La Jolla
An exterior street-facing view of a contemporary desert residence balancing vertical wood-slat upper volumes with painted brick and integrated garage doors.
- What we like about this project
- The central louvered bridge screen partially masks the upper level interior while filtering light into the entry corridor.
Materials
- wood
- painted-brick
- glass
- metal
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- vertical-timber-cladding
- white-painted-brick
- horizontal-louvered-screen
- flat-roof-volumes
Style tags
- modern
- contemporary
- warm-minimalism
Visual tags
- residential
- contemporary-modern
- desert-architecture
- wood-facade
- suburban-house
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical two-story volumes with flat roofs, connected by a recessed central entry bridge screened by horizontal timber louvers.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen vertical wood siding over upper level framing and painted masonry on ground floor.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction over masonry/concrete ground floor.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale with double garage bays and human-scaled entry portal.
- Lighting
- Bright direct sunlight casting sharp shadows from overhangs and framing elements, highlighting vertical slat textures.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, clean, and arid with an inviting residential presence.
- Environmental context
- Suburban desert environment with native landscaping, cacti, and clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the paved forecourt, the architecture presents a solid yet welcoming rhythm of warm timber masses anchored by white painted masonry.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical timber slats on the upper volumes paired with regular rectangular garage openings below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary desert modernism
- Program
- Single-family residential
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, painted-brick, glass, metal, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-timber-cladding, white-painted-brick, horizontal-louvered-screen, flat-roof-volumes
- Style tags
- modern, contemporary, warm-minimalism
- Visual tags
- residential, contemporary-modern, desert-architecture, wood-facade, suburban-house
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical two-story volumes with flat roofs, connected by a recessed central entry bridge screened by horizontal timber louvers.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen vertical wood siding over upper level framing and painted masonry on ground floor.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction over masonry/concrete ground floor.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale with double garage bays and human-scaled entry portal.
- Lighting
- Bright direct sunlight casting sharp shadows from overhangs and framing elements, highlighting vertical slat textures.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, clean, and arid with an inviting residential presence.
- Environmental context
- Suburban desert environment with native landscaping, cacti, and clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the paved forecourt, the architecture presents a solid yet welcoming rhythm of warm timber masses anchored by white painted masonry.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical timber slats on the upper volumes paired with regular rectangular garage openings below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary desert modernism
- Program
- Single-family residential
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture