our services — Askew Cavanna Architects
A residential exterior precedent combining vertical timber cladding, integrated roof solar arrays, and wide-span sliding doors connecting to a garden patio.
- What we like about this project
- Photovoltaic panels are flush-set directly into the standing seam metal roof layout alongside small operable skylights.
Materials
- timber
- metal
- glass
- stone
Visual identifiers
- timber-cladding
- pitched-metal-roof
- integrated-solar-panels
- sliding-glass-doors
Style tags
- contemporary
- eco-friendly
- vernacular-modern
Visual tags
- sustainable-architecture
- residential
- timber
- solar-roof
- outdoor-living
- Geometry
- Symmetrical low-slung single-story massing with a pitched metal roof, featuring large sliding glass doors flanked by timber walls and punched windows.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber board cladding with flush-mounted window frames and large sliding glass door system.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction with roof trusses and metal standing seam roofing.
- Spatial scale
- Domestic scale; single-story residential volume with standard human-height openings.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight under a partly cloudy blue sky, casting soft shadows across the facade and patio.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, warm, and environmentally conscious residential mood.
- Environmental context
- Rural or suburban residential setting with open lawns, fencing, and neighboring pitched-roof structures.
- Spatial experience
- The interior living spaces step directly out onto an elevated stone patio through wide glazing, bridging interior domestic life and the surrounding garden.
- Composition rhythm
- Balanced central sliding door assembly framed by vertical timber siding and rhythmically spaced roof skylights.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sustainable vernacular
- Program
- Residential single-family home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, metal, glass, stone
- Visual identifiers
- timber-cladding, pitched-metal-roof, integrated-solar-panels, sliding-glass-doors
- Style tags
- contemporary, eco-friendly, vernacular-modern
- Visual tags
- sustainable-architecture, residential, timber, solar-roof, outdoor-living
- Geometry
- Symmetrical low-slung single-story massing with a pitched metal roof, featuring large sliding glass doors flanked by timber walls and punched windows.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber board cladding with flush-mounted window frames and large sliding glass door system.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction with roof trusses and metal standing seam roofing.
- Spatial scale
- Domestic scale; single-story residential volume with standard human-height openings.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight under a partly cloudy blue sky, casting soft shadows across the facade and patio.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, warm, and environmentally conscious residential mood.
- Environmental context
- Rural or suburban residential setting with open lawns, fencing, and neighboring pitched-roof structures.
- Spatial experience
- The interior living spaces step directly out onto an elevated stone patio through wide glazing, bridging interior domestic life and the surrounding garden.
- Composition rhythm
- Balanced central sliding door assembly framed by vertical timber siding and rhythmically spaced roof skylights.
- Style reading
- Contemporary sustainable vernacular
- Program
- Residential single-family home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture