Laurel Hills Residence
A residential courtyard precedent showcasing the interplay between dark roof fascias, vertical timber cladding, and gravel landscaping.
- What we like about this project
- The seamless transition of indoor ceiling lighting extending outwards onto the protected exterior soffit.
Materials
- wood
- glass
- dark-metal
- gravel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- vertical-wood-siding
- dark-metal-roofline
- olive-tree-courtyard
- sliding-glass-walls
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern
- minimalist
- warm-minimal
Visual tags
- residential
- modern
- courtyard
- indoor-outdoor
- warm-lighting
- Geometry
- Low-slung horizontal massing with flat and gently sloped dark roofs, featuring expansive sliding glass walls and deep wood-clad recesses.
- Facade system
- Combination of full-height glass curtain walls, sliding glass doors, and vertical wood plank rainscreen siding.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam construction with wood framing and large steel headers supporting the glazed openings.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale, intimate courtyard proportions.
- Lighting
- Dusk or twilight lighting, with warm interior recessed lights contrasting against the cool ambient evening sky.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, welcoming twilight atmosphere bridging interior warmth with natural landscaping.
- Environmental context
- Suburban setting featuring mature olive trees, gravel ground cover, and native grasses in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The approach transitions from an open gravel courtyard framed by olive trees into warm, illuminated interior spaces visible through large openings.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical composition balanced by the large olive tree in the foreground and the rhythm of vertical wood slats.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modern residential
- Program
- Residential single-family home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, glass, dark-metal, gravel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-wood-siding, dark-metal-roofline, olive-tree-courtyard, sliding-glass-walls
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern, minimalist, warm-minimal
- Visual tags
- residential, modern, courtyard, indoor-outdoor, warm-lighting
- Geometry
- Low-slung horizontal massing with flat and gently sloped dark roofs, featuring expansive sliding glass walls and deep wood-clad recesses.
- Facade system
- Combination of full-height glass curtain walls, sliding glass doors, and vertical wood plank rainscreen siding.
- Structural guess
- Post-and-beam construction with wood framing and large steel headers supporting the glazed openings.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale, intimate courtyard proportions.
- Lighting
- Dusk or twilight lighting, with warm interior recessed lights contrasting against the cool ambient evening sky.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, welcoming twilight atmosphere bridging interior warmth with natural landscaping.
- Environmental context
- Suburban setting featuring mature olive trees, gravel ground cover, and native grasses in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The approach transitions from an open gravel courtyard framed by olive trees into warm, illuminated interior spaces visible through large openings.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical composition balanced by the large olive tree in the foreground and the rhythm of vertical wood slats.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modern residential
- Program
- Residential single-family home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture