Brent Cross
An exterior street and park view of multi-story brick apartment blocks by Maccreanor Lavington, demonstrating articulated bay facades and contextual neighborhood planning.
- What we like about this project
- Subtle variation in brick tones and coursing defines different building volumes within the complex.
Materials
- brick
- glass
- metal
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- brick-facade
- bay-windows
- recessed-balconies
- step-back-roofline
- residential-block
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- brick-architecture
- residential
Visual tags
- urban-housing
- brick-architecture
- landscaped-courtyard
- mid-rise
- public-realm
- Geometry
- Stacked multi-story brick residential volumes featuring articulated bays, step-backs at upper levels, and inset balconies.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or framed brick veneer wall with punched glazing and inset metal balconies.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame with masonry exterior cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Medium-rise apartment blocks, approximately 6 to 8 stories, framing a neighborhood park.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting crisp shadows across the brick facades and landscape foliage.
- Atmosphere
- Sunny, pleasant, and established neighborhood atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential development set around a green public park with immature trees and paths.
- Spatial experience
- The park foreground transitions smoothly into the apartment courtyards, creating a human-scaled neighborhood public realm.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical window piers and projecting bays alternating across the solid brick planes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual urban housing
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing development
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, glass, metal, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- brick-facade, bay-windows, recessed-balconies, step-back-roofline, residential-block
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, brick-architecture, residential
- Visual tags
- urban-housing, brick-architecture, landscaped-courtyard, mid-rise, public-realm
- Geometry
- Stacked multi-story brick residential volumes featuring articulated bays, step-backs at upper levels, and inset balconies.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or framed brick veneer wall with punched glazing and inset metal balconies.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame with masonry exterior cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Medium-rise apartment blocks, approximately 6 to 8 stories, framing a neighborhood park.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting crisp shadows across the brick facades and landscape foliage.
- Atmosphere
- Sunny, pleasant, and established neighborhood atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential development set around a green public park with immature trees and paths.
- Spatial experience
- The park foreground transitions smoothly into the apartment courtyards, creating a human-scaled neighborhood public realm.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical window piers and projecting bays alternating across the solid brick planes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual urban housing
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing development
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture