ibis southwark extension (Copy) — VENTURI ARCHITECTS
An urban extension precedent demonstrating how contextual brick massing and vertical fenestration can mediate between historic walls and contemporary hospitality programs.
- What we like about this project
- The prominent corner volume floats above a glazed, column-supported ground level rather than grounding directly to the pavement.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- brick-facade
- vertical-recessed-bays
- ground-floor-colonnade
- urban-infill
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- brick
Visual tags
- contextual
- brickwork
- hotel
- urban-fabric
- massing
- Geometry
- An articulated multi-story brick volume featuring vertical recessed bays and a cantilevered corner over a transparent ground-floor colonnade.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or clad brick masonry with deeply recessed vertical window panels and structural ground-floor piers.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame with brick masonry cladding and upper setback terraces.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise urban infill scale relative to surrounding street boundaries and parked cars.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows across the brick facade and curved asphalt foreground.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, overcast urban morning with warm tones in the aged and new brickwork.
- Environmental context
- Urban street intersection framed by older brick boundary walls, mature trees, and neighboring mixed-scale structures.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the curving street, the building anchors the corner with a solid brick upper massing while opening up at grade.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical rhythm of tall, narrow window bays contrasting with the curved horizontal sweep of the foreground street.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual brick architecture
- Program
- Hotel extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- brick-facade, vertical-recessed-bays, ground-floor-colonnade, urban-infill
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, brick
- Visual tags
- contextual, brickwork, hotel, urban-fabric, massing
- Geometry
- An articulated multi-story brick volume featuring vertical recessed bays and a cantilevered corner over a transparent ground-floor colonnade.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or clad brick masonry with deeply recessed vertical window panels and structural ground-floor piers.
- Structural guess
- Steel or concrete frame with brick masonry cladding and upper setback terraces.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise urban infill scale relative to surrounding street boundaries and parked cars.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight casting soft shadows across the brick facade and curved asphalt foreground.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, overcast urban morning with warm tones in the aged and new brickwork.
- Environmental context
- Urban street intersection framed by older brick boundary walls, mature trees, and neighboring mixed-scale structures.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the curving street, the building anchors the corner with a solid brick upper massing while opening up at grade.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical rhythm of tall, narrow window bays contrasting with the curved horizontal sweep of the foreground street.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual brick architecture
- Program
- Hotel extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture