McClellan Architects Follow McClellan Architects
A residential entryway precedent utilizing vertical timber cladding, dark steel framing, and a framed concrete walkway approach to merge architecture with surrounding native landscape.
- What we like about this project
- A slim water feature and sculptural element tucked into the front garden bed balance the solid wood massing opposite.
Materials
- wood
- glass
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- vertical-wood-siding
- concrete-walkway
- glass-entryway
- dark-steel-framing
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern
- regional
Visual tags
- residential
- entryway
- natural-materials
- landscaped-approach
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Linear concrete walkway leads directly into a glazed multi-plane entryway framed with dark steel and vertical wood siding.
- Facade system
- Vertical wood screen cladding paired with storefront glazing and dark metal accent trims.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with concealed steel lintels over large glazed openings.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate residential scale, featuring a single-story walkway opening up to a two-story entry volume.
- Lighting
- Soft, balanced daylight with warm interior recessed lighting casting subtle glows on the overhang and entryway.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, welcoming residential entry framed by warm timber and soft landscaping.
- Environmental context
- Set within a lush, planted residential garden surrounded by mature evergreens and ground cover.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching down a clean, planted path leads through a compressed low canopy right into a light-filled glazed double-height foyer.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical wood battens on the left wall contrasted by expansive horizontal glass panes at the threshold.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernism
- Program
- Residential single-family entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, glass, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-wood-siding, concrete-walkway, glass-entryway, dark-steel-framing
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern, regional
- Visual tags
- residential, entryway, natural-materials, landscaped-approach, contemporary
- Geometry
- Linear concrete walkway leads directly into a glazed multi-plane entryway framed with dark steel and vertical wood siding.
- Facade system
- Vertical wood screen cladding paired with storefront glazing and dark metal accent trims.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with concealed steel lintels over large glazed openings.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate residential scale, featuring a single-story walkway opening up to a two-story entry volume.
- Lighting
- Soft, balanced daylight with warm interior recessed lighting casting subtle glows on the overhang and entryway.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, welcoming residential entry framed by warm timber and soft landscaping.
- Environmental context
- Set within a lush, planted residential garden surrounded by mature evergreens and ground cover.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching down a clean, planted path leads through a compressed low canopy right into a light-filled glazed double-height foyer.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical wood battens on the left wall contrasted by expansive horizontal glass panes at the threshold.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernism
- Program
- Residential single-family entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture