Clinton Corners Residence
An exterior twilight precedent for rural residential architecture, showing how gabled timber volumes with glazed louvers create a warm beacon effect in a winter landscape.
- What we like about this project
- The fully glazed gable facade is softened by an exterior layer of fine timber louvers that filter both views and light.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- concrete
- steel
Visual identifiers
- gabled-roof
- glazed-gable
- timber-louvers
- snowy-setting
- connected-volumes
Style tags
- contemporary-vernacular
- regionalist
- rustic-modern
Visual tags
- residential
- rural
- timber-clad
- twilight-shot
- warm-interior-glow
- gabled
- Geometry
- Two gabled timber volumes connected by a glazed link, elevated on concrete bases with a fully glazed gable end.
- Facade system
- Glazed gable wall screened with operable or fixed timber louvers over exposed concrete foundation walls.
- Structural guess
- Timber framing with concrete foundation and shear elements.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, fitting comfortably within the rural wooded landscape.
- Lighting
- Twilight dusk condition with cool blue ambient sky balanced by warm yellow interior illumination radiating through the glazed facade.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and inviting, contrasting the cold blue winter twilight with warm, glowing interior spaces.
- Environmental context
- Woodland clearing covered in snow with bare deciduous trees framing the structure.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the snowy foreground, the glowing glazed gable acts as a primary focal point, revealing the warm interior volumes behind vertical louvers.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical wood siding and louvers establish a steady rhythmic screen across the glazed gable facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist rural architecture
- Program
- Single-family residential dwelling
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, concrete, steel
- Visual identifiers
- gabled-roof, glazed-gable, timber-louvers, snowy-setting, connected-volumes
- Style tags
- contemporary-vernacular, regionalist, rustic-modern
- Visual tags
- residential, rural, timber-clad, twilight-shot, warm-interior-glow, gabled
- Geometry
- Two gabled timber volumes connected by a glazed link, elevated on concrete bases with a fully glazed gable end.
- Facade system
- Glazed gable wall screened with operable or fixed timber louvers over exposed concrete foundation walls.
- Structural guess
- Timber framing with concrete foundation and shear elements.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, fitting comfortably within the rural wooded landscape.
- Lighting
- Twilight dusk condition with cool blue ambient sky balanced by warm yellow interior illumination radiating through the glazed facade.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and inviting, contrasting the cold blue winter twilight with warm, glowing interior spaces.
- Environmental context
- Woodland clearing covered in snow with bare deciduous trees framing the structure.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the snowy foreground, the glowing glazed gable acts as a primary focal point, revealing the warm interior volumes behind vertical louvers.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical wood siding and louvers establish a steady rhythmic screen across the glazed gable facade.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist rural architecture
- Program
- Single-family residential dwelling
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture