Symmetrical brick apartment facade with rhythmic recessed windows and
An exterior elevation precedent showcasing a rigorous masonry grid, deep window reveals, and stone floor-level banding suitable for urban multi-family infill design.
- What we like about this project
- The subtle alternation of operable casement windows and slim fixed lights within the vertical bays.
Materials
- brick
- stone
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- brick-facade
- punched-windows
- stone-banding
- symmetrical-elevation
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- rationalist
Visual tags
- urban-infill
- residential
- masonry
- contemporary-classic
- facade-study
- Geometry
- Strictly symmetrical elevation composed of a gridded masonry facade with vertical window bays and horizontal stone string courses at floor levels.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or anchored brick masonry veneer with punched metal-framed windows and Juliet balconies.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or steel frame with masonry cavity wall construction.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential or commercial scale with human-scaled ground floor storefronts and entries.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylighting creating even illumination and subtle shadows within the recessed window reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, orderly, and understated urban presence grounded in traditional material weight.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill setting flanked by adjacent masonry building walls under an overcast sky.
- Spatial experience
- The flat facade reads as a solid masonry wall perforated by deep, rhythmically spaced window assemblies from the street perspective.
- Composition rhythm
- Four vertical window bays anchored by continuous horizontal stone bands marking each floor level.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual masonry architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential or mixed-use urban building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, stone, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- brick-facade, punched-windows, stone-banding, symmetrical-elevation
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, rationalist
- Visual tags
- urban-infill, residential, masonry, contemporary-classic, facade-study
- Geometry
- Strictly symmetrical elevation composed of a gridded masonry facade with vertical window bays and horizontal stone string courses at floor levels.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing or anchored brick masonry veneer with punched metal-framed windows and Juliet balconies.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame or steel frame with masonry cavity wall construction.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story residential or commercial scale with human-scaled ground floor storefronts and entries.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylighting creating even illumination and subtle shadows within the recessed window reveals.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, orderly, and understated urban presence grounded in traditional material weight.
- Environmental context
- Urban infill setting flanked by adjacent masonry building walls under an overcast sky.
- Spatial experience
- The flat facade reads as a solid masonry wall perforated by deep, rhythmically spaced window assemblies from the street perspective.
- Composition rhythm
- Four vertical window bays anchored by continuous horizontal stone bands marking each floor level.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual masonry architecture
- Program
- Multi-family residential or mixed-use urban building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture