I obsess over details. Mostly those of the architectural sort. I can’t help it; my first foray into real-world architecture was with details. It’s all I can do to enter a space and not stare at the joints between materials, alignment of minutiae, etc.
For all this obsessing, I seem to rarely come across gems. Today, I found one: the Ravine Residence by Ontarians Hariri Pontarini Architects.
The difference in stone sizing on the facade is darn near perfect, with the larger size at the forefront accentuating the difference in planes. What initially drew me in, though, was this detail in the living area.
It’s a bit difficult to tell for certain what the effect is on the exterior, but it appears to create a stopping point for the stone of the facade – separating the massive plane with a long, thin void. The effect on the interior is quite nice, washing the wall with light and giving an airiness to a room that might otherwise start to feel oppressively heavy in its upper portions.
The material choices of the exterior lend a comforting warmth to the hard modern lines. Check out the rest of the project at the links below.
