Temple Israel
An institutional street facade precedent by Annum Architects, demonstrating the integration of a modern glass entrance canopy into a traditional stone-clad building.
- What we like about this project
- The slender timber-and-steel canopy brackets contrast lightly with the heavy ashlar stone base.
Materials
- stone
- glass
- wood
- metal
Visual identifiers
- stone-facade
- punched-windows
- glass-canopy
- institutional-architecture
Style tags
- contextual
- institutional
- traditional-contemporary-blend
Visual tags
- institutional
- civic
- facade-restoration
- entrance-canopy
- traditional-massing
- Geometry
- Long, low-rise symmetrical facade with regular punched window bays and a projecting central entrance canopy.
- Facade system
- Ashlar stone veneer with punched multi-pane metal windows and a wood-and-glass structural glass canopy.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame with masonry backup and a timber-backed canopy structure.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story institutional scale designed to fit comfortably in a neighborhood context.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting clear, crisp shadows across the masonry and sidewalk.
- Atmosphere
- Respectful, orderly, and accessible civic presence.
- Environmental context
- Urban or suburban street edge with sidewalks, crosswalks, and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the street leads to a welcoming, glazed entryway protected by a transparent cantilevered canopy.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady, rhythmic window spacing punctuated by the central glazed portal.
- Style reading
- Contextual institutional renovation
- Program
- Religious or community institution
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stone, glass, wood, metal
- Visual identifiers
- stone-facade, punched-windows, glass-canopy, institutional-architecture
- Style tags
- contextual, institutional, traditional-contemporary-blend
- Visual tags
- institutional, civic, facade-restoration, entrance-canopy, traditional-massing
- Geometry
- Long, low-rise symmetrical facade with regular punched window bays and a projecting central entrance canopy.
- Facade system
- Ashlar stone veneer with punched multi-pane metal windows and a wood-and-glass structural glass canopy.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame with masonry backup and a timber-backed canopy structure.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story institutional scale designed to fit comfortably in a neighborhood context.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting clear, crisp shadows across the masonry and sidewalk.
- Atmosphere
- Respectful, orderly, and accessible civic presence.
- Environmental context
- Urban or suburban street edge with sidewalks, crosswalks, and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the street leads to a welcoming, glazed entryway protected by a transparent cantilevered canopy.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady, rhythmic window spacing punctuated by the central glazed portal.
- Style reading
- Contextual institutional renovation
- Program
- Religious or community institution
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture