Elmwood Road
A residential rear extension precedent combining high-gloss cobalt blue brick with expansive sliding glass and multi-tiered timber decking to link indoor and outdoor living.
- What we like about this project
- High-gloss cobalt blue brickwork radically contrasts with the traditional London stock yellow brick of the main Victorian house.
Materials
- glazed-brick
- yellow-brick
- timber
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- blue-glazed-brick
- sliding-glass-doors
- timber-decking
- rear-extension
Style tags
- contemporary
- eclectic
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- extension
- brick-facade
- indoor-outdoor
- urban-garden
- Geometry
- A single-story rectangular volume with dark blue glazed brick cladding steps out beneath a traditional multi-story yellow brick bay window structure.
- Facade system
- Glazed brick masonry veneer wrapping a single-story ground floor extension with integrated sliding aluminum-framed glass doors.
- Structural guess
- Steel portal frame supporting the upper historic masonry bay above the wide ground-floor opening.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale residential extension; single story lower volume contrasting with taller historic rear facade.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight illuminating the garden and reflecting off the high-gloss blue brick walls.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, cheerful daylight interacting with glossy ceramic textures and verdant garden planting.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential back garden bounded by neighboring Victorian brick terraced houses.
- Spatial experience
- The transition from the garden moves up stepped timber decking through wide sliding glass doors directly into a contiguous kitchen and dining interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical white sash windows above contrast with horizontal timber decking and the crisp rectangular opening of the lower glass slider.
- Style reading
- Contemporary domestic extension to historic fabric
- Program
- Residential kitchen and living room extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glazed-brick, yellow-brick, timber, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- blue-glazed-brick, sliding-glass-doors, timber-decking, rear-extension
- Style tags
- contemporary, eclectic, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, extension, brick-facade, indoor-outdoor, urban-garden
- Geometry
- A single-story rectangular volume with dark blue glazed brick cladding steps out beneath a traditional multi-story yellow brick bay window structure.
- Facade system
- Glazed brick masonry veneer wrapping a single-story ground floor extension with integrated sliding aluminum-framed glass doors.
- Structural guess
- Steel portal frame supporting the upper historic masonry bay above the wide ground-floor opening.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale residential extension; single story lower volume contrasting with taller historic rear facade.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight illuminating the garden and reflecting off the high-gloss blue brick walls.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, cheerful daylight interacting with glossy ceramic textures and verdant garden planting.
- Environmental context
- Urban residential back garden bounded by neighboring Victorian brick terraced houses.
- Spatial experience
- The transition from the garden moves up stepped timber decking through wide sliding glass doors directly into a contiguous kitchen and dining interior.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical white sash windows above contrast with horizontal timber decking and the crisp rectangular opening of the lower glass slider.
- Style reading
- Contemporary domestic extension to historic fabric
- Program
- Residential kitchen and living room extension
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture