9 East 97th Street — Kamen Tall Architects P.C.
An exterior facade precedent showing a restored classical limestone apartment entrance with columned portico and carved signage frieze, designed by Kamen Tall Architects.
- What we like about this project
- Carved stone frieze spelling 'HORTENSE COURT' integrated seamlessly into the classical entablature above the entrance.
Materials
- limestone
- glass
- wrought-iron
- canvas
Visual identifiers
- limestone-facade
- columned-portico
- stone-balustrade
- canopied-entrance
Style tags
- classical
- traditional
- restoration
Visual tags
- historic-preservation
- classical
- residential
- urban-facade
- entrance
- Geometry
- Symmetrical multi-bay composition featuring a projecting central entrance portico with columns, surmounted by a balcony with a stone balustrade.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or clad masonry wall with punched window openings and decorative carved stone surrounds.
- Structural guess
- Masonry bearing wall with steel lintels and concrete floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential entrance portico rising two stories against a mid-rise apartment facade.
- Lighting
- Direct front sunlight casting crisp shadows beneath cornices, balconies, and the entrance canopy.
- Atmosphere
- Formal, dignified, and well-maintained urban residential presence.
- Environmental context
- Urban street frontage with a sidewalk tree partially framing the central entrance.
- Spatial experience
- The deep porch provides a formal, recessed transition from the street sidewalk into the building lobby.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict bilateral symmetry anchored by a central monumental doorway and balanced window bays.
- Style reading
- Classical revival urban residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential lobby entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- limestone, glass, wrought-iron, canvas
- Visual identifiers
- limestone-facade, columned-portico, stone-balustrade, canopied-entrance
- Style tags
- classical, traditional, restoration
- Visual tags
- historic-preservation, classical, residential, urban-facade, entrance
- Geometry
- Symmetrical multi-bay composition featuring a projecting central entrance portico with columns, surmounted by a balcony with a stone balustrade.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or clad masonry wall with punched window openings and decorative carved stone surrounds.
- Structural guess
- Masonry bearing wall with steel lintels and concrete floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential entrance portico rising two stories against a mid-rise apartment facade.
- Lighting
- Direct front sunlight casting crisp shadows beneath cornices, balconies, and the entrance canopy.
- Atmosphere
- Formal, dignified, and well-maintained urban residential presence.
- Environmental context
- Urban street frontage with a sidewalk tree partially framing the central entrance.
- Spatial experience
- The deep porch provides a formal, recessed transition from the street sidewalk into the building lobby.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict bilateral symmetry anchored by a central monumental doorway and balanced window bays.
- Style reading
- Classical revival urban residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential lobby entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture