Bristol Bay Native Corporation
A suburban corporate office building precedent demonstrating the contrast between a transparent glazed central entry atrium and solid red-clad flanking wings.
- What we like about this project
- Delicate exterior sunshade louvers sit atop the upper roofline edge above the central glazing.
Materials
- glass
- metal-panels
- stone-base
- aluminum-frames
Visual identifiers
- central-curtain-wall
- red-composite-panels
- horizontal-ribbon-windows
- landscaped-approach
Style tags
- contemporary
- corporate
- commercial
Visual tags
- commercial-office
- curtain-wall
- suburban
- corporate
- red-cladding
- Geometry
- Low-rise orthogonal commercial office building with a recessed central glass atrium element flanked by solid red panelized wings.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall central bay with punched ribbon windows on composite panel wings.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame construction with composite floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story commercial scale with a pronounced entry sign and human-scaled ground floor landscaping.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows under a clear deep blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, bright, and orderly corporate environment under an expansive clear sky.
- Environmental context
- Suburban office park setting with manicured lawns, deciduous trees, and surface parking.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across a landscaped lawn and sign-marked entry court, the multi-story glazed facade offers transparency while the solid wings anchor the corners.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal ribbon windows alternating with solid panel spandrels, punctuated by a vertical glazed central atrium.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate commercial architecture
- Program
- Corporate headquarters office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, metal-panels, stone-base, aluminum-frames
- Visual identifiers
- central-curtain-wall, red-composite-panels, horizontal-ribbon-windows, landscaped-approach
- Style tags
- contemporary, corporate, commercial
- Visual tags
- commercial-office, curtain-wall, suburban, corporate, red-cladding
- Geometry
- Low-rise orthogonal commercial office building with a recessed central glass atrium element flanked by solid red panelized wings.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall central bay with punched ribbon windows on composite panel wings.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame construction with composite floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story commercial scale with a pronounced entry sign and human-scaled ground floor landscaping.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows under a clear deep blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, bright, and orderly corporate environment under an expansive clear sky.
- Environmental context
- Suburban office park setting with manicured lawns, deciduous trees, and surface parking.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across a landscaped lawn and sign-marked entry court, the multi-story glazed facade offers transparency while the solid wings anchor the corners.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal ribbon windows alternating with solid panel spandrels, punctuated by a vertical glazed central atrium.
- Style reading
- Contemporary corporate commercial architecture
- Program
- Corporate headquarters office building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture