MAILENDESIGN
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A residential rear extension by Mailen Design that bridges traditional brick architecture with contemporary, floor-to-ceiling framed glass openings.
- What we like about this project
- Detailed soldier courses atop each ground-floor glass bay tie the new extension cleanly into the historic brickwork above.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- aluminum
- timber
- gravel
Visual identifiers
- brick-extension
- cranked-bays
- folding-glass-doors
- dormer-window
Style tags
- contemporary
- vernacular-modern
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- extension
- brickwork
- indoor-outdoor
- traditional-meets-modern
- Geometry
- Symmetrical two-story traditional brick volume topped with a hipped roof and dormer, anchored by a contemporary brick-and-glass ground floor extension.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brickwork combined with dark-framed aluminum sliding glass doors.
- Structural guess
- Masonry load-bearing walls with steel lintels supporting the upper brick facade over lower glass openings.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale with expansive human-height glazed openings at the ground level.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows across the brick piers and deep door recesses.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, orderly, and well-grounded in traditional masonry with airy modern openings.
- Environmental context
- Suburban residential garden setting with mature trees and neighboring greenery.
- Spatial experience
- The deep ground floor bays create a rhythmic transition from indoor living areas directly out onto the gravel and lawn garden.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical brick pilasters on the ground floor align below structured upper windows and dual chimneys.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential vernacular extension
- Program
- Single-family residential living space extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, aluminum, timber, gravel
- Visual identifiers
- brick-extension, cranked-bays, folding-glass-doors, dormer-window
- Style tags
- contemporary, vernacular-modern, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, extension, brickwork, indoor-outdoor, traditional-meets-modern
- Geometry
- Symmetrical two-story traditional brick volume topped with a hipped roof and dormer, anchored by a contemporary brick-and-glass ground floor extension.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brickwork combined with dark-framed aluminum sliding glass doors.
- Structural guess
- Masonry load-bearing walls with steel lintels supporting the upper brick facade over lower glass openings.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale with expansive human-height glazed openings at the ground level.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting soft shadows across the brick piers and deep door recesses.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, orderly, and well-grounded in traditional masonry with airy modern openings.
- Environmental context
- Suburban residential garden setting with mature trees and neighboring greenery.
- Spatial experience
- The deep ground floor bays create a rhythmic transition from indoor living areas directly out onto the gravel and lawn garden.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical brick pilasters on the ground floor align below structured upper windows and dual chimneys.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential vernacular extension
- Program
- Single-family residential living space extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture