Winter House Rolleston-on-Dove, staffordshire
Photo · Daniel Hopkinson
A residential exterior precedent demonstrating the visual lightness of floor-to-ceiling glazing paired with a heavy, dark fascia panel system.
- What we like about this project
- The upper dark volume appears to float effortlessly on completely frameless-looking glass corners.
Materials
- dark-metal
- glass
- concrete
- gravel
- timber
Visual identifiers
- dark-metal-cladding
- floor-to-ceiling-glass
- flat-roof-overhang
- transparent-ground-level
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- modern-residential
Visual tags
- residential
- pavilion
- indoor-outdoor
- minimalist
- glazing
- Geometry
- Low-slung orthogonal volumes featuring a heavy dark upper parapet line resting on a continuous glazed ground story, creating a sharp contrast between solid and transparent planes.
- Facade system
- Dark metal panel rainscreen fascia over floor-to-ceiling structural glass curtain wall.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab with lightweight upper parapet construction carrying floor-to-ceiling glass below.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story living pavilion scale, intimate residential height.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting clean, sharp shadows under the dark fascia; soft reflections on the floor-to-ceiling glass panes.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, clean, and open, balancing monolithic dark masses with bright, expansive transparency.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural property perimeter featuring mature deciduous trees and carefully manicured lawn and gravel hardscape.
- Spatial experience
- The deep roof overhang and perimeter glass dissolve the boundary between the open interior living zones and the surrounding gravel and lawn landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical panel seams along the dark upper fascia establish a steady horizontal rhythm above the clear glass bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist residential pavilion
- Program
- Residential living pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- dark-metal, glass, concrete, gravel, timber
- Visual identifiers
- dark-metal-cladding, floor-to-ceiling-glass, flat-roof-overhang, transparent-ground-level
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, modern-residential
- Visual tags
- residential, pavilion, indoor-outdoor, minimalist, glazing
- Geometry
- Low-slung orthogonal volumes featuring a heavy dark upper parapet line resting on a continuous glazed ground story, creating a sharp contrast between solid and transparent planes.
- Facade system
- Dark metal panel rainscreen fascia over floor-to-ceiling structural glass curtain wall.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame or concrete slab with lightweight upper parapet construction carrying floor-to-ceiling glass below.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story living pavilion scale, intimate residential height.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting clean, sharp shadows under the dark fascia; soft reflections on the floor-to-ceiling glass panes.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, clean, and open, balancing monolithic dark masses with bright, expansive transparency.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural property perimeter featuring mature deciduous trees and carefully manicured lawn and gravel hardscape.
- Spatial experience
- The deep roof overhang and perimeter glass dissolve the boundary between the open interior living zones and the surrounding gravel and lawn landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical panel seams along the dark upper fascia establish a steady horizontal rhythm above the clear glass bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist residential pavilion
- Program
- Residential living pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture