Cut Slab House
An open kitchen and dining space precedent featuring exposed timber roof construction and sloped overhead glazing that connects the interior to a garden view.
- What we like about this project
- The ceiling plane transitions seamlessly from a flat horizontal timber grid into an upward-sloping glazed roof over the dining table.
Materials
- timber
- concrete
- stone
- glass
- plaster
Visual identifiers
- exposed-timber-joists
- sloped-glazed-roof
- concrete-island
- integrated-fireplace
Style tags
- contemporary
- warm-minimal
- scandinavian-influence
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- warm-minimalism
- timber-structure
- natural-light
- indoor-outdoor
- Geometry
- Longitudinal open volume split between a flat timber-beamed ceiling over the kitchen and a sloped, glazed roof over the dining zone.
- Structural guess
- Timber post-and-beam roof structure resting on masonry or concrete walls.
- Spatial scale
- Single-family residential scale with varying ceiling heights from standard room height up to a pitched volume.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight enters from the sloped overhead glazing and full-height rear windows, casting soft shadows across the concrete floor.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, airy, and grounded by natural textures of timber, stone, and concrete.
- Environmental context
- Interior domestic space with direct visual connection to a landscaped rear garden and mature tree.
- Spatial experience
- Moving from the intimate, flat-ceilinged kitchen zone opens outward into a bright, double-pitched dining hall framed by garden views.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating exposed timber beams establish a steady longitudinal rhythm down the length of the ceiling.
- Style reading
- Contemporary warm minimalist residential interior
- Program
- Residential kitchen and dining
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- timber, concrete, stone, glass, plaster
- Visual identifiers
- exposed-timber-joists, sloped-glazed-roof, concrete-island, integrated-fireplace
- Style tags
- contemporary, warm-minimal, scandinavian-influence, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, warm-minimalism, timber-structure, natural-light, indoor-outdoor
- Geometry
- Longitudinal open volume split between a flat timber-beamed ceiling over the kitchen and a sloped, glazed roof over the dining zone.
- Structural guess
- Timber post-and-beam roof structure resting on masonry or concrete walls.
- Spatial scale
- Single-family residential scale with varying ceiling heights from standard room height up to a pitched volume.
- Lighting
- Diffused daylight enters from the sloped overhead glazing and full-height rear windows, casting soft shadows across the concrete floor.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, airy, and grounded by natural textures of timber, stone, and concrete.
- Environmental context
- Interior domestic space with direct visual connection to a landscaped rear garden and mature tree.
- Spatial experience
- Moving from the intimate, flat-ceilinged kitchen zone opens outward into a bright, double-pitched dining hall framed by garden views.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating exposed timber beams establish a steady longitudinal rhythm down the length of the ceiling.
- Style reading
- Contemporary warm minimalist residential interior
- Program
- Residential kitchen and dining
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior