Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich Headquarters
An exterior facade precedent by HENN demonstrating a rhythm of vertical fins over a transparent, welcoming double-height base for a corporate headquarters.
- What we like about this project
- Water feature integrated directly into the paved approach plaza right in front of the primary corner entrance.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- stone-paving
- steel
Visual identifiers
- vertical-mullions
- glazed-base
- corner-massing
- public-plaza
Style tags
- contemporary
- corporate
- rationalist
Visual tags
- commercial
- corporate-headquarters
- curtain-wall
- urban-infill
- glazed-ground-floor
- Geometry
- A multi-story rectilinear mass with an accented corner, featuring a transparent double-height ground level and tightly spaced vertical mullions above.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with prominent vertical fins and double-glazed ground floor framing.
- Structural guess
- Steel or composite frame with perimeter columns supporting upper floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial corporate headquarters spanning multiple stories with a human-scaled ground level.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylight casting gentle shadows across the facade and the plaza paving.
- Atmosphere
- Professional, transparent, and approachable within an active urban public realm.
- Environmental context
- Urban public plaza with water features, paving, and mature trees framing the building edge.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the paved public plaza, the open glazed base invites pedestrians inside while the upper volume projects a commanding corporate presence.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical rhythm created by narrow facade mullions contrasting with the generous horizontality of the ground floor display glazing.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate architecture
- Program
- Corporate bank headquarters
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, stone-paving, steel
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-mullions, glazed-base, corner-massing, public-plaza
- Style tags
- contemporary, corporate, rationalist
- Visual tags
- commercial, corporate-headquarters, curtain-wall, urban-infill, glazed-ground-floor
- Geometry
- A multi-story rectilinear mass with an accented corner, featuring a transparent double-height ground level and tightly spaced vertical mullions above.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with prominent vertical fins and double-glazed ground floor framing.
- Structural guess
- Steel or composite frame with perimeter columns supporting upper floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large commercial corporate headquarters spanning multiple stories with a human-scaled ground level.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylight casting gentle shadows across the facade and the plaza paving.
- Atmosphere
- Professional, transparent, and approachable within an active urban public realm.
- Environmental context
- Urban public plaza with water features, paving, and mature trees framing the building edge.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the paved public plaza, the open glazed base invites pedestrians inside while the upper volume projects a commanding corporate presence.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict vertical rhythm created by narrow facade mullions contrasting with the generous horizontality of the ground floor display glazing.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate architecture
- Program
- Corporate bank headquarters
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture