A contemporary glass and dark metal pavilion set atop a rugged
An architectural precedent demonstrating how a lightweight glass pavilion extension can sit atop a heavy local stone base to mediate between modern amenity and historic vernacular contexts.
- What we like about this project
- The crisp modern geometry of the glass pavilion directly abuts a traditional Victorian-style white masonry structure with decorative gables.
Materials
- dry-stone
- glass
- dark-metal
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- dry-stone-masonry
- glass-pavilion
- metal-framing
- terrace-balustrade
Style tags
- contemporary
- regionalist
- vernacular-hybrid
Visual tags
- contemporary-addition
- regionalist
- stone-wall
- glazing
- resort
- Geometry
- A heavy, battered-stone base supports a light, rectilinear glass-and-metal pavilion with a continuous flat roof parapet.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall structural glazing on upper level combined with traditional dry-stone cladding on ground level.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame supporting the upper glass volume, bearing on structural stone masonry below.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story scale; human height is referenced by the ground-level planters and glass railing height.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight illuminates the upper facade, casting soft shadows beneath the deep overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Grounded and transparent, balancing heavy rustic texture with clean modern lightness.
- Environmental context
- A sloping rural or resort hillside setting surrounded by dense deciduous trees and historic vernacular architecture.
- Spatial experience
- The lower masonry grounds the building into the slope, while the upper glazed volume opens up expansive views outward onto a terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical structural mullions on the upper floor create a steady rhythm above the monolithic horizontal stone base.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist extension
- Program
- Hotel or hospitality dining room extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- dry-stone, glass, dark-metal, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- dry-stone-masonry, glass-pavilion, metal-framing, terrace-balustrade
- Style tags
- contemporary, regionalist, vernacular-hybrid
- Visual tags
- contemporary-addition, regionalist, stone-wall, glazing, resort
- Geometry
- A heavy, battered-stone base supports a light, rectilinear glass-and-metal pavilion with a continuous flat roof parapet.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall structural glazing on upper level combined with traditional dry-stone cladding on ground level.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame supporting the upper glass volume, bearing on structural stone masonry below.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story scale; human height is referenced by the ground-level planters and glass railing height.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight illuminates the upper facade, casting soft shadows beneath the deep overhangs.
- Atmosphere
- Grounded and transparent, balancing heavy rustic texture with clean modern lightness.
- Environmental context
- A sloping rural or resort hillside setting surrounded by dense deciduous trees and historic vernacular architecture.
- Spatial experience
- The lower masonry grounds the building into the slope, while the upper glazed volume opens up expansive views outward onto a terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical structural mullions on the upper floor create a steady rhythm above the monolithic horizontal stone base.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist extension
- Program
- Hotel or hospitality dining room extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture