Reeve Place
A contemporary residential infill facade precedent utilizing dark vertical metal siding and a breeze-block wall to contrast with traditional neighborhood architecture.
- What we like about this project
- The contrasting circular void pattern of the low concrete block wall softens the severe dark box behind it.
Materials
- dark-metal-siding
- concrete-breeze-blocks
- wood
- glass
- steel
Visual identifiers
- dark-metal-siding
- perforated-concrete-block-fence
- asymmetrical-windows
- urban-infill
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- urban
Visual tags
- contemporary
- residential
- infill
- facade-study
- monochromatic
- Geometry
- An orthogonal, flush vertical infill facade tightly bound between traditional gable-roofed neighbors. Asymmetrically arranged rectangular window openings puncture the dark skin.
- Facade system
- Standing seam or vertical metal panel rainscreen over infill framing.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with metal panel cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story narrow urban infill footprint scaled to pedestrian street frontage.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylight producing gentle, diffuse shadows and even illumination across the dark metal facade.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, striking contrast between the heavy dark massing and the delicate patterned boundary wall.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban residential infill street with neighboring traditional siding houses.
- Spatial experience
- The composition reads as a bold, monolithic insertion into the historic neighborhood streetscape, anchored by the textured privacy screen of the front boundary wall.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical metal batten rhythm meeting a regular circular grid pattern on the front fence.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist urban infill
- Program
- Urban residential single-family home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- dark-metal-siding, concrete-breeze-blocks, wood, glass, steel
- Visual identifiers
- dark-metal-siding, perforated-concrete-block-fence, asymmetrical-windows, urban-infill
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, urban
- Visual tags
- contemporary, residential, infill, facade-study, monochromatic
- Geometry
- An orthogonal, flush vertical infill facade tightly bound between traditional gable-roofed neighbors. Asymmetrically arranged rectangular window openings puncture the dark skin.
- Facade system
- Standing seam or vertical metal panel rainscreen over infill framing.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with metal panel cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story narrow urban infill footprint scaled to pedestrian street frontage.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylight producing gentle, diffuse shadows and even illumination across the dark metal facade.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, striking contrast between the heavy dark massing and the delicate patterned boundary wall.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban residential infill street with neighboring traditional siding houses.
- Spatial experience
- The composition reads as a bold, monolithic insertion into the historic neighborhood streetscape, anchored by the textured privacy screen of the front boundary wall.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical metal batten rhythm meeting a regular circular grid pattern on the front fence.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist urban infill
- Program
- Urban residential single-family home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture