Anderson Residence
A single-story residential facade precedent demonstrating the integration of a slender steel canopy and floor-to-ceiling glass to blur interior and exterior boundaries.
- What we like about this project
- Recessed ceiling downlights integrated flush into the thin canopy soffit accentuate the horizontal plane at dusk.
Materials
- concrete
- steel
- glass
- metal-panel
Visual identifiers
- projecting-canopy
- sliding-glass-walls
- horizontal-massing
- recessed-porch
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- modernist
Visual tags
- residential
- modern
- canopy
- indoor-outdoor
- low-profile
- Geometry
- Low-slung single-story rectangular volume punctuated by a linear recessed porch under a slender projecting canopy.
- Facade system
- Full-height sliding glass curtain wall set beneath a deep cantilevered steel and metal panel canopy.
- Structural guess
- Steel column and beam frame supporting a flat roof assembly with cantilevered overhang.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate single-family residential scale, emphasizing horizontal extension over vertical height.
- Lighting
- Golden hour sunlight catching the edge of the metal canopy and casting warm interior glows through full-height glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, emphasized by warm horizontal light layers and native planting.
- Environmental context
- Set against open landscape with wild low-lying vegetation in the immediate foreground under an expansive sky.
- Spatial experience
- The approach frames a sheltered outdoor threshold mediating between the natural landscape foreground and the interior living zones.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular columnar grid supporting the continuous fascia line above expansive glazed bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residence living area
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- concrete, steel, glass, metal-panel
- Visual identifiers
- projecting-canopy, sliding-glass-walls, horizontal-massing, recessed-porch
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, modernist
- Visual tags
- residential, modern, canopy, indoor-outdoor, low-profile
- Geometry
- Low-slung single-story rectangular volume punctuated by a linear recessed porch under a slender projecting canopy.
- Facade system
- Full-height sliding glass curtain wall set beneath a deep cantilevered steel and metal panel canopy.
- Structural guess
- Steel column and beam frame supporting a flat roof assembly with cantilevered overhang.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate single-family residential scale, emphasizing horizontal extension over vertical height.
- Lighting
- Golden hour sunlight catching the edge of the metal canopy and casting warm interior glows through full-height glazing.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, emphasized by warm horizontal light layers and native planting.
- Environmental context
- Set against open landscape with wild low-lying vegetation in the immediate foreground under an expansive sky.
- Spatial experience
- The approach frames a sheltered outdoor threshold mediating between the natural landscape foreground and the interior living zones.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular columnar grid supporting the continuous fascia line above expansive glazed bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residence living area
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture