Pizza renovation — evan raabe architectural practice
An exterior facade precedent for small-scale retail and restaurant renovations utilizing green tile wainscot and clean display framing.
- What we like about this project
- The integrated pass-through window seamlessly transitions into the corner chamfer.
Materials
- ceramic-tile
- glass
- painted-stucco
- fabric
- metal
Visual identifiers
- storefront-glazing
- green-ceramic-tile
- fabric-awning
- chamfered-corner
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- clean-lines
Visual tags
- commercial
- retail
- storefront
- street-edge
- renovation
- Geometry
- Low-slung orthogonal commercial volume featuring a chamfered corner and horizontal storefront banding above a continuous low wainscot.
- Facade system
- Stucco wall finish with punched storefront glazing and tiled base wainscot.
- Structural guess
- Low-rise wood or masonry commercial shell
- Spatial scale
- Single-story retail scale; human interaction points aligned with sidewalk height.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows under deep awnings and revealing reflective glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, crisp daytime aesthetic with fresh tactile material accents.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with adjacent sidewalk and light vehicular traffic in the distance.
- Spatial experience
- The composition engages the street pedestrian directly through a low window sill and accessible counter zone set into the main facade plane.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification defined by the base tile band, middle window zone, and top parapet edge.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial vernacular
- Program
- Pizza shop or retail storefront renovation
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- ceramic-tile, glass, painted-stucco, fabric, metal
- Visual identifiers
- storefront-glazing, green-ceramic-tile, fabric-awning, chamfered-corner
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, clean-lines
- Visual tags
- commercial, retail, storefront, street-edge, renovation
- Geometry
- Low-slung orthogonal commercial volume featuring a chamfered corner and horizontal storefront banding above a continuous low wainscot.
- Facade system
- Stucco wall finish with punched storefront glazing and tiled base wainscot.
- Structural guess
- Low-rise wood or masonry commercial shell
- Spatial scale
- Single-story retail scale; human interaction points aligned with sidewalk height.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows under deep awnings and revealing reflective glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, crisp daytime aesthetic with fresh tactile material accents.
- Environmental context
- Urban street corner with adjacent sidewalk and light vehicular traffic in the distance.
- Spatial experience
- The composition engages the street pedestrian directly through a low window sill and accessible counter zone set into the main facade plane.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification defined by the base tile band, middle window zone, and top parapet edge.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial vernacular
- Program
- Pizza shop or retail storefront renovation
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture