Bristol House
2020
An exterior residential precedent showing how a low-slung brick volume integrates with a garden terrace through timber framing and expansive glazing.
- What we like about this project
- The timber pergola extends seamlessly from the single-story brick facade, bridging indoor and outdoor living realms.
Materials
- brick
- timber
- glass
- aluminum
- stone
Visual identifiers
- yellow-brick-facade
- timber-pergola
- corner-glazing
- garden-terrace
Style tags
- contemporary
- vernacular
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- suburban
- brick-architecture
- outdoor-living
- glazed-façade
- landscaped
- Geometry
- Low-slung orthogonal brick volumes step across the site, punctuated by large corner glazing and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass walls framed by an external timber pergola.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick masonry paired with full-height aluminum-framed sliding glass doors and corner windows.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing brickwork with steel or timber lintels supporting upper floor and roof loads.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential architecture, two stories at its highest massing with a single-story wing extending into the garden.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sun with soft cloud cover casting gentle shadows and highlighting the warm texture of the brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, serene, and grounded in natural materials and soft garden light.
- Environmental context
- Suburban garden setting with mature trees, extensive planting beds, and paved stone patio areas.
- Spatial experience
- Moving from the textured foreground terrace under the timber pergola creates a transition into the continuous glass-walled living spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- The structural bays of the timber pergola establish a repeating vertical rhythm that anchors the horizontal brick massing.
- Style reading
- Contemporary vernacular residential
- Program
- Single-family residential living space opening to a rear garden
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, timber, glass, aluminum, stone
- Visual identifiers
- yellow-brick-facade, timber-pergola, corner-glazing, garden-terrace
- Style tags
- contemporary, vernacular, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, suburban, brick-architecture, outdoor-living, glazed-façade, landscaped
- Geometry
- Low-slung orthogonal brick volumes step across the site, punctuated by large corner glazing and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass walls framed by an external timber pergola.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick masonry paired with full-height aluminum-framed sliding glass doors and corner windows.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing brickwork with steel or timber lintels supporting upper floor and roof loads.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential architecture, two stories at its highest massing with a single-story wing extending into the garden.
- Lighting
- Bright daytime sun with soft cloud cover casting gentle shadows and highlighting the warm texture of the brickwork.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, serene, and grounded in natural materials and soft garden light.
- Environmental context
- Suburban garden setting with mature trees, extensive planting beds, and paved stone patio areas.
- Spatial experience
- Moving from the textured foreground terrace under the timber pergola creates a transition into the continuous glass-walled living spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- The structural bays of the timber pergola establish a repeating vertical rhythm that anchors the horizontal brick massing.
- Style reading
- Contemporary vernacular residential
- Program
- Single-family residential living space opening to a rear garden
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture