Brentford Masterplan
An exterior residential precedent demonstrating how cantilevered dark metal balconies and arched masonry openings interface with lush courtyard landscaping.
- What we like about this project
- Foreground foliage frames the lower courtyard while framing the monumental stacked balconies above.
Materials
- brick
- metal
- glass
- corten-steel
- pavers
Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-balconies
- brick-facade
- arched-openings
- courtyard-landscaping
Style tags
- contemporary
- brick
- contextual
- residential
Visual tags
- residential-block
- brick-architecture
- balconies
- landscape-integration
- urban-housing
- Geometry
- An orthogonal multistory brick volume features a regular grid of recessed arched openings paired with protruding, cantilevered dark metal balconies.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or masonry-clad framed wall with punched arched window openings and expressed cantilevered steel balconies.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or masonry bearing wall with steel balcony structures anchored back to the slab.
- Spatial scale
- Six-to-seven-story residential scale, experienced from a pedestrian courtyard level.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting crisp shadows from foliage and balcony railings onto the brick facade and paved path.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and verdant, balancing heavy industrial-toned balconies with soft natural landscape.
- Environmental context
- A dense urban residential courtyard surrounded by multi-story brick apartment blocks and abundant native plantings.
- Spatial experience
- A landscaped garden path moves toward the base of the residential block, creating a strong transition from natural foliage to masonry architecture.
- Composition rhythm
- Stacked vertical balcony modules create a rhythmic grid pattern against the repeating arched facade bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban brick residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing development
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, metal, glass, corten-steel, pavers
- Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-balconies, brick-facade, arched-openings, courtyard-landscaping
- Style tags
- contemporary, brick, contextual, residential
- Visual tags
- residential-block, brick-architecture, balconies, landscape-integration, urban-housing
- Geometry
- An orthogonal multistory brick volume features a regular grid of recessed arched openings paired with protruding, cantilevered dark metal balconies.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or masonry-clad framed wall with punched arched window openings and expressed cantilevered steel balconies.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or masonry bearing wall with steel balcony structures anchored back to the slab.
- Spatial scale
- Six-to-seven-story residential scale, experienced from a pedestrian courtyard level.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sunlight casting crisp shadows from foliage and balcony railings onto the brick facade and paved path.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and verdant, balancing heavy industrial-toned balconies with soft natural landscape.
- Environmental context
- A dense urban residential courtyard surrounded by multi-story brick apartment blocks and abundant native plantings.
- Spatial experience
- A landscaped garden path moves toward the base of the residential block, creating a strong transition from natural foliage to masonry architecture.
- Composition rhythm
- Stacked vertical balcony modules create a rhythmic grid pattern against the repeating arched facade bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban brick residential architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential housing development
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture