Wellesley Residence
A residential facade precedent illustrating the successful juxtaposition of traditional painted brick with modern vertical wood cladding and a cantilevered second story.
- What we like about this project
- The central glass connector seamlessly bridges two completely different architectural expressions and wall materials.
Materials
- painted-brick
- wood-siding
- ashlar-stone
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- painted-brick
- timber-siding
- cantilevered-volume
- entry-canopy
Style tags
- contemporary-traditional
- transitional
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- modern-traditional
- material-contrast
- suburban
- articulated-massing
- Geometry
- Asymmetric composition balancing a traditional painted brick gable mass on the left against a cantilevered timber-clad volume on the right, linked by a recessed central glass and metal entryway.
- Facade system
- Combination of painted brick veneer, vertical tongue-and-groove wood siding, and ashlar stone blocks.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with steel support for the cantilevered upper volume.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, intimate entry sequence proportioned for human arrival.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sunlight casting sharp diagonal shadows across the entry canopy and highlighting the texture of the vertical wood and stone.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, welcoming, and crisp with clear material distinction between old and new wings.
- Environmental context
- Suburban residential setting with mature trees and manicured lawn edging the property.
- Spatial experience
- The approach moves from a landscaped lawn past low stone retaining walls into a protected, shaded entry threshold.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical wood panels contrasted with horizontal stone coursing and paired rectangular windows.
- Style reading
- Contemporary transitional residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residential home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- painted-brick, wood-siding, ashlar-stone, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- painted-brick, timber-siding, cantilevered-volume, entry-canopy
- Style tags
- contemporary-traditional, transitional, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, modern-traditional, material-contrast, suburban, articulated-massing
- Geometry
- Asymmetric composition balancing a traditional painted brick gable mass on the left against a cantilevered timber-clad volume on the right, linked by a recessed central glass and metal entryway.
- Facade system
- Combination of painted brick veneer, vertical tongue-and-groove wood siding, and ashlar stone blocks.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with steel support for the cantilevered upper volume.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, intimate entry sequence proportioned for human arrival.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sunlight casting sharp diagonal shadows across the entry canopy and highlighting the texture of the vertical wood and stone.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, welcoming, and crisp with clear material distinction between old and new wings.
- Environmental context
- Suburban residential setting with mature trees and manicured lawn edging the property.
- Spatial experience
- The approach moves from a landscaped lawn past low stone retaining walls into a protected, shaded entry threshold.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical wood panels contrasted with horizontal stone coursing and paired rectangular windows.
- Style reading
- Contemporary transitional residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residential home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture