Courtyard Kitchen Restaurant
A hillside architectural precedent showcasing terraced planters, a robust exposed concrete and glass lower level, and an upper white stucco volume with integrated balconies.
- What we like about this project
- A suspended upholstered daybed hangs directly from the cantilevered upper terrace slab over the lower gravel patio.
Materials
- white-stucco
- concrete
- glass
- steel
- stone
- timber
Visual identifiers
- terraced-planters
- stucco-facade
- lower-level-gym
- cypress-trees
- hanging-daybed
Style tags
- contemporary
- mediterranean
- minimalist-framing
Visual tags
- mediterranean
- hillside-architecture
- terraced
- indoor-outdoor
- stucco
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Terraced multi-level composition stepping down a hillside slope, featuring a subterranean concrete base supporting a light-rendered upper residence with balconies and large glazed openings.
- Facade system
- Combination of smooth white stucco wall assemblies, floor-to-ceiling metal-framed curtain walls, and cast-in-place retaining concrete.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete retaining walls and lower slab supporting wood or steel-framed upper residential levels.
- Spatial scale
- Large residential or hospitality scale, spanning a tall lower retaining level beneath a two-story upper volume.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting crisp shadows across the facade, planter overhangs, and recessed lower-level glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and sun-drenched, blending clean modern volumes with organic landscape elements.
- Environmental context
- Sloping Mediterranean landscape dotted with mature cypress trees, palm accents, and native shrubs under a clear sky.
- Spatial experience
- A hierarchical progression from the lower shaded terrace with a hanging daybed up to the open-air deck and upper balconies framed by tall cypress trees.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical rhythms established by slender black balcony balustrades, large glazed bays, and repeating vertical cypress trees.
- Style reading
- Contemporary Mediterranean residential architecture
- Program
- Residential or hospitality complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- white-stucco, concrete, glass, steel, stone, timber
- Visual identifiers
- terraced-planters, stucco-facade, lower-level-gym, cypress-trees, hanging-daybed
- Style tags
- contemporary, mediterranean, minimalist-framing
- Visual tags
- mediterranean, hillside-architecture, terraced, indoor-outdoor, stucco, contemporary
- Geometry
- Terraced multi-level composition stepping down a hillside slope, featuring a subterranean concrete base supporting a light-rendered upper residence with balconies and large glazed openings.
- Facade system
- Combination of smooth white stucco wall assemblies, floor-to-ceiling metal-framed curtain walls, and cast-in-place retaining concrete.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete retaining walls and lower slab supporting wood or steel-framed upper residential levels.
- Spatial scale
- Large residential or hospitality scale, spanning a tall lower retaining level beneath a two-story upper volume.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting crisp shadows across the facade, planter overhangs, and recessed lower-level glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and sun-drenched, blending clean modern volumes with organic landscape elements.
- Environmental context
- Sloping Mediterranean landscape dotted with mature cypress trees, palm accents, and native shrubs under a clear sky.
- Spatial experience
- A hierarchical progression from the lower shaded terrace with a hanging daybed up to the open-air deck and upper balconies framed by tall cypress trees.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical rhythms established by slender black balcony balustrades, large glazed bays, and repeating vertical cypress trees.
- Style reading
- Contemporary Mediterranean residential architecture
- Program
- Residential or hospitality complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture