Brava
Brava is Houston’s newest high-rise residential building in downtown Houston. This 46-story building has a unique and captivatingly beautiful design. This is no surprise as the exterior architects were Munoz + Albin the same firm that designed the Lyric Garage only a block away.
The architect’s link above gives a detailed description of the building’s design. However, I’ll keep it short for purposes of this blog post and focus on the images. After all, “a picture is worth a thousand words”. The podium (first 10 floors) is a combination of solid cladding and perforated metal with accents to draw our attention. But it is the tower, or ‘sail’ that is the heart of the design. The glass wall is crowned with a metal trellis and most notably ‘indented’ on one edge. Additionally, the indented vertical edge drifts in and out which in conjunction with balcony edges create a ‘twist’ that creates a dynamic sense of movement.
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Confused? Let’s take a look instead.
I admit, this non-traditional composition is more “artistic” in nature than documentary. As a result, it is harder to translate the written description into a realistic visual representation. So, to make that it a bit easier here is a traditional composition of the building podium. You’ll have to use your imagination and the image above for the tower. This traditional composition while “nice” is not very exciting.
Abstract View
The spirit of an architectural design is often in the details. Photography these detail by its nature exclude the “grand view”. As a result, these detailed images are often abstract in nature. Making viewers think about what the image contains is a good way to engage them with the image. So with that, here are two abstract views of Brava.
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