Testimonials — Mitchell Eley Gould Architects
Bath, UK
An exterior precedent demonstrating the juxtaposition of dark standing-seam metal cladding with local historic stonework in an urban infill context.
- What we like about this project
- Large picture windows wrap the corner flush with the dark metal facade plane.
Materials
- standing-seam-metal
- stone
- glass
- timber
Visual identifiers
- standing-seam-metal
- stone-base
- cantilevered-volume
- punched-corner-window
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- modern-vernacular
Visual tags
- contemporary-extension
- historic-context
- material-contrast
- urban-infill
- residential
- Geometry
- Stepped rectilinear volumes featuring cantilevered upper floors clad in dark metal panels, set above a heavy stone base.
- Facade system
- Standing-seam metal panel rainscreen over upper volumes; dry-stacked stone masonry at ground level.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame supporting upper cantilevered volumes above load-bearing or clad masonry ground floor.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale harmonizing with adjacent street-facing historic townhouses.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting sharp shadows from the cantilevers and window reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, bright, and texturally rich with the contrast between dark metal and weathered stone.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill site in Bath, UK, surrounded by historic stone-built residential architecture and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approached from a historic street level, the building juxtaposes contemporary dark volumes with the vernacular stone fabric of Bath.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical standing-seam rhythm contrasted against random-coursed ashlar stonework below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual residential architecture
- Program
- Residential single-family home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- standing-seam-metal, stone, glass, timber
- Visual identifiers
- standing-seam-metal, stone-base, cantilevered-volume, punched-corner-window
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, modern-vernacular
- Visual tags
- contemporary-extension, historic-context, material-contrast, urban-infill, residential
- Geometry
- Stepped rectilinear volumes featuring cantilevered upper floors clad in dark metal panels, set above a heavy stone base.
- Facade system
- Standing-seam metal panel rainscreen over upper volumes; dry-stacked stone masonry at ground level.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame supporting upper cantilevered volumes above load-bearing or clad masonry ground floor.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale harmonizing with adjacent street-facing historic townhouses.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting sharp shadows from the cantilevers and window reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, bright, and texturally rich with the contrast between dark metal and weathered stone.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill site in Bath, UK, surrounded by historic stone-built residential architecture and mature trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approached from a historic street level, the building juxtaposes contemporary dark volumes with the vernacular stone fabric of Bath.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical standing-seam rhythm contrasted against random-coursed ashlar stonework below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual residential architecture
- Program
- Residential single-family home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture