Small Scale
A contemporary residential facade utilizing dark panel cladding and warm wood soffits contrasted against white stucco massing.
- What we like about this project
- Warm timber lining deeply recessed into the dark upper volume, drawing the eye to the protected balcony.
Materials
- dark-composite-panel
- stucco
- wood
- glass
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- dark-panel-cladding
- recessed-balcony
- cantilevered-volume
- wood-soffit
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- modern
Visual tags
- modern-residential
- contrast-facade
- cantilever
- material-contrast
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical orthogonal volumes with a prominent cantilevered dark box projecting over a white stucco ground floor.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen panel system on upper volume with smooth stucco on lower walls.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with steel moment frame supporting upper cantilever.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale with human-scaled entry and garage proportioning.
- Lighting
- Twilight or overcast ambient light, augmented by warm downlights washing the ground floor stucco.
- Atmosphere
- Sleek and composed dusk atmosphere softened by warm interior and architectural lighting.
- Environmental context
- Suburban residential setting with low-slung native landscaping and concrete driveway pavers.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the concrete driveway, the layered facade creates a sense of depth through recessed balconies and contrasting material planes.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal and vertical alignments defined by panel joints and window openings framing the upper balcony.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist residential
- Program
- Single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- dark-composite-panel, stucco, wood, glass, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- dark-panel-cladding, recessed-balcony, cantilevered-volume, wood-soffit
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, modern
- Visual tags
- modern-residential, contrast-facade, cantilever, material-contrast
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical orthogonal volumes with a prominent cantilevered dark box projecting over a white stucco ground floor.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen panel system on upper volume with smooth stucco on lower walls.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with steel moment frame supporting upper cantilever.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale with human-scaled entry and garage proportioning.
- Lighting
- Twilight or overcast ambient light, augmented by warm downlights washing the ground floor stucco.
- Atmosphere
- Sleek and composed dusk atmosphere softened by warm interior and architectural lighting.
- Environmental context
- Suburban residential setting with low-slung native landscaping and concrete driveway pavers.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the concrete driveway, the layered facade creates a sense of depth through recessed balconies and contrasting material planes.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal and vertical alignments defined by panel joints and window openings framing the upper balcony.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist residential
- Program
- Single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture