Single-story modern farmhouse with white board-and-batten siding and a
A modern farmhouse exterior featuring crisp white vertical siding and a dark metal roof, providing a strong precedent for low-slung rural residential design.
- What we like about this project
- String lights integrated beneath the lightweight side pergola create a welcoming outdoor living transition.
Materials
- metal
- wood
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- board-and-batten-siding
- standing-seam-roof
- horizontal-windows
- pergola
Style tags
- modern-farmhouse
- contemporary
- rural-residential
Visual tags
- modern-farmhouse
- single-story
- rural
- residential
- landscape-integrated
- Geometry
- Low-slung, elongated single-story rectilinear massing under a simple gable roof with a continuous dark standing-seam surface.
- Facade system
- Vertical board-and-batten wood or composite cladding with punched horizontal casement windows.
- Structural guess
- Light wood frame construction with a slab-on-grade foundation.
- Spatial scale
- Single-family residential scale, emphasizing horizontal extension across the landscape.
- Lighting
- Clear daylight from an overhead sun casting soft shadows against the crisp white siding; warm interior lights glow warmly through windows.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, combining clean geometric forms with natural landscape elements under a clear sky.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural edge setting with rolling green hills, native grasses, and mature trees in the background.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across an open lawn via floating concrete pavers, the long facade balances solid board-and-batten walls with horizontal window bands and an open side pergola.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady horizontal rhythm established by window bands, vertical board-and-batten seams, and roof lines.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modern farmhouse
- Program
- Single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- metal, wood, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- board-and-batten-siding, standing-seam-roof, horizontal-windows, pergola
- Style tags
- modern-farmhouse, contemporary, rural-residential
- Visual tags
- modern-farmhouse, single-story, rural, residential, landscape-integrated
- Geometry
- Low-slung, elongated single-story rectilinear massing under a simple gable roof with a continuous dark standing-seam surface.
- Facade system
- Vertical board-and-batten wood or composite cladding with punched horizontal casement windows.
- Structural guess
- Light wood frame construction with a slab-on-grade foundation.
- Spatial scale
- Single-family residential scale, emphasizing horizontal extension across the landscape.
- Lighting
- Clear daylight from an overhead sun casting soft shadows against the crisp white siding; warm interior lights glow warmly through windows.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, combining clean geometric forms with natural landscape elements under a clear sky.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural edge setting with rolling green hills, native grasses, and mature trees in the background.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across an open lawn via floating concrete pavers, the long facade balances solid board-and-batten walls with horizontal window bands and an open side pergola.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady horizontal rhythm established by window bands, vertical board-and-batten seams, and roof lines.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modern farmhouse
- Program
- Single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture