The investigation included a pictorial explanation of the concepts of the side setback areas and facades in order to clarify the aim and focus of the research, requiring the respondents to choose the facade which is not facing the street but rather faces the neighboring buildings (side facades).
The commission did its due diligence, taking photographs of the site, measuring heights and reviewing facades of neighboring buildings.
"The facades of the buildings were conceived as a contemporary reinterpretation of the historical cast-iron and glass facades of neighboring buildings," Mr. Siegel said.
Beyond the two slightly angled gray walls at either side of its four glass entry doors, the synagogue appeared remarkably plain, standing out among the neighboring buildings with an unwelcoming facade, and showing no sign of life.
San Felipe Neri (corner of San Felipe and Contreras Medellín) and Santa Mónica (at San Felipe and Santa Mónica) are neighboring churches with fantastical Baroque facades and cooler interiors with occasional glints of gold.
From the fourth floor of this 1879 building, you will have views of the harbor and the elaborate facades and cornices of neighboring structures.
The Olympic Center dominates the town, its gleaming white facade dwarfing all of the neighboring buildings.
SLCE Architects of Manhattan has designed the apartments at the Metropolis with open layouts and given it a stainless steel, limestone and limestone-colored brick facade "to identify with the palette of neighboring buildings," said James Davidson, a partner.
And their facades must blend with those of the neighboring buildings.
The Pickard Chilton design provides the 787-foot-tall tower a gently curving facade that should instantly differentiate it from its neighboring tall buildings.
That means, among other things, that the facade and scale of proposed buildings must complement those of neighboring buildings.
