Assets
A residential facade precedent demonstrating how transparent glass pavilions can be balanced by heavy stone side volumes to create a warm, inviting evening glow.
- What we like about this project
- The deep overhang of the entry canopy contrasts sharply with the delicate verticality of the thin tree trunks lined up against the glass.
Materials
- glass
- stone
- timber
- metal
- steel
Visual identifiers
- glass-curtain-wall
- stone-cladding
- standing-seam-roof
- entry-deck
- twilight-illumination
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- modern
- transparent
- dusk
- horizontal-massing
- Geometry
- Low-slung horizontal massing featuring a central glass pavilion flanked by solid stone-clad end blocks, under a dark standing-seam metal gable roof.
- Facade system
- Post-and-beam steel-framed glass curtain wall paired with solid stone panel cladding.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with non-load-bearing curtain walls and stone veneer shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale; expansive glazed openings emphasize horizontal breadth.
- Lighting
- Twilight exterior condition with warm interior illumination casting outward, complemented by subtle up-lighting on young trees.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and transparent, contrasting heavy grounded stone with luminous interior spaces at dusk.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural site with mature deciduous trees framing the dark evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- The approach moves from a dark gravel foreground across a raised wooden entry deck, offering direct sightlines deep into the glowing interior living spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullions create a steady cadence across the central glass wall, bookended by solid planar stone facades.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modern residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residence living area and entry
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, stone, timber, metal, steel
- Visual identifiers
- glass-curtain-wall, stone-cladding, standing-seam-roof, entry-deck, twilight-illumination
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, modern, transparent, dusk, horizontal-massing
- Geometry
- Low-slung horizontal massing featuring a central glass pavilion flanked by solid stone-clad end blocks, under a dark standing-seam metal gable roof.
- Facade system
- Post-and-beam steel-framed glass curtain wall paired with solid stone panel cladding.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with non-load-bearing curtain walls and stone veneer shear walls.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale; expansive glazed openings emphasize horizontal breadth.
- Lighting
- Twilight exterior condition with warm interior illumination casting outward, complemented by subtle up-lighting on young trees.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and transparent, contrasting heavy grounded stone with luminous interior spaces at dusk.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural site with mature deciduous trees framing the dark evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- The approach moves from a dark gravel foreground across a raised wooden entry deck, offering direct sightlines deep into the glowing interior living spaces.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical mullions create a steady cadence across the central glass wall, bookended by solid planar stone facades.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modern residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residence living area and entry
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture