Laurel Hills Residence
A residential courtyard precedent combining dark metal standing seam, vertical wood siding, and glazed connectors for a seamless indoor-outdoor living experience.
- What we like about this project
- A slender glazed bridge connector visually cuts through the middle ground, linking separate solid wings while revealing courtyard vegetation beyond.
Materials
- wood
- metal
- glass
- gravel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- dark-metal-roof
- wood-siding
- glazed-bridge
- gravel-courtyard
Style tags
- contemporary
- modernist
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- indoor-outdoor
- pavilion
- suburban
- warm-minimal
- Geometry
- Low-slung pavilion masses arranged around an open courtyard with a glazed connective bridge linking wings.
- Facade system
- Combination of vertical wood slat rainscreen and dark metal panel siding with clerestory and full-height glazing.
- Structural guess
- Light-gauge steel or timber frame with large glazed openings and cantilevered roof overhangs.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale, intimate courtyard proportions.
- Lighting
- Soft, cool ambient dusk or overcast daylight balanced by warm interior and exterior architectural downlighting.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and refined, balancing crisp dark metal volumes with warm natural wood and soft landscape lighting.
- Environmental context
- Lush suburban hillside setting with tall eucalyptus trees framing the rear property line.
- Spatial experience
- The approach moves through a dry-scaped garden courtyard under an olive tree, transitioning into deeply recessed sheltered entries and glazed connecting volumes.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical horizontal massing anchored by the prominent foreground olive tree and stepping paver walkway.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modernist residential pavilion
- Program
- Single-family residential living wing and entry courtyard
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, metal, glass, gravel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- dark-metal-roof, wood-siding, glazed-bridge, gravel-courtyard
- Style tags
- contemporary, modernist, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, indoor-outdoor, pavilion, suburban, warm-minimal
- Geometry
- Low-slung pavilion masses arranged around an open courtyard with a glazed connective bridge linking wings.
- Facade system
- Combination of vertical wood slat rainscreen and dark metal panel siding with clerestory and full-height glazing.
- Structural guess
- Light-gauge steel or timber frame with large glazed openings and cantilevered roof overhangs.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale, intimate courtyard proportions.
- Lighting
- Soft, cool ambient dusk or overcast daylight balanced by warm interior and exterior architectural downlighting.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and refined, balancing crisp dark metal volumes with warm natural wood and soft landscape lighting.
- Environmental context
- Lush suburban hillside setting with tall eucalyptus trees framing the rear property line.
- Spatial experience
- The approach moves through a dry-scaped garden courtyard under an olive tree, transitioning into deeply recessed sheltered entries and glazed connecting volumes.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical horizontal massing anchored by the prominent foreground olive tree and stepping paver walkway.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modernist residential pavilion
- Program
- Single-family residential living wing and entry courtyard
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture