Cut Slab House
A residential rear extension precedent by MATA Architects featuring monolithic stone framing and a sloped roofline that unifies indoor and outdoor spaces.
- What we like about this project
- The angled roof profile seamlessly incorporates a sloped overhead skylight strip directly into the solid stone mass.
Materials
- stone
- glass
- timber
- brick
Visual identifiers
- angled-roof-extension
- stone-cladding
- full-height-glazing
- rear-extension
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- stone-clad
Visual tags
- residential
- extension
- natural-stone
- indoor-outdoor-connection
- contemporary-vernacular
- Geometry
- Low-slung rectilinear extension featuring an angled, slanted roof profile that frames a glazed sliding door and adjacent side window strip.
- Facade system
- Heavy stone-faced frame with floor-to-ceiling structural glass panels.
- Structural guess
- Masonry and concrete frame supporting a monolithic stone-clad envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential extension subordinate in height to the existing multi-story masonry house behind.
- Lighting
- Flat, overcast daylight producing soft, diffuse shadows across the pale stone and rear brick facade.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, muted daylight emphasizing the tactile mass of the pale stone against older brickwork.
- Environmental context
- Rear garden setting bounded by neighboring brick residential walls and pitched roofs.
- Spatial experience
- Transition from lawn to terrace opens directly into the ground-floor living and kitchen volume via full-height flush glass.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical massing with a central glazed opening flanked by solid stone piers and a sloped side light.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential extension with heavy material presence
- Program
- Single-family residential kitchen and living extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stone, glass, timber, brick
- Visual identifiers
- angled-roof-extension, stone-cladding, full-height-glazing, rear-extension
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, stone-clad
- Visual tags
- residential, extension, natural-stone, indoor-outdoor-connection, contemporary-vernacular
- Geometry
- Low-slung rectilinear extension featuring an angled, slanted roof profile that frames a glazed sliding door and adjacent side window strip.
- Facade system
- Heavy stone-faced frame with floor-to-ceiling structural glass panels.
- Structural guess
- Masonry and concrete frame supporting a monolithic stone-clad envelope.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential extension subordinate in height to the existing multi-story masonry house behind.
- Lighting
- Flat, overcast daylight producing soft, diffuse shadows across the pale stone and rear brick facade.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, muted daylight emphasizing the tactile mass of the pale stone against older brickwork.
- Environmental context
- Rear garden setting bounded by neighboring brick residential walls and pitched roofs.
- Spatial experience
- Transition from lawn to terrace opens directly into the ground-floor living and kitchen volume via full-height flush glass.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical massing with a central glazed opening flanked by solid stone piers and a sloped side light.
- Style reading
- Contemporary residential extension with heavy material presence
- Program
- Single-family residential kitchen and living extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture