Sherman Oaks Modern Addition
A residential exterior precedent combining vertical timber cladding, dark stone masonry, and deep roof overhangs for a warm contemporary aesthetic.
- What we like about this project
- Integrated warm downlights recessed flush into the thin timber-clad roof soffits.
Materials
- timber
- stone
- glass
- aluminum
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- vertical-wood-slats
- dark-stone-piers
- shed-roof
- floor-to-ceiling-glass
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern
- residential
Visual tags
- modern-residential
- single-story
- warm-lighting
- asymmetrical
- curb-appeal
- Geometry
- Low-slung, single-story asymmetrical massing featuring offset shed roofs and a central recessed entry porch flanked by solid pillars.
- Facade system
- Combination of vertical timber slat rainscreen, large glazed aluminum storefront windows, and textured stone masonry panels.
- Structural guess
- Light wood frame construction with steel or wood beams supporting the low-slope shed roof.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale, intimate and grounded.
- Lighting
- Twilight or dusk sky with warm downlighting inset into the roof overhangs, washing the facade and accenting the wood soffits.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and inviting, highlighted by warm soffit downlights against a dusk sky.
- Environmental context
- Suburban setting with scored concrete ground plane, low perimeter fences, and manicured landscaping under a quiet evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- A low, welcoming approach across scored concrete paving leads to a clearly framed, recessed central doorway.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal rooflines balanced by vertical wood siding and slender glass mullions.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modern residential
- Program
- Residential addition or guest house entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, stone, glass, aluminum, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-wood-slats, dark-stone-piers, shed-roof, floor-to-ceiling-glass
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern, residential
- Visual tags
- modern-residential, single-story, warm-lighting, asymmetrical, curb-appeal
- Geometry
- Low-slung, single-story asymmetrical massing featuring offset shed roofs and a central recessed entry porch flanked by solid pillars.
- Facade system
- Combination of vertical timber slat rainscreen, large glazed aluminum storefront windows, and textured stone masonry panels.
- Structural guess
- Light wood frame construction with steel or wood beams supporting the low-slope shed roof.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale, intimate and grounded.
- Lighting
- Twilight or dusk sky with warm downlighting inset into the roof overhangs, washing the facade and accenting the wood soffits.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and inviting, highlighted by warm soffit downlights against a dusk sky.
- Environmental context
- Suburban setting with scored concrete ground plane, low perimeter fences, and manicured landscaping under a quiet evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- A low, welcoming approach across scored concrete paving leads to a clearly framed, recessed central doorway.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal rooflines balanced by vertical wood siding and slender glass mullions.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modern residential
- Program
- Residential addition or guest house entrance
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture