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An exterior residential precedent showcasing vertical wood cladding and stepped geometric volumes that integrate private living spaces with a lush, wooded landscape.
- What we like about this project
- The central second-floor glass volume acts as a transparent bridge connecting distinct solid wood masses.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- vertical-timber-siding
- stepped-volumes
- black-window-frames
- wood-facade
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern
- natural-materials
- wood-architecture
Visual tags
- residential
- timber-clad
- modern
- stepped-massing
- suburban
- Geometry
- Asymmetric stepped rectilinear volumes featuring vertical timber siding and varied puncture arrangements.
- Facade system
- Vertical tongue-and-groove timber rainscreen over framed construction.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction with shear wall bracing.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, intimate pedestrian approach from a paved street edge.
- Lighting
- Bright overcast daylight providing even, diffuse illumination across the timber facade and surrounding foliage.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, grounded, and harmonized with the surrounding greenery.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or wooded residential setting with mature trees framing the front elevation and low planting softening the base.
- Spatial experience
- The facade presents a private, layered boundary to the street, with varied rooflines and setbacks offering visual depth.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical board siding creates a continuous textured rhythm punctuated by dark rectangular window frames.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modern timber architecture
- Program
- Single-family residential dwelling
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-timber-siding, stepped-volumes, black-window-frames, wood-facade
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern, natural-materials, wood-architecture
- Visual tags
- residential, timber-clad, modern, stepped-massing, suburban
- Geometry
- Asymmetric stepped rectilinear volumes featuring vertical timber siding and varied puncture arrangements.
- Facade system
- Vertical tongue-and-groove timber rainscreen over framed construction.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction with shear wall bracing.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, intimate pedestrian approach from a paved street edge.
- Lighting
- Bright overcast daylight providing even, diffuse illumination across the timber facade and surrounding foliage.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, grounded, and harmonized with the surrounding greenery.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or wooded residential setting with mature trees framing the front elevation and low planting softening the base.
- Spatial experience
- The facade presents a private, layered boundary to the street, with varied rooflines and setbacks offering visual depth.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical board siding creates a continuous textured rhythm punctuated by dark rectangular window frames.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modern timber architecture
- Program
- Single-family residential dwelling
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture