Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Creating more presence with great windows

In the process of working on the design of a new branch for a client, they decided that the new branch should emulate the look of their new operations building. The operations building was 2 stories and therefore had tall expanses of glass. The branch being only 1 story wouldn't really "need" tall window since there was no second floor. 

We recommended that rather than use spandrel glass (which would just look dark at night) we should open up those windows to allow for more daylighting and create opportunities for bold colors, graphics or branding behind the glass. This would give the branch much more presence in on the site which is a pad site in front of a large shopping center. As you can see in the images below - we think it's pretty effective.


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