Cutler Anderson Architects
A coastal residential precedent demonstrating how a linear pavilion with floor-to-ceiling glazing integrates seamlessly into a sensitive dune landscape.
- What we like about this project
- The fully glazed corner detail allows views to wrap around the building volume completely.
Materials
- glass
- timber
- steel
Visual identifiers
- floor-to-ceiling-glass
- vertical-wood-siding
- coastal-dunes
- linear-pavilion
Style tags
- contemporary
- regionalist
- minimal-intervention
Visual tags
- coastal
- seamless-indoor-outdoor
- nature-integrated
- residential
- transparent
- Geometry
- Linear, single-story pavilion following the natural contour of coastal dunes, terminating in fully glazed corners.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall structural glazing paired with vertical timber rainscreen cladding.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with floor-to-ceiling glazing and timber shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale, low-lying relative to the expansive horizon and surrounding dunes.
- Lighting
- Bright, low-angle afternoon sunlight casting soft shadows and creating reflections on the floor-to-ceiling glass facade.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and exposed, capturing the raw, peaceful openness of the seaside environment.
- Environmental context
- Wild coastal dune landscape with tall golden grass, rugged rock outcrops, and an ocean beach in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The long, transparent elevation dissolves boundaries between the interior living space and the expansive coastal horizon.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical structural bays defined by mullions matching the rhythm of the opaque wood-clad end wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist coastal architecture
- Program
- Coastal residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, timber, steel
- Visual identifiers
- floor-to-ceiling-glass, vertical-wood-siding, coastal-dunes, linear-pavilion
- Style tags
- contemporary, regionalist, minimal-intervention
- Visual tags
- coastal, seamless-indoor-outdoor, nature-integrated, residential, transparent
- Geometry
- Linear, single-story pavilion following the natural contour of coastal dunes, terminating in fully glazed corners.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall structural glazing paired with vertical timber rainscreen cladding.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with floor-to-ceiling glazing and timber shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale, low-lying relative to the expansive horizon and surrounding dunes.
- Lighting
- Bright, low-angle afternoon sunlight casting soft shadows and creating reflections on the floor-to-ceiling glass facade.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and exposed, capturing the raw, peaceful openness of the seaside environment.
- Environmental context
- Wild coastal dune landscape with tall golden grass, rugged rock outcrops, and an ocean beach in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The long, transparent elevation dissolves boundaries between the interior living space and the expansive coastal horizon.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical structural bays defined by mullions matching the rhythm of the opaque wood-clad end wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist coastal architecture
- Program
- Coastal residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture