Nardihaus
A residential facade precedent utilizing traditional Spanish-colonial stucco forms accented by a high-contrast, intricately carved yellow entry door.
- What we like about this project
- The heavily detailed, ornate carving on the bright yellow front door contrasts sharply with the minimal white stucco.
Materials
- stucco
- wood
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- yellow-carved-door
- white-stucco
- arched-parapet
- gravel-yard
Style tags
- spanish-colonial
- residential
- stucco-finish
Visual tags
- residential
- facade
- stucco
- entry-sequence
- contrast-color
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical two-story facade featuring stepped masonry massing, a recessed entry porch, and repetitive arched parapet corbels along the roofline.
- Facade system
- Smooth white stucco over solid masonry wall construction.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry or wood-frame with stucco finish.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate residential scale, focusing on the entrance sequence and front facade.
- Lighting
- Direct late-afternoon sun casting crisp tree-branch shadow patterns across the white stucco walls.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, warm, and playful against the stark white stucco and strong shadows.
- Environmental context
- Suburban residential setting with a gravel xeriscaped front yard and sparse desert plantings.
- Spatial experience
- The approach leads up dark steps from a gravel yard toward a bright, heavily textured yellow focal door.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating semi-circular arches at the parapet level balanced by large rectangular windows and a vertical entry bay.
- Style reading
- Contemporary Spanish Colonial Revival
- Program
- Single-family residential entry
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, wood, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- yellow-carved-door, white-stucco, arched-parapet, gravel-yard
- Style tags
- spanish-colonial, residential, stucco-finish
- Visual tags
- residential, facade, stucco, entry-sequence, contrast-color
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical two-story facade featuring stepped masonry massing, a recessed entry porch, and repetitive arched parapet corbels along the roofline.
- Facade system
- Smooth white stucco over solid masonry wall construction.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry or wood-frame with stucco finish.
- Spatial scale
- Intimate residential scale, focusing on the entrance sequence and front facade.
- Lighting
- Direct late-afternoon sun casting crisp tree-branch shadow patterns across the white stucco walls.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, warm, and playful against the stark white stucco and strong shadows.
- Environmental context
- Suburban residential setting with a gravel xeriscaped front yard and sparse desert plantings.
- Spatial experience
- The approach leads up dark steps from a gravel yard toward a bright, heavily textured yellow focal door.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating semi-circular arches at the parapet level balanced by large rectangular windows and a vertical entry bay.
- Style reading
- Contemporary Spanish Colonial Revival
- Program
- Single-family residential entry
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture