Rear exterior of a dark metal-clad modern house with a lap pool and
A residential exterior precedent featuring dark metal paneling, extensive glazing, and seamless integration between timber decking and a lap pool.
- What we like about this project
- The upper dark volume cantilevers lightly over the lower glazed boundary, creating sheltered exterior thresholds.
Materials
- dark-metal-panels
- glass
- wood-decking
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- dark-metal-cladding
- lap-pool
- wood-deck
- floor-to-ceiling-glass
Style tags
- contemporary-modern
- minimalist
- west-coast-modern
Visual tags
- residential
- modernism
- indoor-outdoor
- pool-terrace
- wood-and-metal
- Geometry
- Linear two-story rectangular volume parallel to a lap pool, with large floor-to-ceiling glass and deep black panel facades.
- Facade system
- Dark panel rainscreen with floor-to-ceiling sliding glass storefront systems.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with concrete foundation and timber floor systems.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale with a long, horizontal outdoor living precinct.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast natural daylight filtering through mature trees, casting gentle shadows across the facade and pool.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and secluded, blending dark monolithic architecture with natural greenery and water reflections.
- Environmental context
- Lush, mature woodland setting with dense trees framing the residence and lap pool.
- Spatial experience
- Indoor and outdoor living blur through wide glazed openings connecting the timber lounge deck directly to the pool terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification defined by the long pool, wood decking, and dark facade bands.
- Style reading
- Contemporary California modernism
- Program
- Single-family residential villa
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- dark-metal-panels, glass, wood-decking, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- dark-metal-cladding, lap-pool, wood-deck, floor-to-ceiling-glass
- Style tags
- contemporary-modern, minimalist, west-coast-modern
- Visual tags
- residential, modernism, indoor-outdoor, pool-terrace, wood-and-metal
- Geometry
- Linear two-story rectangular volume parallel to a lap pool, with large floor-to-ceiling glass and deep black panel facades.
- Facade system
- Dark panel rainscreen with floor-to-ceiling sliding glass storefront systems.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with concrete foundation and timber floor systems.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale with a long, horizontal outdoor living precinct.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast natural daylight filtering through mature trees, casting gentle shadows across the facade and pool.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and secluded, blending dark monolithic architecture with natural greenery and water reflections.
- Environmental context
- Lush, mature woodland setting with dense trees framing the residence and lap pool.
- Spatial experience
- Indoor and outdoor living blur through wide glazed openings connecting the timber lounge deck directly to the pool terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification defined by the long pool, wood decking, and dark facade bands.
- Style reading
- Contemporary California modernism
- Program
- Single-family residential villa
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture