TRUCKEE RIVER GREEN
A multi-family townhouse precedent showcasing how tall vertical concrete firewall fins can rhythmically structure a repeating housing facade while breaking up massing.
- What we like about this project
- The vertical concrete divider walls extend forward beyond the facade line, tapering slightly at the top to create a dramatic shadow play.
Materials
- concrete
- wood-siding
- masonry
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- vertical-concrete-fins
- multi-family-townhomes
- mixed-material-cladding
- garage-entries
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- townhome
- facade-rhythm
- modern
- party-wall
- Geometry
- Stepped multi-family row featuring rhythmic vertical concrete divider walls separating units, coupled with horizontal wood-look siding and textured masonry blocks.
- Facade system
- Combination of smooth-finish concrete party walls, horizontal composite siding, and dark stone-textured masonry veneer.
- Structural guess
- Wood-frame construction with prominent concrete party/firewalls between units.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story residential townhomes scaled to pedestrian street view and vehicular access.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sun from the upper left casting crisp shadows behind the vertical party walls and overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, orderly, and sunny suburban residential rhythm.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or small-city residential street with paved driveway courts and newly landscaped front lawns.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach reads as a sequence of repeating private garage entries punctuated by tall, solid vertical blade walls that provide privacy and structure between units.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong vertical rhythm established by tapering concrete party walls paired with alternating wood and masonry blocks.
- Style reading
- Contemporary multi-family residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential townhomes
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, wood-siding, masonry, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-concrete-fins, multi-family-townhomes, mixed-material-cladding, garage-entries
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, townhome, facade-rhythm, modern, party-wall
- Geometry
- Stepped multi-family row featuring rhythmic vertical concrete divider walls separating units, coupled with horizontal wood-look siding and textured masonry blocks.
- Facade system
- Combination of smooth-finish concrete party walls, horizontal composite siding, and dark stone-textured masonry veneer.
- Structural guess
- Wood-frame construction with prominent concrete party/firewalls between units.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story residential townhomes scaled to pedestrian street view and vehicular access.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sun from the upper left casting crisp shadows behind the vertical party walls and overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, orderly, and sunny suburban residential rhythm.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or small-city residential street with paved driveway courts and newly landscaped front lawns.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach reads as a sequence of repeating private garage entries punctuated by tall, solid vertical blade walls that provide privacy and structure between units.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong vertical rhythm established by tapering concrete party walls paired with alternating wood and masonry blocks.
- Style reading
- Contemporary multi-family residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential townhomes
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture