Martinkovic Milford Architects Follow Martinkovic Milford Architects
A residential rear facade precedent demonstrating how to integrate a mature leaning tree and wide patio stairs into a clean modern volume.
- What we like about this project
- The massive tree trunk grows directly through the landscape bed right against the facade edge.
Materials
- stucco
- glass
- metal
- stone
- wood
Visual identifiers
- mature-tree
- sliding-glass-door
- stucco-facade
- outdoor-patio
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- dusk-lighting
- indoor-outdoor
- modern-renovation
- backyard
- Geometry
- Stacked orthogonal volumes feature a large square upper window offset from a wide sliding ground-floor opening, anchored by wide entry steps.
- Facade system
- Stucco wall panels with large punched opening above and pocket sliding glass doors below.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with steel moment frame at wide lower opening.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale framing a domestic backyard patio.
- Lighting
- Twilight dusk sky combined with warm interior illumination cast from within the living space.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and warm dusk atmosphere blending indoor glow with natural landscaping.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or urban backyard setting flanked by fences, neighboring houses, and a prominent mature tree.
- Spatial experience
- Transition from lawn through wide steps leads straight into the illuminated open-plan interior living space.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical composition balanced by the central trunk of the large tree splitting the facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residential
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, glass, metal, stone, wood
- Visual identifiers
- mature-tree, sliding-glass-door, stucco-facade, outdoor-patio
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, dusk-lighting, indoor-outdoor, modern-renovation, backyard
- Geometry
- Stacked orthogonal volumes feature a large square upper window offset from a wide sliding ground-floor opening, anchored by wide entry steps.
- Facade system
- Stucco wall panels with large punched opening above and pocket sliding glass doors below.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with steel moment frame at wide lower opening.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale framing a domestic backyard patio.
- Lighting
- Twilight dusk sky combined with warm interior illumination cast from within the living space.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and warm dusk atmosphere blending indoor glow with natural landscaping.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or urban backyard setting flanked by fences, neighboring houses, and a prominent mature tree.
- Spatial experience
- Transition from lawn through wide steps leads straight into the illuminated open-plan interior living space.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical composition balanced by the central trunk of the large tree splitting the facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residential
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture