Exterior facade of a red brick multi-family residential building by HTA
A residential facade precedent by HTA Design showcasing stepped red brick volumes, deep balcony stacks, and expansive hit-and-miss brick screening for privacy and ventilation.
- What we like about this project
- The upper wall seamlessly transitions from solid brick to a uniform hit-and-miss screen without disrupting the overall modular geometry.
Materials
- red-brick
- metal
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- red-brick
- perforated-brick-screen
- recessed-balconies
- stepped-massing
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- brick-expressionism
Visual tags
- residential
- brick-architecture
- urban-infill
- perforated-screen
- balconies
- Geometry
- Asymmetric stepped massing with a tall vertical stair and balcony tower alongside a broader punched window wing; rigorous grid layout with alternating solid, screened, and recessed open volumes.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or veneer red brick masonry with integrated perforated screens and precast balcony modules.
- Structural guess
- Masonry cavity wall or concrete frame with brick cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise residential scale, approximately six stories high with domestic-proportioned windows and balconies.
- Lighting
- Clear daylight casting sharp, direct shadows; strong grazing sun on the southern facade highlights the brick textures and screen perforations.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, ordered, and grounded in warm earthy tones against a bright blue sky.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill setting adjacent to a railway station with active trains and neighboring low-rise suburban greenery.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents a monolithic yet perforated urban frontage where deep balcony recesses provide shadowed contrast to the bright red brickwork.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical repetition of stacked balconies balanced against rhythmic horizontal bands of hit-and-miss brickwork.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual brick architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- red-brick, metal, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- red-brick, perforated-brick-screen, recessed-balconies, stepped-massing
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, brick-expressionism
- Visual tags
- residential, brick-architecture, urban-infill, perforated-screen, balconies
- Geometry
- Asymmetric stepped massing with a tall vertical stair and balcony tower alongside a broader punched window wing; rigorous grid layout with alternating solid, screened, and recessed open volumes.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or veneer red brick masonry with integrated perforated screens and precast balcony modules.
- Structural guess
- Masonry cavity wall or concrete frame with brick cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise residential scale, approximately six stories high with domestic-proportioned windows and balconies.
- Lighting
- Clear daylight casting sharp, direct shadows; strong grazing sun on the southern facade highlights the brick textures and screen perforations.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, ordered, and grounded in warm earthy tones against a bright blue sky.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill setting adjacent to a railway station with active trains and neighboring low-rise suburban greenery.
- Spatial experience
- The building presents a monolithic yet perforated urban frontage where deep balcony recesses provide shadowed contrast to the bright red brickwork.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical repetition of stacked balconies balanced against rhythmic horizontal bands of hit-and-miss brickwork.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual brick architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture