Architects about facades

The Art Nouveau design, flowing lines, stained glass. Elegant entrance group — wrought-iron canopy with large overhang on brackets.

Homes in this style are examples of a successful combination of conventionally Gothic and modern architecture. In spite of our "modern classics" growing out of classicism. We need to build more houses like this.

The "Gothic" part here is responsible for the Tudor style. In Canada, Western Europe and many American states, many new, private replicas of this medieval style (Tudor Revival) were built in the 19th and 20th centuries, expressing affluence and thoroughness in country houses and townhouses. Such architecture has shaped the taste for expensive housing there for the past 100 years.

And now that heritage is being developed and reimagined there. Including through redevelopment projects.

In Russia, mass-produced classical suburban housing relies on Greco-Roman aesthetics. Italian and Palladian palaces, Romanesque villas, Baroque mansions, once made with scope and understanding were cited in the popular "low" style. With great simplifications, of course. It turned out that the orderly "cubic" form formation becomes very dull without skillful and abundant decoration.

And then there are qualities in the "neoclassical house" which neoclassical houses lack: the free formation of the plan without the need for symmetry or fitting everything into a rectangle (hello, modernity!), free volumes, large multipart windows, an interesting broken line of the roof.

Already a proven, popular barnhaus is essentially the simplest of Tudorian architecture. But it lacks the complexity and convenience of a permanent dwelling.

Of course there is no stock of these houses in Russia and we will have to design them from scratch. This year we are accepting orders for the design of modern architecture with Gothic roots. Long live pinches and slimness!

All phases of the project are important. But the sketching part is the most important, in our opinion. It's through different ideas in the form of sketches that we establish a good rapport with the client, find a unique concept, and work out the details.

The Manhwaricano house in South Korea by Rieuldorang Atelier.

The house-manifesto proclamation of a new normality. The classic roof outline is hidden inside a cubic volume. The through-aisle  — central element of the design, the result of the evolution of the concept «patio». Almost all of the windows face inward, not outward, conveying the message of turning inward and reflection.

The red brick house in Bentveld, Holland, was built in 1932. Eighty years later, the Baksvanwengerden architectural bureau redesigned the concept. The dark and blank facade was transformed into an open sunny space.

The house looks like a hut as the first floor extension continues the line of the gabled roof. The walls and partitions have been removed as much as possible to unify the space, and the panoramic glazing makes it even larger.

Modern houses with pinches in our facade database.

We're going to try on a new project.

Wall cladding in travertine, sandstone scalloped corners, openwork wrought iron balcony railings.

How to build a new commercial building, but keep the old city features?

This project emphasizes the preserved raised façade, in a continuity with the style and scale of the surrounding buildings. The new building tries not to be noticed, the architecture is functional and the fiber cement cladding is Swisspearl Largo with soft colors. It is deliberately shaded so that the façade that was preserved behind it stands out better and maintains the traditional character of the street.

The Blumenthal Building office building in São Paulo, Brazil. Architects Kruchin Arquitetura.

Nominee for ArchDaily’s 2021 Building of the Year Awards in the Office Buildings» and «Renovation» categories.

A decorative maiolica frieze in several shades of majolica with corbels that transition into pilasters in the corners of the house.

In this project, we used tinted decors a couple of shades lighter than the walls, rather than white. The shutters and wrought iron grilles fill in the empty wall spaces. And a highlight —is the concave folded copper canopy over the main entrance.

Reconstruction of an old brick townhouse in Vietnam. Architects Landmak Architecture.

The new façade is made of white concrete blocks in an openwork lattice-like pattern. They create a delicate balance between total privacy with blank fences and transparency of the panoramic glazing.

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