Architecture
Private residence
The Red Wall House
A double-height glazed hall with a single red wall behind it, visible from the street.
Parti
One red wall behind two storeys of glass
The front of the house is a two-storey glazed hall, and inside it, set back, is a single red wall that runs the full height. It is the only saturated colour anywhere in the scheme, which is why it works from the road: the glazing reads as a frame and the wall reads as what has been framed. Timber battens close the flanking bay to stop the hall becoming a greenhouse, the roof overhangs the glass line by enough to keep high sun off it entirely, and the rest of the palette is white render, dark glazing and one timber panel.
Specification
- Typology
- Private residence
- Storeys
- 2 above ground
- Frames
- 3
- Envelope
- Double-height glazing, timber batten screens, white render
