Grasmere Road - Jas Bhalla Works
A residential rear extension featuring clean buff brickwork offset by a prominent, deep timber window and door frame.
- What we like about this project
- The deep vertical timber fins project slightly from the plane, establishing a strong shadow line beneath the brick course.
Materials
- buff-brick
- timber
- glass
- steel
Visual identifiers
- timber-frame
- buff-brick
- large-window-panes
- rear-extension
Style tags
- contemporary
- residential
- vernacular-blend
Visual tags
- residential
- timber-detailing
- brickwork
- extension
- daylight
- Geometry
- Single-story rectilinear extension featuring a broad, multi-panel glazed opening framed in thick timber under a brick wall.
- Facade system
- Buff brick masonry bearing wall with thick timber surround inset with large glass fixed panels and a glazed door.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing brick masonry with concealed lintel supporting upper masonry.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale residential rear extension, roughly one story tall.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight under overcast sky, casting soft reflections on the large glass panes.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, construction-phase domestic setting highlighting honest materiality.
- Environmental context
- Tight residential backyard context flanked by traditional brick terraced houses and wooden fences.
- Spatial experience
- The deep timber frame creates a covered threshold condition, bridging the unfinished ground plane with the bright interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Four vertical timber divisions create a rhythmic rhythm across the lower half of the masonry wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential vernacular
- Program
- Residential rear living space extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- buff-brick, timber, glass, steel
- Visual identifiers
- timber-frame, buff-brick, large-window-panes, rear-extension
- Style tags
- contemporary, residential, vernacular-blend
- Visual tags
- residential, timber-detailing, brickwork, extension, daylight
- Geometry
- Single-story rectilinear extension featuring a broad, multi-panel glazed opening framed in thick timber under a brick wall.
- Facade system
- Buff brick masonry bearing wall with thick timber surround inset with large glass fixed panels and a glazed door.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing brick masonry with concealed lintel supporting upper masonry.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale residential rear extension, roughly one story tall.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight under overcast sky, casting soft reflections on the large glass panes.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, construction-phase domestic setting highlighting honest materiality.
- Environmental context
- Tight residential backyard context flanked by traditional brick terraced houses and wooden fences.
- Spatial experience
- The deep timber frame creates a covered threshold condition, bridging the unfinished ground plane with the bright interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Four vertical timber divisions create a rhythmic rhythm across the lower half of the masonry wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential vernacular
- Program
- Residential rear living space extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture