Mirbeau Beacon
An exterior resort precedent showing entry wayfinding elements and traditional gabled massing by Arrowstreet.
- What we like about this project
- The elaborate cast-concrete or stucco cap on the brick pier mimics classical entablature details at a pedestrian scale.
Materials
- brick
- stucco
- wrought-iron
- asphalt-shingle
- wood
Visual identifiers
- masonry-signpost
- hanging-sign
- gabled-resort
- curved-path
Style tags
- traditional
- vernacular
- hospitality
Visual tags
- hospitality
- wayfinding
- resort-architecture
- landscape
- historic-revival
- Geometry
- A foreground masonry pier anchors an oval hanging sign, offset against a sprawling two-story gabled resort building across an open lawn.
- Facade system
- Stucco and masonry wall assemblies with punched multi-pane windows and steep gabled roofs.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry and timber framing.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale at the pedestrian signpost and path, opening up to building scale across the lawn.
- Lighting
- Bright direct sunlight casting sharp shadows from the pier and signpost onto the planting bed below.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, inviting, and serene resort arrival atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Suburban resort setting with expansive lawn, mature trees, and clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- A welcoming arrival sequence moves from the gated signage marker along a curved gravel path toward the main entry of the inn.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical composition balancing the heavy vertical masonry pier against the horizontal sweep of the lawn and building.
- Style reading
- Traditional resort vernacular architecture
- Program
- Inn and spa resort
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, stucco, wrought-iron, asphalt-shingle, wood
- Visual identifiers
- masonry-signpost, hanging-sign, gabled-resort, curved-path
- Style tags
- traditional, vernacular, hospitality
- Visual tags
- hospitality, wayfinding, resort-architecture, landscape, historic-revival
- Geometry
- A foreground masonry pier anchors an oval hanging sign, offset against a sprawling two-story gabled resort building across an open lawn.
- Facade system
- Stucco and masonry wall assemblies with punched multi-pane windows and steep gabled roofs.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry and timber framing.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale at the pedestrian signpost and path, opening up to building scale across the lawn.
- Lighting
- Bright direct sunlight casting sharp shadows from the pier and signpost onto the planting bed below.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, inviting, and serene resort arrival atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Suburban resort setting with expansive lawn, mature trees, and clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- A welcoming arrival sequence moves from the gated signage marker along a curved gravel path toward the main entry of the inn.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical composition balancing the heavy vertical masonry pier against the horizontal sweep of the lawn and building.
- Style reading
- Traditional resort vernacular architecture
- Program
- Inn and spa resort
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture