Caribbean
A tropical outdoor living precedent by Carden Cunietti featuring integrated stucco seating, patterned tile accents, and seamless indoor-outdoor bar connectivity.
- What we like about this project
- The woven rattan pendant lights inside mirror the texture of the bar stools outside.
Materials
- stucco
- stone
- tile
- wicker
- fabric
- glass
Visual identifiers
- built-in-sofa
- patterned-tile-bar
- cacti-planter
- pass-through-window
Style tags
- contemporary
- tropical
- resort-style
- casual-chic
Visual tags
- tropical
- outdoor-living
- terrace
- stucco
- patio
- Geometry
- Asymmetric composition balancing a heavy stucco sofa volume on the left against a framed pass-through bar opening on the right.
- Facade system
- Stucco exterior walls with a large punched pass-through opening.
- Structural guess
- Concrete masonry unit construction with stucco finish.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate residential scale suited for outdoor entertaining and lounging.
- Lighting
- Bright direct Caribbean sunlight creating crisp shadow lines against light-colored stucco and stone walls.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, breezy, and sun-drenched with relaxed vacation appeal.
- Environmental context
- Tropical outdoor terrace bounded by a dry-stack stone wall and desert landscaping.
- Spatial experience
- Smooth transition from open-air patio seating to a shaded indoor bar counter through a wide glassless opening.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical lines of cacti and bar stools contrast with the horizontal planes of the built-in sofa and wall capping.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical resort interior and patio design
- Program
- Residential outdoor patio and bar
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- stucco, stone, tile, wicker, fabric, glass
- Visual identifiers
- built-in-sofa, patterned-tile-bar, cacti-planter, pass-through-window
- Style tags
- contemporary, tropical, resort-style, casual-chic
- Visual tags
- tropical, outdoor-living, terrace, stucco, patio
- Geometry
- Asymmetric composition balancing a heavy stucco sofa volume on the left against a framed pass-through bar opening on the right.
- Facade system
- Stucco exterior walls with a large punched pass-through opening.
- Structural guess
- Concrete masonry unit construction with stucco finish.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate residential scale suited for outdoor entertaining and lounging.
- Lighting
- Bright direct Caribbean sunlight creating crisp shadow lines against light-colored stucco and stone walls.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, breezy, and sun-drenched with relaxed vacation appeal.
- Environmental context
- Tropical outdoor terrace bounded by a dry-stack stone wall and desert landscaping.
- Spatial experience
- Smooth transition from open-air patio seating to a shaded indoor bar counter through a wide glassless opening.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical lines of cacti and bar stools contrast with the horizontal planes of the built-in sofa and wall capping.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical resort interior and patio design
- Program
- Residential outdoor patio and bar
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- interior