Borland Street
An exterior street-facing view of a contemporary suburban residence by Stern McCafferty, showcasing a textured board-formed concrete retaining wall, terraced planting, and warm wood cladding.
- What we like about this project
- The elevated front porch is shaded by a delicate steel canopy and trellis structure that visually extends the roofline.
Materials
- wood
- concrete
- steel
- glass
Visual identifiers
- wood-siding
- concrete-retaining-wall
- entry-staircase
- punched-windows
- steel-trellis
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern
- regional-modern
Visual tags
- residential
- contemporary
- suburban
- facade
- landscaped-approach
- warm-lighting
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical two-story volume set back behind an elevated terraced landscape bed; upper floor features linear wood cladding with vertically proportioned punched windows, while the ground level sits over a lower garage and concrete retaining wall.
- Facade system
- Vertical wood plank rainscreen with punched aluminum-clad windows over a cast-in-place concrete foundation wall.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction over concrete foundation/garage basement.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale; human scale emphasized by the entry stair, low retaining wall, and framed front door.
- Lighting
- Twilight or overcast ambient light complemented by warm interior illumination glowing through windows and step lights along the entry stair.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting and grounded, with warm interior lighting contrasting against the cool twilight exterior.
- Environmental context
- Suburban residential street edge with mature trees framing the front yard and neighboring properties.
- Spatial experience
- Approach moves from the sidewalk across a low retaining wall, up an illuminated outdoor staircase, and underneath a linear steel trellis leading to the main glass-paneled entry door.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification created by the concrete retaining wall, terraced grasses, and continuous upper wood volume, punctuated by vertical window alignments.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernism
- Program
- Single-family residential
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, concrete, steel, glass
- Visual identifiers
- wood-siding, concrete-retaining-wall, entry-staircase, punched-windows, steel-trellis
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern, regional-modern
- Visual tags
- residential, contemporary, suburban, facade, landscaped-approach, warm-lighting
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical two-story volume set back behind an elevated terraced landscape bed; upper floor features linear wood cladding with vertically proportioned punched windows, while the ground level sits over a lower garage and concrete retaining wall.
- Facade system
- Vertical wood plank rainscreen with punched aluminum-clad windows over a cast-in-place concrete foundation wall.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction over concrete foundation/garage basement.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale; human scale emphasized by the entry stair, low retaining wall, and framed front door.
- Lighting
- Twilight or overcast ambient light complemented by warm interior illumination glowing through windows and step lights along the entry stair.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting and grounded, with warm interior lighting contrasting against the cool twilight exterior.
- Environmental context
- Suburban residential street edge with mature trees framing the front yard and neighboring properties.
- Spatial experience
- Approach moves from the sidewalk across a low retaining wall, up an illuminated outdoor staircase, and underneath a linear steel trellis leading to the main glass-paneled entry door.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification created by the concrete retaining wall, terraced grasses, and continuous upper wood volume, punctuated by vertical window alignments.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernism
- Program
- Single-family residential
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture