Silver-grey brickwork runs in long, thin courses here, but the real interest begins where the material meets glass, timber and a slightly lowered ground floor. The house reads as a modern house with long-format brickwork from the street, yet the plan shifts once you move inside: steps interrupt the circulation, views open up between levels, and the upper living spaces sit above the sleeping rooms. The result is a house that keeps changing as you move through it.<\/p>\n
The ground floor shows a deliberate mix of surfaces. Long-format brickwork is laid in a wild bond on a thin mortar bed, while vertical timber slats bring a second rhythm to the front and rear elevations. Black aluminium window frames cut through both materials with a sharp outline, especially at the sides of the house. The composition is spare, but it is not flat: brick, wood and glazing each claim their own plane, and that layering gives the luxury brick facade its depth.<\/p>\n
Seen across the corner plot, the brick and timber facade works with the site rather than against it. Large glass panels house the corners and stretch across the elevations, so the outer shell is never just a backdrop. It is a sequence of openings, solid sections and framed views. The silver-grey tone of the brick keeps the walls visually light, while the timber slats add a vertical counterpoint that breaks up the horizontal lines of the masonry.<\/p>\n
At eye level, the brickwork is fine and deliberate. The long format elongates the walls, and the narrow joints keep the surface calm without turning it uniform. Under the carport, the brick meets black aluminium in a harder junction, and that contrast becomes part of the street-facing composition. The integrated carport also shelters the front door and the side access to the bicycle storage and technical room, so one built element carries several functions without visually crowding the entrance.<\/p>\n
Inside, the partially sunken ground floor changes the pace of the house. The entrance hall is bright and connects directly to the night hall and the stair to the upper level. Floors and stairs are cast in a pale grey finish that almost disappears under daylight. A few steps in the night hall make the level difference visible rather than hiding it, and that small shift helps the circulation feel measured and precise. The sleeping rooms stay downstairs, while the living spaces move upstairs, away from the street.<\/p>\n
That reversal of the usual layout has a practical effect on the light. The kitchen, dining area and living room sit where the glazing is most open, so daylight reaches deeper into the house. The upper level is framed by generous windows on all sides, turning the box-in-the-box volume into a distinct inner body. It sits back from the edges of the house and reads as a dark, recessed volume against the brighter lower part. The arrangement gives the house a clear order without making it rigid.<\/p>\n
The circulation is shaped by small turns and level shifts rather than a single long hallway. From the entrance, the route passes the stair and the night hall before the plan opens again upstairs. Views are never limited to one direction. You see across the house, through openings and along the edges of the box-in-the-box volume, so the interior feels connected without becoming one undivided space. That pattern is visible in the large glass panels house arrangement as much as in the split-level sections.<\/p>\n
Outside, the ip\u00e9 wood terrace is placed at canopy height, which changes the relation to the garden immediately. Instead of sitting low in the landscape, the terrace looks out across the trees and gives the house a raised outdoor edge. The surface in ip\u00e9 is warm in tone and clearly legible in the photos, especially where the planks run beside the glazing. Access works in two directions: directly from the kitchen and dining area, and again by an exterior stair. That dual access keeps the terrace tied to both levels of the house.<\/p>\n
The indoor-outdoor connection is strongest where the upper living area opens toward the terrace. Large openings allow the living room and dining space to spill visually outside, while the terrace itself stays structured and exact. A covered outdoor zone appears in the imagery as well, with a trussed or overhanging edge that gives the exterior a second layer of shelter. It is not treated as a separate pavilion; it belongs to the main volume and extends the architecture into the garden.<\/p>\n
Black aluminium window frames give the house a firm outline. They frame the glazing without softening it, and that sharpness is useful on a building with so many materials in play. The side elevations are especially clear in this regard: brick surfaces, timber accents and dark window frames meet without visual clutter. The upper storey, set back as a dark box, reinforces the silhouette and keeps the house from reading as a simple stacked volume.<\/p>\n
From the street side, the integrated carport is one of the clearest moves in the composition. It is not an add-on but part of the front elevation, carrying the roofline over the entrance and the side access. Underneath it, the large opening to the front stays bright. In the images, the entrance zone, the terrace and the interior all share the same emphasis on glazing and long horizontal lines, which is why the modern residential architecture reads as a sequence of linked spaces rather than a single facade shot.<\/p>\n
The strength of the project lies in its restraint. Long-format brickwork, vertical timber, black aluminium and large panes of glass are used in a controlled way, but the plan adds enough movement to keep the house from feeling fixed. The split levels, the lowered ground floor and the upper living zone all work together to produce shifts in light and outlook. Even the terrace, with its ip\u00e9 boards and elevated position, is part of that larger sequence of movements.<\/p>\n
What remains after a walk through the house is the sense of a clear architectural order built from a few exact elements. The luxury brick facade gives the exterior its length and texture. The box-in-the-box volume sets the upper floor apart. The large glass panels house the views and the daylight. And the terrace, raised above the trees, keeps the indoor-outdoor connection visible from the moment you enter. It is a house that uses small spatial decisions to make each room feel connected to the next.<\/p>\n
The plan sits on an irregular corner plot of 1,420 m\u00b2, and the building responds with a mix of solid brick walls, timber screens and wide glazing. The brickwork is laid in a long format and a silver-grey tone, while the side walls rely more on contrast than decoration. The materials are easy to read in the photographs, from the horizontal brick lines to the vertical timber slats and the dark frames around the windows. Together they give the house its clear profile without overcomplicating the design.<\/p>\n
Inside and out, the same idea keeps returning: a measured shift in level, a framed view, a surface that runs on longer than expected. That is what gives this modern house with long-format brickwork its character. The building never relies on one gesture alone. Instead, it lets the brick, timber and glass work through the plan, the elevations and the terrace in a way that stays visually legible from every side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":462463,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"modern house with long-format brickwork","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Modern house with long-format brickwork","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Silver-grey long-format brickwork, timber accents, large glazing and split levels shape this modern house with a strong indoor-outdoor connection.","_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"","content-type":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":null,"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":""},"hoog_category":[2984],"class_list":["post-1104252","hoog_project","type-hoog_project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","hoog_category-living-room-ideas"],"acf":{"hoog_project_owner":872339,"hoog_contributors":null,"hoog_project_badge":"","hoog_featured_project":false,"hoog_project_video":"","hoog_project_photos":[{"image_file":462463,"video_id":"","image_size":"full"},{"image_file":462466,"video_id":"","image_size":"full"},{"image_file":462469,"video_id":"","image_size":"full"},{"image_file":462472,"video_id":"","image_size":"full"},{"image_file":462457,"video_id":"","image_size":"full"},{"image_file":462460,"video_id":"","image_size":"full"},{"image_file":462454,"video_id":"","image_size":"full"},{"image_file":462447,"video_id":"","image_size":"full"},{"image_file":462451,"video_id":"","image_size":"full"}]},"yoast_head":"\n