized rainscreen system with perforated metal or glass balustrades.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete frame with flat slab construction.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise apartment block approximately five to six stories high, scaled for pedestrian-active urban context.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting sharp shadows across white facade panels and balcony overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and active, emphasizing communal outdoor living and tropical urban lifestyle.
- Environmental context
- Urban street intersection with sidewalk activity, street trees, parked cars, and neighboring coastal views in the distance.
- Spatial experience
- Complex urban layering where street-level retail flows into elevated courtyard spaces, open circulation stairs, and rooftop recreational decks.
- Composition rhythm
- Dynamic grid of horizontal balcony bands interlocked with vertical window stacks and offset color blocks.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban multi-family residential
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartments with ground-floor retail and rooftop amenities
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture