Horst Architects
A coastal residential precedent showcasing low horizontal roof planes and layered stone thresholds designed to frame open ocean views.
- What we like about this project
- The stark white horizontal fascia starkly contrasts the richly textured pink sunset cloud pattern above.
Materials
- timber
- stone
- glass
- asphalt
Visual identifiers
- horizontal-planes
- cantilevered-roof
- stone-retaining-wall
- ocean-view
Style tags
- contemporary
- modernist
- minimalist
Visual tags
- coastal
- modernist
- low-slung
- residential
- planar
- Geometry
- Low-slung horizontal composition featuring stacked planar elements, a cantilevered roofline, and a foreground stone retaining wall.
- Facade system
- Combination of vertical wood cladding, large sliding glass panels, and solid stone wall assemblies.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with planar wood and stone infill panels.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled single-story residential volume.
- Lighting
- Soft, warm sunset lighting casting long shadows across the planar facade under a textured pink cloudscape.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and atmospheric, dominated by the warm glow of coastal dusk against clean architectural lines.
- Environmental context
- Coastal site with a distant ocean horizon and a sloped foreground approach.
- Spatial experience
- The layered threshold transitions from asphalt and lawn up through a stone wall plane into an open-air living volume overlooking the sea.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification balanced by dark vertical structural posts and artwork frames.
- Style reading
- Contemporary coastal modernist
- Program
- Coastal residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, stone, glass, asphalt
- Visual identifiers
- horizontal-planes, cantilevered-roof, stone-retaining-wall, ocean-view
- Style tags
- contemporary, modernist, minimalist
- Visual tags
- coastal, modernist, low-slung, residential, planar
- Geometry
- Low-slung horizontal composition featuring stacked planar elements, a cantilevered roofline, and a foreground stone retaining wall.
- Facade system
- Combination of vertical wood cladding, large sliding glass panels, and solid stone wall assemblies.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with planar wood and stone infill panels.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled single-story residential volume.
- Lighting
- Soft, warm sunset lighting casting long shadows across the planar facade under a textured pink cloudscape.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and atmospheric, dominated by the warm glow of coastal dusk against clean architectural lines.
- Environmental context
- Coastal site with a distant ocean horizon and a sloped foreground approach.
- Spatial experience
- The layered threshold transitions from asphalt and lawn up through a stone wall plane into an open-air living volume overlooking the sea.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification balanced by dark vertical structural posts and artwork frames.
- Style reading
- Contemporary coastal modernist
- Program
- Coastal residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture