Steve McQueen House — MARK HADDAWY
A quintessential mid-century modern residential precedent showcasing clean stucco volumes, deep overhangs, and a slender colonnade connecting the living spaces to a pool terrace.
- What we like about this project
- The slender white colonnade effortlessly bridges the domestic architecture with the distant pool pavilion, acting as a visual spine across the lawn.
Materials
- stucco
- glass
- steel
- wood
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- swimming-pool
- colonnade
- stucco-facade
- metal-railings
- palm-trees
Style tags
- mid-century-modern
- modernist
- residential
Visual tags
- mid-century-modern
- poolside
- indoor-outdoor
- residential
- tropical-landscape
- Geometry
- Horizontal rectilinear composition featuring a two-story volume paired with an extended single-story colonnade stretching across the landscape toward a pool pavilion.
- Facade system
- Stucco wall finish with dark wood paneling accents, steel railing balconies, and large glazed sliding doors.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam construction with slender steel columns supporting extended overhangs and balconies.
- Spatial scale
- Residential scale; two-story main volume with a single-story colonnade framing the pool deck.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting crisp shadows beneath deep eaves and creating clear reflections in the swimming pool.
- Atmosphere
- Sunny, serene, and resort-like with crisp architectural lines and lush natural surroundings.
- Environmental context
- Lush tropical landscaping, palm trees, and rolling arid hills under a blue partly cloudy sky.
- Spatial experience
- A seamless indoor-outdoor transition connects the terrace and pool deck through deep overhangs and a delicate white-columned breezeway.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal emphasis established by the extended roof eaves, continuous balcony rail, and linear colonnade.
- Style reading
- Mid-century modern residential architecture
- Program
- Residential home with pool and patio
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, glass, steel, wood, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- swimming-pool, colonnade, stucco-facade, metal-railings, palm-trees
- Style tags
- mid-century-modern, modernist, residential
- Visual tags
- mid-century-modern, poolside, indoor-outdoor, residential, tropical-landscape
- Geometry
- Horizontal rectilinear composition featuring a two-story volume paired with an extended single-story colonnade stretching across the landscape toward a pool pavilion.
- Facade system
- Stucco wall finish with dark wood paneling accents, steel railing balconies, and large glazed sliding doors.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam construction with slender steel columns supporting extended overhangs and balconies.
- Spatial scale
- Residential scale; two-story main volume with a single-story colonnade framing the pool deck.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting crisp shadows beneath deep eaves and creating clear reflections in the swimming pool.
- Atmosphere
- Sunny, serene, and resort-like with crisp architectural lines and lush natural surroundings.
- Environmental context
- Lush tropical landscaping, palm trees, and rolling arid hills under a blue partly cloudy sky.
- Spatial experience
- A seamless indoor-outdoor transition connects the terrace and pool deck through deep overhangs and a delicate white-columned breezeway.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal emphasis established by the extended roof eaves, continuous balcony rail, and linear colonnade.
- Style reading
- Mid-century modern residential architecture
- Program
- Residential home with pool and patio
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture