Arts and Crafts on the Ocean - Austin Patterson Disston
An Arts and Crafts residential facade featuring a robust stone arch portico and shingle siding, offering a classic precedent for traditional coastal architecture.
- What we like about this project
- The central arched stone portal contrasts markedly against the surrounding fine-textured shingle siding.
Materials
- wood-shingle
- stone
- slate-roof
- glass
- painted-wood
Visual identifiers
- stone-arch-entryway
- shingle-siding
- arts-and-crafts-facade
- multi-pane-windows
Style tags
- arts-and-crafts
- traditional
- coastal-vernacular
Visual tags
- residential
- arts-and-crafts
- traditional
- stone-masonry
- coastal
- Geometry
- Symmetrical composition featuring a central stone-clad arched portico entrance flanked by multi-pane windows and shingle-clad volumes under a low-pitched roof.
- Facade system
- Wood shingle siding with traditional multi-pane double-hung windows and stone masonry entry.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction with stone masonry porch and foundation elements.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale with a prominent central entrance element.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylight casting gentle shadows across the facade and revealing varied material textures.
- Atmosphere
- Subdued, welcoming, and grounded through natural stone and weathered wood textures.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or coastal residential setting with manicured boxwood shrubs and a gravel driveway.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across a gravel forecourt and stone steps, the heavy stone arch frames a welcoming residential threshold.
- Composition rhythm
- Balanced and symmetrical composition centered on the heavy stone porch and steps.
- Style reading
- Arts and Crafts revival residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residential home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood-shingle, stone, slate-roof, glass, painted-wood
- Visual identifiers
- stone-arch-entryway, shingle-siding, arts-and-crafts-facade, multi-pane-windows
- Style tags
- arts-and-crafts, traditional, coastal-vernacular
- Visual tags
- residential, arts-and-crafts, traditional, stone-masonry, coastal
- Geometry
- Symmetrical composition featuring a central stone-clad arched portico entrance flanked by multi-pane windows and shingle-clad volumes under a low-pitched roof.
- Facade system
- Wood shingle siding with traditional multi-pane double-hung windows and stone masonry entry.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction with stone masonry porch and foundation elements.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale with a prominent central entrance element.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylight casting gentle shadows across the facade and revealing varied material textures.
- Atmosphere
- Subdued, welcoming, and grounded through natural stone and weathered wood textures.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or coastal residential setting with manicured boxwood shrubs and a gravel driveway.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across a gravel forecourt and stone steps, the heavy stone arch frames a welcoming residential threshold.
- Composition rhythm
- Balanced and symmetrical composition centered on the heavy stone porch and steps.
- Style reading
- Arts and Crafts revival residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residential home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture