Contemporary infill house facade with light brick and cantilevered
An exterior facade precedent showing a contemporary residential infill design that successfully negotiates scale and materiality with traditional neighbors via stacked brick and cantilevered glazing.
- What we like about this project
- The ground-floor glass bay wraps seamlessly around the corner to blur the boundary of the entryway.
Materials
- light-brick
- glass
- metal
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-glass-box
- light-stacked-brick
- recessed-balcony
- infill-architecture
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- urban-residential
Visual tags
- residential
- contemporary
- infill
- facade-composition
- glazed-bay
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical multi-story facade stepping back at upper levels, integrating cantilevered glazed bays with solid stacked-brick planes.
- Facade system
- Stacked thin brick cladding combined with curtain wall glazing and metal-trimmed cantilevered frames.
- Structural guess
- Steel or reinforced concrete frame supporting cantilevered floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story residential scale matching the height tier of adjacent neighborhood context.
- Lighting
- Diffused soft daylight casting gentle shadows across the light-toned masonry and glass surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, orderly, and well-integrated into the established suburban street fabric.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or urban residential street context, sitting adjacent to traditional pitched-roof masonry houses.
- Spatial experience
- From the street, the building presents a layered rhythm of projecting glass boxes and recessed terraces that soften the transition between public sidewalk and private interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical vertical layering with alternating solid masonry columns and transparent projecting volumes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential infill
- Program
- Multi-family or single-family residential townhouse
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- light-brick, glass, metal, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-glass-box, light-stacked-brick, recessed-balcony, infill-architecture
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, urban-residential
- Visual tags
- residential, contemporary, infill, facade-composition, glazed-bay
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical multi-story facade stepping back at upper levels, integrating cantilevered glazed bays with solid stacked-brick planes.
- Facade system
- Stacked thin brick cladding combined with curtain wall glazing and metal-trimmed cantilevered frames.
- Structural guess
- Steel or reinforced concrete frame supporting cantilevered floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Three-story residential scale matching the height tier of adjacent neighborhood context.
- Lighting
- Diffused soft daylight casting gentle shadows across the light-toned masonry and glass surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, orderly, and well-integrated into the established suburban street fabric.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or urban residential street context, sitting adjacent to traditional pitched-roof masonry houses.
- Spatial experience
- From the street, the building presents a layered rhythm of projecting glass boxes and recessed terraces that soften the transition between public sidewalk and private interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical vertical layering with alternating solid masonry columns and transparent projecting volumes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential infill
- Program
- Multi-family or single-family residential townhouse
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture