An intimate urban courtyard
A courtyard precedent showcasing dark painted brickwork with dramatic arched openings that bridge indoor and outdoor domestic spaces.
- What we like about this project
- Rooftop planting trough integrated seamlessly atop the dark brick parapet.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- timber
- stone-pavers
- metal
Visual identifiers
- dark-brick-arches
- folding-glass-doors
- courtyard-seating
- roof-planting
Style tags
- contemporary
- transitional
- refined-rustic
Visual tags
- courtyard
- outdoor-living
- archway
- dark-facade
- urban-infill
- Geometry
- A symmetrical courtyard elevation featuring three recessed arched openings, with central doors open to reveal a warm interior room.
- Facade system
- Painted brick masonry bearing wall with custom arched glazed openings.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry rear extension with steel framing at large openings.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate domestic scale; single-story rear extension framed by multi-story perimeter walls.
- Lighting
- Even overcast daylight illuminating the courtyard floor, contrasted with warm interior lighting glowing from within the arched openings.
- Atmosphere
- Sophisticated, sheltered, and moody thanks to the dark brick palette juxtaposed with warm interior glows.
- Environmental context
- Tight urban courtyard enclosed by surrounding masonry walls and neighboring historic building facades.
- Spatial experience
- Enclosed urban courtyard creates an outdoor living room that visually and physically extends into the interior suite.
- Composition rhythm
- A rhythmic triad of identical arched bays structuring the rear facade elevation.
- Style reading
- Contemporary transitional interior-exterior living
- Program
- Residential rear courtyard and extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, timber, stone-pavers, metal
- Visual identifiers
- dark-brick-arches, folding-glass-doors, courtyard-seating, roof-planting
- Style tags
- contemporary, transitional, refined-rustic
- Visual tags
- courtyard, outdoor-living, archway, dark-facade, urban-infill
- Geometry
- A symmetrical courtyard elevation featuring three recessed arched openings, with central doors open to reveal a warm interior room.
- Facade system
- Painted brick masonry bearing wall with custom arched glazed openings.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry rear extension with steel framing at large openings.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate domestic scale; single-story rear extension framed by multi-story perimeter walls.
- Lighting
- Even overcast daylight illuminating the courtyard floor, contrasted with warm interior lighting glowing from within the arched openings.
- Atmosphere
- Sophisticated, sheltered, and moody thanks to the dark brick palette juxtaposed with warm interior glows.
- Environmental context
- Tight urban courtyard enclosed by surrounding masonry walls and neighboring historic building facades.
- Spatial experience
- Enclosed urban courtyard creates an outdoor living room that visually and physically extends into the interior suite.
- Composition rhythm
- A rhythmic triad of identical arched bays structuring the rear facade elevation.
- Style reading
- Contemporary transitional interior-exterior living
- Program
- Residential rear courtyard and extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture