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21st Century Modern w International Influence

Integrated Composition

With its cantilevered portico, flush-set metal framed windows topped by clean, relatively thin visors and broad white stucco expanses, this example clearly shows the International Style’s influence on many architects designing 21st Century Modern homes. Naturally coloured horizontal wood planks break the white stucco planes and introduce an organic element. These boards are installed in a shadow gap method (a ¼” to 1” space left between each board to create shadow lines) which, combined with the horizontal relief lines incised in the stucco in-line with the top of the window frames, produce a subtle yet very effective 3 dimensional patterning across the facade. Privacy screen fencing, echoing the shadow gap cladding, integrate the landscaping and facade to complete the overall composition.

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21st Century Modern - Metal Clad

Leaving Stucco Behind

In several respects the design of this 21st Century Modern home takes significant steps to establish a form distinct from the International Style. Of these steps, the most obvious is the use of metal panels to form the primary cladding field together with the complete absence of stucco. Aside from the material difference, metal panels contribute two primary design attributes to the overall composition: 3 dimensional patterning produced by the panel joints and the reflective qualities of a metallic surface resulting in shifting highlights both seasonally and throughout each day. Even with the canted roof and corner windows, the panels might have produced a boring monolithic block, however, the architect has introduced natural cladding materials in the form of limestone and wood planking (limited to defining the main entry) which work to pleasingly break the metal field and integrate the house with the landscape.

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21st Century Modern - Stone Curve Cant

Creating Design Tension

Stone forms the primary cladding of this 21st Century Modern design; laid horizontally across the main field and vertically on the curved projecting portion of right facade. Breaking this large stone field and effectively warming the path to the main entrance, wood has been installed on the underside of the cantilevered overhang spanning the garage and main entry. Despite the canted roof over the garage (left facade) and the curved portion of the right facade, the success of this design rests heavily upon the tension created by juxtaposing the natural stone cladding against the industrial styled metal framed windows and, to a lesser extent, the ribbon windowed metal clad 2nd storey corner. While use of bent glass windows on the curved portion might have smoothly completed its radius, the angle-set windows used by the designer is more consistent with the industrial windows used elsewhere on the facade.

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Arch
Arch, Pointed
Arch, Segmental
Arch, Semi-circular
Bargeboard
Belvedere
Board &amp; Batten
Bracket
Brick
Brick, Bond
Brick, Common Bond
Brick, Course
Brick, English Bond
Brick, Flemish Bond
Brick, Header/Stretcher
Brick, Queen Closer
Brick, Running Bond
Brick, Structural
Brick, Wythe
Building Form
Bungalow
Carport
Cladding
Clapboard
Classical Orders
Clerestory
Column
Column, Composite
Column, Corinthian
Column, Doric
Column, Ionic
Column, Solomonic
Column, Tuscan
Cornice
Cornice, Eave
Cornice, Raking
Cupola
Dentil
Door, 6 Panel
Door, French
Door, Garden
Door, Patio
Door, Plank
Dormer
Dormer, Arched-top
Dormer, Eyebrow
Dormer, Gabled
Dormer, Hipped
Dormer, Pedimented
Dormer, Recessed
Dormer, Shed
Dormer, Wall
Eave
Eave, Fascia
Eave, Soffit
Elevation
Entablature
Entablature, Classical
Entablature, Composite
Entablature, Corinthian
Entablature, Doric
Entablature, Ionic
Entablature, Tuscan
Facade
Facade Bay
Facade, 2 Bay (2 Ranked)
Facade, 3 Bay (3 Ranked)
Facade, 4 Bay (4 Ranked)
Facade, 5 Bay (5 Ranked)
Facade, Asymmetrical
Facade, Multiple Bay (6+ Ranked)
Facade, Symmetrical
Facade, X/Y Bay (e.g. 3/5)
Flushboard
Foursquare (American)
Framing
Framing, Balloon
Framing, Brace
Framing, Platform
Framing, Timber
Frontispiece
Gable
Glass
Glass, Crown
Glass, Cylinder
Glass, Drawn
Glass, Float
Glass, Stained
Half Timber
Lime Rendering
Lintel
Lumber
Lumber, Dimensional
Lumber, Rough Sawn
Modillion
Molding
Molding, Hood
Mortar Rendering
Mullion
Muntin
Nail
Nail, Hand-forged
Nail, Machine Cut
Nail, Wire
Pattress Plate
Pediment
Pediment, Broken
Pediment, Open
Pediment, Segmental
Pilaster
Porch
Portico
Portico, Flying
Quoin
Rafter
Rafter, Extended
Rafter, Overhanging
Romantic
Roof
Roof, Clipped Gable
Roof, Cross Gable
Roof, Cross-hipped
Roof, Eichler
Roof, Flat
Roof, Gabled
Roof, Gambrel
Roof, High Pitch
Roof, Hipped
Roof, Low Pitch
Roof, Mansard
Roof, Medium Pitch
Roof, Pitch
Roof, Truss
Shake, Cedar
Shingle
Shingle, Asphalt
Shingle, Cedar
Shingle, Slate
Stone, Ashlar
Stone, Rubble
Stone, Rusticated
Stucco
Transom
Usonian
Veneer
Veneer, Brick
Veneer, Stone
Verandah
Vernacular
Victorian
Voussoir
Water Table
Window
Window, 1 over 1
Window, 12 over 12
Window, 12 over 8
Window, 2 over 2
Window, 6 over 6
Window, 8 over 8
Window, Bay
Window, Casement
Window, Clerestory
Window, Dormer
Window, Double-hung
Window, Fanlight
Window, Leaded
Window, Oriel
Window, Paired
Window, Palladian
Window, Picture
Window, Porthole
Window, Ribbon
Window, Sidelight
Window, Single-hung
Window, Transom