11 Waverly Street — Kamen Tall Architects P.C.
An upward perspective photograph of a multi-story brick residential facade by Kamen Tall Architects, showcasing rhythmic window placements and sun-grazed masonry.
- What we like about this project
- Small cantilevered hoods above windows create sharp horizontal shadow lines across the continuous vertical brick.
Materials
- brick
- mortar
- metal
- glass
Visual identifiers
- brick-facade
- upward-perspective
- window-awnings
- symmetrical-elevation
Style tags
- traditional
- masonry
- urban
Visual tags
- masonry
- historic-adaptation
- urban-facade
- rehab
- residential-exterior
- Geometry
- Strictly symmetrical, vertical multi-story brick facade viewed in steep perspective looking upward toward the parapet, featuring evenly spaced horizontal window bands with small protective hoods.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick masonry wall with punched window openings and metal window hoods.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry exterior walls with timber or steel internal framing.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential building scale, emphasizing height and repeating vertical modularity.
- Lighting
- Direct late-day sunlight striking the central vertical strip of the facade, casting deep shadows on the flanks and under window hoods.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, structured, and monumental urban texture highlighted by directional sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Urban street canyon context with clear blue sky visible at the upper edge.
- Spatial experience
- The towering brick plane creates a sense of urban enclosure and vertical scale when viewed directly from the street level below.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict grid-like repetition of rectangular window openings marching vertically up the brick facade.
- Style reading
- Traditional urban residential revival or adaptive reuse architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, mortar, metal, glass
- Visual identifiers
- brick-facade, upward-perspective, window-awnings, symmetrical-elevation
- Style tags
- traditional, masonry, urban
- Visual tags
- masonry, historic-adaptation, urban-facade, rehab, residential-exterior
- Geometry
- Strictly symmetrical, vertical multi-story brick facade viewed in steep perspective looking upward toward the parapet, featuring evenly spaced horizontal window bands with small protective hoods.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick masonry wall with punched window openings and metal window hoods.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry exterior walls with timber or steel internal framing.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential building scale, emphasizing height and repeating vertical modularity.
- Lighting
- Direct late-day sunlight striking the central vertical strip of the facade, casting deep shadows on the flanks and under window hoods.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, structured, and monumental urban texture highlighted by directional sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Urban street canyon context with clear blue sky visible at the upper edge.
- Spatial experience
- The towering brick plane creates a sense of urban enclosure and vertical scale when viewed directly from the street level below.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict grid-like repetition of rectangular window openings marching vertically up the brick facade.
- Style reading
- Traditional urban residential revival or adaptive reuse architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture