9 East 97th Street — Kamen Tall Architects P.C.
An exterior facade precedent documenting classical stone restoration, detailing engaged columns, carved friezes, and a balustrade at the entry of 9 East 97th Street.
- What we like about this project
- Intricate relief carving on the stone frieze panels adjacent to the ionic capitals.
Materials
- limestone
- stone
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- classical-columns
- limestone-facade
- carved-frieze
- balustrade
Style tags
- classical
- traditional
- restoration
Visual tags
- historic
- neoclassical
- facade-restoration
- stone-masonry
- urban-entry
- Geometry
- Symmetric neoclassical entry composition with engaged and freestanding columns supporting an ornate stone balustrade and balcony above.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or clad masonry with carved limestone details, balustrade, and punched windows.
- Structural guess
- Masonry load-bearing walls with stone detailing
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential entrance portico, approximately two stories high at the base.
- Lighting
- Direct sunlight casting sharp diagonal shadows across rusticated stone surfaces and deep reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Formal, historic, and grounded in traditional masonry craftsmanship.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape with mature street trees and adjacent historic multi-story residential building facade.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level entry threshold transitions from sidewalk into a deeply articulated classical portico.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical rhythm established by fluted columns paired with horizontal rusticated coursing and frieze bands.
- Style reading
- Classical revival architectural restoration
- Program
- Residential apartment building entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- limestone, stone, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- classical-columns, limestone-facade, carved-frieze, balustrade
- Style tags
- classical, traditional, restoration
- Visual tags
- historic, neoclassical, facade-restoration, stone-masonry, urban-entry
- Geometry
- Symmetric neoclassical entry composition with engaged and freestanding columns supporting an ornate stone balustrade and balcony above.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or clad masonry with carved limestone details, balustrade, and punched windows.
- Structural guess
- Masonry load-bearing walls with stone detailing
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential entrance portico, approximately two stories high at the base.
- Lighting
- Direct sunlight casting sharp diagonal shadows across rusticated stone surfaces and deep reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Formal, historic, and grounded in traditional masonry craftsmanship.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape with mature street trees and adjacent historic multi-story residential building facade.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level entry threshold transitions from sidewalk into a deeply articulated classical portico.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical rhythm established by fluted columns paired with horizontal rusticated coursing and frieze bands.
- Style reading
- Classical revival architectural restoration
- Program
- Residential apartment building entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture