1 & 2 MacFarlane Place
An exterior facade study of 1 & 2 MacFarlane Place by Maccreanor Lavington, demonstrating sophisticated contemporary brick detailing, rhythmic vertical piers, and textured spandrel panels.
- What we like about this project
- Intricate zig-zag patterned relief brickwork panels placed immediately above window heads, providing deep shadow play.
Materials
- red-brick
- cast-stone
- metal
- glass
Visual identifiers
- red-brick
- punched-windows
- masonry-piers
- decorative-brickwork
- cast-stone-bands
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- traditional-materials-modern-detailing
Visual tags
- brick-facade
- residential
- contextual
- fenestration
- textural
- urban-housing
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story red brick facade articulated with strong vertical piers and horizontal cast stone or concrete lintel bands, featuring deeply set punched windows.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or cavity wall brickwork with punched window openings and decorative corbelled/relief panels between floors.
- Structural guess
- Masonry cavity wall construction or concrete frame with masonry exterior cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential scale, reading as a large urban apartment block.
- Lighting
- Direct warm sunlight hitting the facade obliquely, creating strong shadows within the recessed window reveals and decorative relief panels.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, tactile, and grounded urban character established by rich masonry textures and disciplined rhythm.
- Environmental context
- Urban housing context with neighboring brick building volumes closely aligned.
- Spatial experience
- A textured street elevation where rhythmic vertical masonry piers create depth and shadow, framing regular window bays.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict grid of vertical brick piers intersected by horizontal floor-line bands and alternating recessed window bays with patterned relief panels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual brick architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- red-brick, cast-stone, metal, glass
- Visual identifiers
- red-brick, punched-windows, masonry-piers, decorative-brickwork, cast-stone-bands
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, traditional-materials-modern-detailing
- Visual tags
- brick-facade, residential, contextual, fenestration, textural, urban-housing
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story red brick facade articulated with strong vertical piers and horizontal cast stone or concrete lintel bands, featuring deeply set punched windows.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or cavity wall brickwork with punched window openings and decorative corbelled/relief panels between floors.
- Structural guess
- Masonry cavity wall construction or concrete frame with masonry exterior cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential scale, reading as a large urban apartment block.
- Lighting
- Direct warm sunlight hitting the facade obliquely, creating strong shadows within the recessed window reveals and decorative relief panels.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, tactile, and grounded urban character established by rich masonry textures and disciplined rhythm.
- Environmental context
- Urban housing context with neighboring brick building volumes closely aligned.
- Spatial experience
- A textured street elevation where rhythmic vertical masonry piers create depth and shadow, framing regular window bays.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict grid of vertical brick piers intersected by horizontal floor-line bands and alternating recessed window bays with patterned relief panels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual brick architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture