Exterior view of a historic brick house by Goldstein Heather,
A residential extension precedent showing the careful attachment of a contemporary timber-and-brick pavilion to a historic brick-and-stone house, balancing old and new materials.
- What we like about this project
- The upper clerestory ribbon window running beneath the eaves of the new addition, allowing light to wash across the ceiling plane.
Materials
- brick
- stone
- timber
- glass
- slate
- tile
Visual identifiers
- timber-mullions
- historic-brick
- contemporary-extension
- clerestory-glazing
- pitched-roof
Style tags
- contextual
- contemporary-traditional
- vernacular-modern
Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse
- historic-preservation
- residential
- extension
- timber-frame
- rural
- Geometry
- An L-shaped historic masonry structure juxtaposed with a lower, single-story contemporary linear wing featuring rhythmic vertical timber mullions and clerestory windows.
- Facade system
- Combination of historic solid brickwork, stone masonry, and a contemporary structural timber post-and-beam glazed facade.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing historic masonry paired with a timber-framed new pavilion addition.
- Spatial scale
- Domestic scale, contrasting the tall historic multi-story manor with a low-slung, pedestrian-scaled new pavilion.
- Lighting
- Diffused, overcast daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting the texture of old brick, stonework, and fresh timber framing.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, rustic, and respectful dialogue between historic heritage fabric and warm modern intervention.
- Environmental context
- Rural setting with open lawns, flat green landscape, and bare deciduous trees under a cloudy sky.
- Spatial experience
- The extension projects into the open lawn, establishing a sheltered courtyard between the historic stone-and-brick wall and the new addition.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady vertical rhythm created by timber window mullions along the new pavilion facade, offsetting the irregular fenestration of the historic structure.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual architecture
- Program
- Residential home extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- brick, stone, timber, glass, slate, tile
- Visual identifiers
- timber-mullions, historic-brick, contemporary-extension, clerestory-glazing, pitched-roof
- Style tags
- contextual, contemporary-traditional, vernacular-modern
- Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse, historic-preservation, residential, extension, timber-frame, rural
- Geometry
- An L-shaped historic masonry structure juxtaposed with a lower, single-story contemporary linear wing featuring rhythmic vertical timber mullions and clerestory windows.
- Facade system
- Combination of historic solid brickwork, stone masonry, and a contemporary structural timber post-and-beam glazed facade.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing historic masonry paired with a timber-framed new pavilion addition.
- Spatial scale
- Domestic scale, contrasting the tall historic multi-story manor with a low-slung, pedestrian-scaled new pavilion.
- Lighting
- Diffused, overcast daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting the texture of old brick, stonework, and fresh timber framing.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, rustic, and respectful dialogue between historic heritage fabric and warm modern intervention.
- Environmental context
- Rural setting with open lawns, flat green landscape, and bare deciduous trees under a cloudy sky.
- Spatial experience
- The extension projects into the open lawn, establishing a sheltered courtyard between the historic stone-and-brick wall and the new addition.
- Composition rhythm
- Steady vertical rhythm created by timber window mullions along the new pavilion facade, offsetting the irregular fenestration of the historic structure.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual architecture
- Program
- Residential home extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture