Austen House
A contextual infill extension precedent by Adam Knibb Architects showing how vertical timber slats and tall vertical windows can bridge contemporary additions with historic brick architecture.
- What we like about this project
- A small skylight peeks out from the flat roof directly behind the timber facade edge.
Materials
- timber
- brick
- glass
- metal-flashing
- tile
Visual identifiers
- vertical-timber-cladding
- tall-slim-windows
- infill-extension
- heritage-context
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- timber-minimal
Visual tags
- timber-clad
- contextual-extension
- infill
- contemporary-traditional-mix
- daylight
- Geometry
- Rectangular single-story volume with a flat roof and a small central skylight, inserted tightly into an existing courtyard context.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber rainscreen cladding interlocked with dark-framed vertical glazing panes.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction on existing masonry foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate, low-rise infill extension at human scale.
- Lighting
- Soft overcast daylight casting gentle shadows across the timber boards and brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- Calm and sheltered juxtaposition of warm new timber against weathered historic brick.
- Environmental context
- Confined urban courtyard surrounded by historic brick buildings with pitched tile roofs and traditional chimneys.
- Spatial experience
- The extension fills a tight interstitial gap, contrasting modern vertical rhythm against traditional masonry backdrops.
- Composition rhythm
- Alternating rhythm of narrow vertical timber fins and tall vertical window frames.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual addition
- Program
- Residential extension or communal outbuilding
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, brick, glass, metal-flashing, tile
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-timber-cladding, tall-slim-windows, infill-extension, heritage-context
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, timber-minimal
- Visual tags
- timber-clad, contextual-extension, infill, contemporary-traditional-mix, daylight
- Geometry
- Rectangular single-story volume with a flat roof and a small central skylight, inserted tightly into an existing courtyard context.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber rainscreen cladding interlocked with dark-framed vertical glazing panes.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction on existing masonry foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate, low-rise infill extension at human scale.
- Lighting
- Soft overcast daylight casting gentle shadows across the timber boards and brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- Calm and sheltered juxtaposition of warm new timber against weathered historic brick.
- Environmental context
- Confined urban courtyard surrounded by historic brick buildings with pitched tile roofs and traditional chimneys.
- Spatial experience
- The extension fills a tight interstitial gap, contrasting modern vertical rhythm against traditional masonry backdrops.
- Composition rhythm
- Alternating rhythm of narrow vertical timber fins and tall vertical window frames.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual addition
- Program
- Residential extension or communal outbuilding
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture