Modern Texas Contemporary home features perfect outdoor space built by Bernbaum/Magadini Architects in North Dallas, Texas.
A contemporary residential rear elevation precedent featuring coordinated stone masonry, extensive metal-seam rooflines, and a well-integrated pool terrace.
- What we like about this project
- Water jets integrated directly into the pool coping edge create a dynamic active water feature.
Materials
- stone
- metal
- glass
- concrete
- wood
- water
Visual identifiers
- swimming-pool
- stone-facade
- metal-roof
- pool-loungers
- indoor-outdoor-connection
Style tags
- contemporary
- regional-modern
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- poolside
- contemporary
- texas-modern
- outdoor-living
- Geometry
- Low-slung sprawling massing with horizontal rooflines, stone walls, and large expanses of glass opening toward a pool terrace.
- Facade system
- Combination of stacked stone masonry piers, sliding glass panels, and light-colored stucco walls.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam construction with masonry bearing walls and steel-framed roof.
- Spatial scale
- Single- to two-story residential scale featuring a generous pool deck and wide garden frontage.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight under a clear blue sky, casting crisp shadows and intense reflections on the pool water.
- Atmosphere
- Sunny, luxurious, and calm suburban resort feel.
- Environmental context
- Suburban residential backyard with mature trees, a boundary stone wall, and manicured lawn.
- Spatial experience
- A seamless indoor-outdoor transition moving from lounge seating and pool edge across an open lawn to the main house facade.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal layering of pool water, paved stone deck, lawn, and low-profile rooflines.
- Style reading
- Texas contemporary residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residential backyard and pool pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stone, metal, glass, concrete, wood, water
- Visual identifiers
- swimming-pool, stone-facade, metal-roof, pool-loungers, indoor-outdoor-connection
- Style tags
- contemporary, regional-modern, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, poolside, contemporary, texas-modern, outdoor-living
- Geometry
- Low-slung sprawling massing with horizontal rooflines, stone walls, and large expanses of glass opening toward a pool terrace.
- Facade system
- Combination of stacked stone masonry piers, sliding glass panels, and light-colored stucco walls.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam construction with masonry bearing walls and steel-framed roof.
- Spatial scale
- Single- to two-story residential scale featuring a generous pool deck and wide garden frontage.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight under a clear blue sky, casting crisp shadows and intense reflections on the pool water.
- Atmosphere
- Sunny, luxurious, and calm suburban resort feel.
- Environmental context
- Suburban residential backyard with mature trees, a boundary stone wall, and manicured lawn.
- Spatial experience
- A seamless indoor-outdoor transition moving from lounge seating and pool edge across an open lawn to the main house facade.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal layering of pool water, paved stone deck, lawn, and low-profile rooflines.
- Style reading
- Texas contemporary residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residential backyard and pool pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture