Street-level exterior view of a contemporary townhouse infill facade by
An urban residential infill precedent by Goldstein Heather demonstrating how pale brickwork and contemporary cast stone surrounds can harmonize with historic neighborhood streetscapes.
- What we like about this project
- The subtle step-back of the uppermost floor incorporates an expressive concrete or stone frieze that reinterprets traditional cornices.
Materials
- pale-brick
- precast-stone
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- pale-brick
- stone-surrounds
- urban-infill
- punched-windows
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- urban-context
- facade-design
- contextual-architecture
- streetscape
- Geometry
- An urban infill residential facade aligning with the street edge, stepping back at the upper floors to mediate with adjacent traditional townhouses.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing pale brickwork with precast stone framing around large glazed openings.
- Structural guess
- Masonry cavity wall construction with concrete or steel floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story residential scale matching neighboring Victorian and Edwardian urban housing.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight providing even illumination across the pale brick and stone facade elements with soft shadows in the reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, refined urban living integrated seamlessly into a historic residential context.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban streetscape flanked by mature trees and parked cars, integrating with older multi-story brick residential townhouses.
- Spatial experience
- The street frontage presents a finely crafted masonry facade that maintains the pedestrian-scaled rhythm of the historic neighborhood while offering contemporary window proportions.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical window alignments and projecting stone mullions echo the rhythm of adjacent townhouses.
- Style reading
- Contextual contemporary residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential or townhouse
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- pale-brick, precast-stone, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- pale-brick, stone-surrounds, urban-infill, punched-windows
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, urban-context, facade-design, contextual-architecture, streetscape
- Geometry
- An urban infill residential facade aligning with the street edge, stepping back at the upper floors to mediate with adjacent traditional townhouses.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing pale brickwork with precast stone framing around large glazed openings.
- Structural guess
- Masonry cavity wall construction with concrete or steel floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Four-story residential scale matching neighboring Victorian and Edwardian urban housing.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight providing even illumination across the pale brick and stone facade elements with soft shadows in the reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, refined urban living integrated seamlessly into a historic residential context.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban streetscape flanked by mature trees and parked cars, integrating with older multi-story brick residential townhouses.
- Spatial experience
- The street frontage presents a finely crafted masonry facade that maintains the pedestrian-scaled rhythm of the historic neighborhood while offering contemporary window proportions.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical window alignments and projecting stone mullions echo the rhythm of adjacent townhouses.
- Style reading
- Contextual contemporary residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential or townhouse
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture