Eldon House
An urban facade precedent by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands showing the integration of preserved historic brick and pub architecture with contemporary commercial infill.
- What we like about this project
- The seamless physical juxtaposition of a traditional dark-painted Victorian corner pub directly beside a restored industrial brick warehouse facade.
Materials
- brick
- stone
- glass
- metal
- timber
Visual identifiers
- brick-facade
- historic-corner-pub
- contemporary-infill
- punched-windows
- mansard-roof
Style tags
- contextual
- historic-integration
- contemporary
- urban
Visual tags
- urban-context
- historic-preservation
- facade-restoration
- commercial-architecture
- streetscape
- Geometry
- An urban street corner composition featuring a mid-rise masonry warehouse adjacent to a historic corner pub, flanked by contemporary metal-and-glass infill blocks.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing historic brick masonry with punched timber or metal-framed windows, alongside contemporary curtain wall infill.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry structures combined with steel and concrete contemporary infill framing.
- Spatial scale
- Medium-to-large urban scale, ranging from multi-story commercial buildings to a compact corner pub.
- Lighting
- Clear daylight with soft overhead illumination and subtle shadows casting across the street level.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, active urban street scene blending heritage character with modern commercial presence.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban street intersection with mixed historic and contemporary commercial architecture.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrian eye-level streetscape experience balancing historic scale with contemporary urban densification.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical window alignments on the historic brick warehouse contrast with the ornate detailing of the corner pub and the clean bays of the modern infill.
- Style reading
- Contextual urban infill with historic preservation
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and hospitality
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, stone, glass, metal, timber
- Visual identifiers
- brick-facade, historic-corner-pub, contemporary-infill, punched-windows, mansard-roof
- Style tags
- contextual, historic-integration, contemporary, urban
- Visual tags
- urban-context, historic-preservation, facade-restoration, commercial-architecture, streetscape
- Geometry
- An urban street corner composition featuring a mid-rise masonry warehouse adjacent to a historic corner pub, flanked by contemporary metal-and-glass infill blocks.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing historic brick masonry with punched timber or metal-framed windows, alongside contemporary curtain wall infill.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry structures combined with steel and concrete contemporary infill framing.
- Spatial scale
- Medium-to-large urban scale, ranging from multi-story commercial buildings to a compact corner pub.
- Lighting
- Clear daylight with soft overhead illumination and subtle shadows casting across the street level.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, active urban street scene blending heritage character with modern commercial presence.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban street intersection with mixed historic and contemporary commercial architecture.
- Spatial experience
- Pedestrian eye-level streetscape experience balancing historic scale with contemporary urban densification.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical window alignments on the historic brick warehouse contrast with the ornate detailing of the corner pub and the clean bays of the modern infill.
- Style reading
- Contextual urban infill with historic preservation
- Program
- Mixed-use commercial and hospitality
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture