Exterior Materials Mix It Up

Exterior Materials Mix It Up

Recently I examined various materials as they are utilized on modern and modern exteriors: timber, glass, metal, stucco, fiber cement, brick. Isolating these materials in person ideabooks can give the impression that a specific material tends to contain all of the exterior, however the opposite is more often accurate; materials mix with other people to create diverse palettes.

This ideabook takes that mix of materials as its foundation. The following examples show how materials can work together to create several sayings, be it expressing layering, accentuating volumes or breaking up large quantities. Practical, instead of merely formal, factors are lots of: confining more expensive materials, using durable materials where they may receive more wear and tear, opting for materials and assemblies with higher R values in certain places, even taking into account different tradespeople involved in building a home (masons, carpenters, steel erectors and so forth ) in terms of construction sequencing. Whatever the case, the outcomes can be a joy for owners and passersby.

Lucid Architecture

The majority of the Pigeon Creek Residence is covered in wood siding in a natural end, but in this interior corner it meets corrugated siding. A bay window in blue cement plank stands out from the timber.

WA Design Architects

The Napa Ledge House likewise has a bay window called a distinct volume through material and colour. These rooms projecting like palms are coated in two colors of stucco and corrugated metal. Another volume, from frame, is covered in Cor-Ten steel.

STUDIOS Architecture

This home of complex forms on a tough, sloping site also welcomes distinct volumes in materials like wood, metal and glass.

CITYDESKSTUDIO, Inc..

More often distinct materials cover one volume, braking down its scale and representing the house’s layout, commonly the branch between sleeping and living areas. The Roseville House is covered in horizontally oriented Cor-ten steel and vertically articulated steel painted white; the latter additionally clads the garage. Notice the recess that produces a transition between the 2 kinds of steel.

Ruhl Walker Architects

In the Westport River House a recessed part in glass also divides the 2 kinds of timber cladding — shingles and boards. The former sits over a concrete base, and the latter is perched on around columns over a lower amount covered in a third kind of wood siding. The scale of the home is effectively broken down in both horizontal and vertical measurements.

Ruhl Walker Architects

By the exact same architect would be your eBay House; nearly all of the endings and fixtures (lighting, hardware, cabinetry, plumbing, flooring, tile and so forth ) were purchased online through eBay. Three outside materials are found at the rear of the home; both the brick and vertical wood planks continue from front. The belief is that the timber volume suspended over the brick wraps around in the wrought expression in the front.

Steinbomer, Bramwell & Vrazel Architects

Different materials can also give the impression they are layered over each other. Together with the Rocky Creek Ranch, it looks like rock covers a portion of the corrugated siding behind it; alternatively it resembles the rock is carved and filled with the metal. The actual construction is less fantastical, but the result is definitely lively.

lee CALISTI architecture+design

The layering of brick, metal and split-face cement block is perceptible in this home, because the metal is in front of the masonry. The shadows in this photo create the layers stripes.

Make Architecture

The colour and orientation of the siding give this home in Los Angeles a distinctive presence on the street. The dark horizontals are highlighted by the overlapping of the material, while the white verticals apper to undulate in different views.

Zack|de Vito Architecture + Construction

The LK House includes a huge bar volume as the main home in addition to a removed guesthouse (desktop ). The former is covered primarily with mild corrugated metal and stucco, while the latter is covered in heavier Cor-Ten steel, giving it a solid presence. The weathering steel proceeds to the main home and also a space projecting toward the pool.

Studio Kiss – ASAP House

Layering of materials can also be literal, as in this summer home in the Hamptons, New York. A terrace jutting through the brick-clad home is characterized by a strong wood wall (at left) and a porous bamboo display (at right) that functions as a canopy.

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