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Austen House
Austen House by Adam Knibb Architects demonstrates a contemporary timber-clad upper extension that bridges traditional brick structures in a tight urban infill condition.
Materials
- timber
- brick
- glass
- painted-metal
Visual identifiers
- timber-cladding
- cantilever
- vertical-slats
- urban-infill
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- minimalist-detailing
Visual tags
- extension
- residential
- infill
- contemporary-addition
- street-facade
- Geometry
- A rectilinear, vertical timber-clad volume bridges the gap between older brick structures, resting above a dark horizontal boundary gate.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber rainscreen cladding with flush-mounted vertical glazing elements.
- Structural guess
- Steel transfer structure supporting a lightweight timber-framed upper volume.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story extension massing scaled to match adjacent residential proportions.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused overcast daylight with subtle highlights on the vertical wood slats and wet street surface.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet and composed, contrasting warm natural timber against weathered brick and dark steel.
- Environmental context
- Tight urban infill context flanked by traditional brick and tile-hung residential buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The extension floats overhead, creating a clear architectural gateway and threshold between the street and internal property.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical wood slats establish a tight vertical rhythm framed by full-height window openings.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential addition inserted into a traditional streetscape
- Program
- Residential home extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, brick, glass, painted-metal
- Visual identifiers
- timber-cladding, cantilever, vertical-slats, urban-infill
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, minimalist-detailing
- Visual tags
- extension, residential, infill, contemporary-addition, street-facade
- Geometry
- A rectilinear, vertical timber-clad volume bridges the gap between older brick structures, resting above a dark horizontal boundary gate.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber rainscreen cladding with flush-mounted vertical glazing elements.
- Structural guess
- Steel transfer structure supporting a lightweight timber-framed upper volume.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story extension massing scaled to match adjacent residential proportions.
- Lighting
- Soft, diffused overcast daylight with subtle highlights on the vertical wood slats and wet street surface.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet and composed, contrasting warm natural timber against weathered brick and dark steel.
- Environmental context
- Tight urban infill context flanked by traditional brick and tile-hung residential buildings.
- Spatial experience
- The extension floats overhead, creating a clear architectural gateway and threshold between the street and internal property.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical wood slats establish a tight vertical rhythm framed by full-height window openings.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential addition inserted into a traditional streetscape
- Program
- Residential home extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture