Second Home Hollywood
An exterior entrance precedent combining classical revival detailing with coursed stone and lush tropical planting, useful for eclectic adaptive-reuse studies.
- What we like about this project
- A glowing modern neon sign reading 'SECOND HOME' directly juxtaposes classical broken pediment trim.
Materials
- stone
- wood
- brick
- glass
- neon
Visual identifiers
- coursed-stone
- broken-pediment
- paneled-double-doors
- covered-brick-walkway
- neon-sign
Style tags
- historicist
- eclectic
- traditional-detailing
Visual tags
- historicist
- entrance
- adaptive-reuse
- eclectic
- facade
- Geometry
- A recessed entryway framed by classical white wood trim, a broken pediment over double doors, and flanking multi-pane vertical windows set within a coursed stone wall.
- Facade system
- Coursed ashlar stone veneer wall with painted wood classical door and window surrounds.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry with a covered porch overhang.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled commercial or club entrance, roughly single-story with a deep overhang.
- Lighting
- Bright direct sunlight casting dappled leaf shadows across the white woodwork and stone facade.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, welcoming, and slightly tropical with filtered sunlight and playful contrast from modern neon.
- Environmental context
- Subtropical lush planting, including bamboo and palm fronds, frames the entrance alongside a neon sign.
- Spatial experience
- The approach moves from an open, shaded colonnade along a narrow red brick path, creating a domestic yet institutional threshold.
- Composition rhythm
- Symmetrical central doorway balanced by flanking tall windows and structural columns.
- Style reading
- Eclectic historicist revival with contemporary playful signage
- Program
- Club or creative workspace entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stone, wood, brick, glass, neon
- Visual identifiers
- coursed-stone, broken-pediment, paneled-double-doors, covered-brick-walkway, neon-sign
- Style tags
- historicist, eclectic, traditional-detailing
- Visual tags
- historicist, entrance, adaptive-reuse, eclectic, facade
- Geometry
- A recessed entryway framed by classical white wood trim, a broken pediment over double doors, and flanking multi-pane vertical windows set within a coursed stone wall.
- Facade system
- Coursed ashlar stone veneer wall with painted wood classical door and window surrounds.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry with a covered porch overhang.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled commercial or club entrance, roughly single-story with a deep overhang.
- Lighting
- Bright direct sunlight casting dappled leaf shadows across the white woodwork and stone facade.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, welcoming, and slightly tropical with filtered sunlight and playful contrast from modern neon.
- Environmental context
- Subtropical lush planting, including bamboo and palm fronds, frames the entrance alongside a neon sign.
- Spatial experience
- The approach moves from an open, shaded colonnade along a narrow red brick path, creating a domestic yet institutional threshold.
- Composition rhythm
- Symmetrical central doorway balanced by flanking tall windows and structural columns.
- Style reading
- Eclectic historicist revival with contemporary playful signage
- Program
- Club or creative workspace entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture