Project Management
A rear residential elevation precedent combining a faceted brick bay window with an external metal escape stair for seamless garden integration.
- What we like about this project
- The slender angled corner piers of the faceted bay maintain masonry continuity without heavy columns.
Materials
- buff-brick
- black-metal
- glass
- timber-handrail
Visual identifiers
- faceted-bay
- brick-facade
- external-staircase
- black-metal-framing
Style tags
- contemporary
- residential
- contextual
Visual tags
- residential-extension
- brickwork
- garden-connection
- contemporary-traditional
- Geometry
- Multi-tiered masonry rear elevation featuring a two-story faceted projecting bay on the left and an external metal staircase leading to an upper terrace on the right.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing buff brickwork with large punched openings and black-framed metal casement glazing.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry with steel reinforcement for large glazed openings.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential rear extension at domestic scale.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows across the brickwork and framing elements.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, sunlit domestic rear facade framed by lush greenery.
- Environmental context
- Lush garden foreground with mature foliage framing the lower portion of the rear elevation.
- Spatial experience
- The faceted bay and tall glazing dissolve the barrier between the garden and the interior, while the exterior stair connects garden level directly to upper outdoor spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical massing balanced by vertical black window frames and rainwater pipes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary traditional residential architecture
- Program
- Residential rear extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- buff-brick, black-metal, glass, timber-handrail
- Visual identifiers
- faceted-bay, brick-facade, external-staircase, black-metal-framing
- Style tags
- contemporary, residential, contextual
- Visual tags
- residential-extension, brickwork, garden-connection, contemporary-traditional
- Geometry
- Multi-tiered masonry rear elevation featuring a two-story faceted projecting bay on the left and an external metal staircase leading to an upper terrace on the right.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing buff brickwork with large punched openings and black-framed metal casement glazing.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry with steel reinforcement for large glazed openings.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential rear extension at domestic scale.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows across the brickwork and framing elements.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, sunlit domestic rear facade framed by lush greenery.
- Environmental context
- Lush garden foreground with mature foliage framing the lower portion of the rear elevation.
- Spatial experience
- The faceted bay and tall glazing dissolve the barrier between the garden and the interior, while the exterior stair connects garden level directly to upper outdoor spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical massing balanced by vertical black window frames and rainwater pipes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary traditional residential architecture
- Program
- Residential rear extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture