Continental Building seems best known for its next-door neighbors: the crinkled-aluminum Markel Building to the west and the Willow Lawn shopping center to the east. Yet, it’s a surprising (though modest) piece of architecture. The entire three-story building is raised on stilts a la Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye – providing shaded parking. The high arched and banded glass panel façade reflects sky and neighbors; a clean, simple crown molding forms the cornice.
- Name: Continental Building
- Location: 5206 Markel Road
- Style: modern
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Continental Building seems best known for its next-door neighbors: the crinkled-aluminum Markel Building to the west and the Willow Lawn shopping center to the east.
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Continental Building seems best known for its next-door neighbors: the crinkled-aluminum Markel Building to the west and the Willow Lawn shopping center to the east.
All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with Canon 5D Mark iv