A House with Pink Stairs
An exterior facade and landscape precedent featuring a bold contemporary intervention—vibrant pink perforated metal stairs and balcony—applied against a traditional brick and concrete residential rear elevation.
- What we like about this project
- The fully perforated treads and risers of the pink exterior staircase allow light to filter through while creating a striking monolithic colour block.
Materials
- yellow-stock-brick
- board-marked-concrete
- perforated-steel
- glass
- red-brick
Visual identifiers
- pink-stairs
- perforated-metal
- concrete-extension
- london-stock-brick
Style tags
- contemporary
- eclectic
- playful
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- extension
- staircase
- colour-accent
- urban-garden
- Geometry
- Multi-level terraced rear facade combining original yellow London stock brickwork with a stepped board-marked concrete lower level and a contrasting bright pink perforated steel stair and balcony balustrade.
- Facade system
- Combination of load-bearing yellow stock brickwork, board-marked concrete retaining and extension walls, and punched window openings.
- Structural guess
- Original masonry bearing walls with cast-in-place concrete lower rear extension and steel stair structure.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-level residential scale, spanning roughly three vertical floors from garden to upper levels.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting sharp architectural shadows across the brickwork and concrete surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Playful and uplifting, contrasting heavy industrial concrete and brick with a punchy pastel steel element.
- Environmental context
- Urban terraced residential rear garden and elevation.
- Spatial experience
- The composition connects a sunken lower ground floor and garden level directly up to an elevated main floor balcony via a prominent pink exterior stair.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical stepped composition connecting multiple garden and terrace levels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential vernacular with playful colour intervention
- Program
- Residential townhouse rear extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- yellow-stock-brick, board-marked-concrete, perforated-steel, glass, red-brick
- Visual identifiers
- pink-stairs, perforated-metal, concrete-extension, london-stock-brick
- Style tags
- contemporary, eclectic, playful, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, extension, staircase, colour-accent, urban-garden
- Geometry
- Multi-level terraced rear facade combining original yellow London stock brickwork with a stepped board-marked concrete lower level and a contrasting bright pink perforated steel stair and balcony balustrade.
- Facade system
- Combination of load-bearing yellow stock brickwork, board-marked concrete retaining and extension walls, and punched window openings.
- Structural guess
- Original masonry bearing walls with cast-in-place concrete lower rear extension and steel stair structure.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-level residential scale, spanning roughly three vertical floors from garden to upper levels.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting sharp architectural shadows across the brickwork and concrete surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Playful and uplifting, contrasting heavy industrial concrete and brick with a punchy pastel steel element.
- Environmental context
- Urban terraced residential rear garden and elevation.
- Spatial experience
- The composition connects a sunken lower ground floor and garden level directly up to an elevated main floor balcony via a prominent pink exterior stair.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical stepped composition connecting multiple garden and terrace levels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential vernacular with playful colour intervention
- Program
- Residential townhouse rear extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture