Baker Square is designed on a prominent street corner in an increasingly urbanised and pedestrianised area. The building steps back on the corner to “give back” a portion of the site to urban public open space. This provides relief to the street edge, gives the building façade more prominence and creates an opportunity for a vibrant public square bordered by restaurants and outside seating. The podium consists of a small component of street-facing retail which conceals a multi-level parking structure behind. The roof of the podium then forms a deck for common amenities available to the residents above.