The Bays, Lavenham
An exterior facade precedent of a traditional single-storey brick bungalow with textured tile roofing and an asphalt driveway forecourt.
- What we like about this project
- Textured moss buildup on the ridge tiles contrasts with the crisp white window frames.
Materials
- brick
- clay-tile
- glass
- wrought-iron
Visual identifiers
- brick-facade
- pitched-tile-roof
- paved-forecourt
- chimney
Style tags
- vernacular
- residential
- traditional
Visual tags
- residential
- bungalow
- suburban
- traditional-materials
- Geometry
- Low-slung single-storey gabled volume with an adjacent connecting wing and courtyard-facing entry.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick masonry wall with punched white-framed windows.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry walls with timber roof trusses.
- Spatial scale
- Single-family residential scale, modest domestic height with a low-pitch roofline.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight under a clear blue sky, casting sharp shadows on the brickwork and roof.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, sunny rural residential atmosphere with crisp shadows and aged tile mossing.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural property setting with adjacent paved driveway and neighboring outbuilding structures.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across an open paved forecourt enclosed by a low brick wall and wrought iron gate.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical window and door placement along a horizontal brick datum.
- Style reading
- Vernacular-inspired residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, clay-tile, glass, wrought-iron
- Visual identifiers
- brick-facade, pitched-tile-roof, paved-forecourt, chimney
- Style tags
- vernacular, residential, traditional
- Visual tags
- residential, bungalow, suburban, traditional-materials
- Geometry
- Low-slung single-storey gabled volume with an adjacent connecting wing and courtyard-facing entry.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing brick masonry wall with punched white-framed windows.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry walls with timber roof trusses.
- Spatial scale
- Single-family residential scale, modest domestic height with a low-pitch roofline.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight under a clear blue sky, casting sharp shadows on the brickwork and roof.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, sunny rural residential atmosphere with crisp shadows and aged tile mossing.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural property setting with adjacent paved driveway and neighboring outbuilding structures.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across an open paved forecourt enclosed by a low brick wall and wrought iron gate.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical window and door placement along a horizontal brick datum.
- Style reading
- Vernacular-inspired residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture