Rear elevation of a terraced building by Goldstein Heather
A rear elevation precedent demonstrating the juxtaposition of historic London brickwork and white stucco with a contemporary glazed ground-floor extension, useful for urban infill and residential remodeling studies.
- What we like about this project
- The abrupt vertical split between aged brick and pristine white render directly down the party wall line.
Materials
- brick
- stucco
- glass
- stone
- timber
Visual identifiers
- split-facade
- brick-and-stucco
- rear-extension
- punched-windows
Style tags
- contemporary-traditional
- contextual
- minimal-intervention
Visual tags
- historic-renovation
- urban-infill
- extension
- masonry
- contemporary-contrast
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story rear facade divided asymmetrically into exposed London stock brick and crisp white stucco, anchored by a single-story horizontal extension with rhythmic glazing and a large punched opening.
- Facade system
- Combination of load-bearing historic masonry, rendered stucco upper wall, and flush-framed timber-or-metal ground floor glazing.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry upper floors with a steel or timber-framed ground floor extension.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential or mixed-use scale with a domestic ground-floor extension.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting material textures across brick, stucco, and stone copings.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, precise, and balanced between historic weathering and clean modern intervention.
- Environmental context
- Urban rear courtyard or narrow lane context flanked by neighboring masonry walls under an overcast sky.
- Spatial experience
- The composition reads from the alley or courtyard context as a layered interface between historic massing and a transparent, pedestrian-scaled ground floor addition.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetric split vertical massing sitting atop a grounded horizontal base with regular window alignments.
- Style reading
- Contemporary heritage intervention
- Program
- Residential or mixed-use building rear addition
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, stucco, glass, stone, timber
- Visual identifiers
- split-facade, brick-and-stucco, rear-extension, punched-windows
- Style tags
- contemporary-traditional, contextual, minimal-intervention
- Visual tags
- historic-renovation, urban-infill, extension, masonry, contemporary-contrast
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story rear facade divided asymmetrically into exposed London stock brick and crisp white stucco, anchored by a single-story horizontal extension with rhythmic glazing and a large punched opening.
- Facade system
- Combination of load-bearing historic masonry, rendered stucco upper wall, and flush-framed timber-or-metal ground floor glazing.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry upper floors with a steel or timber-framed ground floor extension.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential or mixed-use scale with a domestic ground-floor extension.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting material textures across brick, stucco, and stone copings.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, precise, and balanced between historic weathering and clean modern intervention.
- Environmental context
- Urban rear courtyard or narrow lane context flanked by neighboring masonry walls under an overcast sky.
- Spatial experience
- The composition reads from the alley or courtyard context as a layered interface between historic massing and a transparent, pedestrian-scaled ground floor addition.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetric split vertical massing sitting atop a grounded horizontal base with regular window alignments.
- Style reading
- Contemporary heritage intervention
- Program
- Residential or mixed-use building rear addition
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture