Beach House
A coastal residential precedent by MorenoMasey featuring gabled pavilions and expansive glazing oriented directly toward the ocean.
- What we like about this project
- The central lower veranda creates an uninterrupted horizontal porch linking distinct gabled volumes.
Materials
- stucco
- metal
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- beachfront-residence
- gabled-pavilion
- standing-seam-metal-roof
- coastal-glazing
Style tags
- contemporary
- coastal
- tropical
- vernacular-modern
Visual tags
- coastal
- tropical
- residential
- beach-house
- daylight
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical gabled pavilion volumes connected by a lower horizontal living wing, elevated slightly above sand level on a low retaining wall.
- Facade system
- Stucco walls with floor-to-ceiling glass openings and protected second-floor balconies.
- Structural guess
- Concrete masonry or timber frame with steel roof trusses.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, stretching horizontally along the coastline.
- Lighting
- Bright midday tropical sunlight casting crisp highlights on the metal roof and casting soft shades underneath the veranda overhang.
- Atmosphere
- Sunny, breezy, and serene tropical retreat atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Coastal beachfront site with white sand, turquoise water in the foreground, and mature palm trees framing the house.
- Spatial experience
- The building sits right at the edge of the coastal landscape, opening wide glazed expanses directly toward the water and horizon.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window panes and structural bays balanced by a strong horizontal roofline and boundary wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical coastal architecture
- Program
- Coastal residential beach house
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, metal, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- beachfront-residence, gabled-pavilion, standing-seam-metal-roof, coastal-glazing
- Style tags
- contemporary, coastal, tropical, vernacular-modern
- Visual tags
- coastal, tropical, residential, beach-house, daylight
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical gabled pavilion volumes connected by a lower horizontal living wing, elevated slightly above sand level on a low retaining wall.
- Facade system
- Stucco walls with floor-to-ceiling glass openings and protected second-floor balconies.
- Structural guess
- Concrete masonry or timber frame with steel roof trusses.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, stretching horizontally along the coastline.
- Lighting
- Bright midday tropical sunlight casting crisp highlights on the metal roof and casting soft shades underneath the veranda overhang.
- Atmosphere
- Sunny, breezy, and serene tropical retreat atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Coastal beachfront site with white sand, turquoise water in the foreground, and mature palm trees framing the house.
- Spatial experience
- The building sits right at the edge of the coastal landscape, opening wide glazed expanses directly toward the water and horizon.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window panes and structural bays balanced by a strong horizontal roofline and boundary wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary tropical coastal architecture
- Program
- Coastal residential beach house
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture