Stepped Recess: Volumes Tapering Upward Layer by Layer

A distant side view of an Art Deco office building, clearly showing the stepped setbacks of its massing: the base is six stories high, occupying the entire block. The main tower rises from the base, sequentially stepping inward at three different heights, with each setback forming small terraces and coping at the four corners. The proportions of the setbacks are precise and symmetrical, making the entire building's silhouette resemble a gradually tapering obelisk.
Avoid: The massing being a single box without setbacks, asymmetrical or arbitrary setbacks, sections of equal height without rhythm, modern glass additions on top.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟裝飾藝術辦公大樓的側面遠景,清楚呈現量體的階梯退縮:基座是佔滿整個街廓的六層,主塔從基座上升起,在三個高度依序向內退縮,每一次退縮都在四個角落形成小小的露台與壓頂;退縮的比例精準而對稱,讓整棟建築的輪廓像一座逐漸變細的方尖碑。避免:量體是單一的方盒子沒有退縮、退縮不對稱或位置隨意、每段的高度一樣而沒有節奏、頂部加上現代的玻璃加建。