Jura House Ribble Valley, Lancashire
An exterior residential precedent for balancing smooth rendered volumes with a heavy, uplit stone entry blade.
- What we like about this project
- A transparent glass bridge or clerestory volume connects the split massing directly above the main entrance.
Materials
- stone-cladding
- stucco
- glass
- gravel
- metal-framing
Visual identifiers
- stone-blade-wall
- vertical-windows
- dusk-lighting
- gravel-forecourt
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern
- minimalist
Visual tags
- residential
- modern
- dusk
- stone-cladding
- asymmetrical
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical composition featuring a prominent vertical stone-clad blade wall dividing smooth stucco volumes, with vertical strip windows aligning the composition.
- Facade system
- Combination of large-format stone cladding on a feature blade wall and smooth render on flanking volumes.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry or concrete frame with steel-framed glass connections.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale with a commanding vertical entry zone.
- Lighting
- Dusk twilight with warm uplighting washing the base of the stone blade and ground-embedded lights illuminating the gravel courtyard.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, enhanced by the cool evening sky contrasting with warm architectural uplighting.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural plot with gravel forecourt and manicured low planting.
- Spatial experience
- The approach draws the eye past a central feature tree and up shallow steps toward a glazed entryway recessed between solid massing.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical emphasis created by the towering stone wall and narrow full-height windows.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modern residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family luxury residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stone-cladding, stucco, glass, gravel, metal-framing
- Visual identifiers
- stone-blade-wall, vertical-windows, dusk-lighting, gravel-forecourt
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern, minimalist
- Visual tags
- residential, modern, dusk, stone-cladding, asymmetrical
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical composition featuring a prominent vertical stone-clad blade wall dividing smooth stucco volumes, with vertical strip windows aligning the composition.
- Facade system
- Combination of large-format stone cladding on a feature blade wall and smooth render on flanking volumes.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry or concrete frame with steel-framed glass connections.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale with a commanding vertical entry zone.
- Lighting
- Dusk twilight with warm uplighting washing the base of the stone blade and ground-embedded lights illuminating the gravel courtyard.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, enhanced by the cool evening sky contrasting with warm architectural uplighting.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural plot with gravel forecourt and manicured low planting.
- Spatial experience
- The approach draws the eye past a central feature tree and up shallow steps toward a glazed entryway recessed between solid massing.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical emphasis created by the towering stone wall and narrow full-height windows.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modern residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family luxury residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture