Category:Residential
An urban residential facade precedent by Marin Architects demonstrating the pairing of pale running-bond brickwork with a contrasting curved green tile entrance portal.
- What we like about this project
- A sweeping curved surround finished in vertical green glazed tiles frames the main entry door, softening the orthogonal brick grid.
Materials
- brick
- glazed-tile
- aluminum
- glass
Visual identifiers
- light-brick-facade
- punched-windows
- green-tile-entry
- storefront-glazing
Style tags
- contemporary
- urban
- material-contrast
Visual tags
- residential
- urban-infill
- facade-study
- brickwork
- street-edge
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story facade featuring a regular grid of punched windows and ground-floor storefront glazing with a curved entry surround.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or veneer masonry wall with punched aluminum-framed windows and storefront glazing.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or steel framing with masonry veneer and slab floors.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story urban residential scale with human-scaled entry and storefronts at the base.
- Lighting
- Direct sunlight casting crisp tree branch shadows across the light-colored brick facade.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, bright daylight filtering through spring foliage onto a clean urban masonry surface.
- Environmental context
- Urban sidewalk setting with mature trees framing the lower levels of the building.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach reveals contrasting textured green tiles around the recessed doorway against the light brick facade.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical window alignment rhythm broken at the ground floor by a distinct curved green portal.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment building with ground-floor retail or lobby.
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glazed-tile, aluminum, glass
- Visual identifiers
- light-brick-facade, punched-windows, green-tile-entry, storefront-glazing
- Style tags
- contemporary, urban, material-contrast
- Visual tags
- residential, urban-infill, facade-study, brickwork, street-edge
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story facade featuring a regular grid of punched windows and ground-floor storefront glazing with a curved entry surround.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or veneer masonry wall with punched aluminum-framed windows and storefront glazing.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or steel framing with masonry veneer and slab floors.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story urban residential scale with human-scaled entry and storefronts at the base.
- Lighting
- Direct sunlight casting crisp tree branch shadows across the light-colored brick facade.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, bright daylight filtering through spring foliage onto a clean urban masonry surface.
- Environmental context
- Urban sidewalk setting with mature trees framing the lower levels of the building.
- Spatial experience
- The street-level approach reveals contrasting textured green tiles around the recessed doorway against the light brick facade.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical window alignment rhythm broken at the ground floor by a distinct curved green portal.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential apartment building with ground-floor retail or lobby.
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture