Modern Balcony Ideas and Designs
Bradfabs LtdThe customer contacted Bradfabs after having difficulty in finding a contractor who would travel to Inverness in Scotland.
After agreeing a specification Bradfabs got to work manufacturing this Balcony and Spiral Staircase combination.
The customer only wanted a narrow balcony to ensure that light could still pass to the ground floor window beneath, the structure was manufactured using mild steel and was powder coated grey, the decking is a type we stock and use over timber for its maintenance benefits.
The design of the balustrade is totally unique to this customer, we could accommodate this into the design as everything we make is unique.
We worked closely with the customer and the Scottish Building Control to ensure this met all the legal requirements and more importantly to ensure the customer is completely happy with the end product.
Luckily this customer has got some amazing views to enjoy his balcony for many years to come.
Rhodes Architecture + Light
The renovation of an extensive linear residence and site facing Port Orchard waterway embraces water, greenspace and forested hillside. The home, completed this fall, serves as an artist’s studio, galleries, family space, game room, outdoor living areas and peaceful retreat.
New interiors and exterior spaces and finishes, cabinetry, lighting, paving, landscape and courtyards become settings for the owner’s art + collections, three-generations of family and the wonderful colors and textures of the land + water.
Inside, a monumental central stair and tapered two-story tall red cedar and steel column was designed as the residence’s entry focal point and internal landmarks, guiding the visitor’s eye to the main atrium…. and upward. Heavy wide-flange steel moment frames support the house and enable whole walls of glass. Rough, mill-finished steel contrasts refined cabinetry, stone, wood structure and defining dropped ceilings, reflecting the opener’s love of the tension between highly polished and detailed + rough, found art.
Outside, A new southern “dining room” was designed for warm summer evening gatherings under a heavy-timber trellis. The focus, opposite water and island views, is a metal perforated screen. The final screen is composed of the lyrics from a Joe Cocker song of great meaning to the owners, cut from ½” marine bronze, set into dark-fired brick. “Oh My Darling, Be Home Soon….”
Natural daylight and high-efficiency lighting are central players as in any gallery. From a high clerestory and extensive southern and eastern window-walls to carefully selected up-lighting, pendants, and accent fixtures, Rhodes Architecture + Light worked closely with the owner to ensure that their dark existing house would become one filled with light…. night and day.
The owners, Ken and Jane, allowed us to interview them about their experience working with Rhodes Architecture + Light, and how they are feeling about living with the architecture today.
What was your experience like, working with Rhodes Architecture + Light?
“They worked with us because it was a remodel, an existing thing, and we had to try to make it work for all of our interests and how our family operated. They listened, and we listened, and it was a great communication back and forth.”–Jane
How has the renovation changed the way you live and enjoy your home?
“I remember saying to them that I want the whole floor heated because it gets so chilly down here. And we had the wood burning stove, but it was over there and now we just turn the floor heat on and we can come down. It’s cozy and nice. So we’re looking forward to winter now.”–Ken
“We have 5 kids together and now a bunch of grandchildren. I wanted a marble countertop, but there’s just no way. I didn’t want it to be a place where I had to say, ‘No, no, no. Wipe up your drink, do this, do that.’ I wanted it to be a place where everybody can come with all the kids, and we make a big mess, and I can clean it up. And we can enjoy ourselves here, because that room upstairs, we almost never went in. And now we’re in there eating pizza and watching the game.” –Jane
As an artist, Jane enjoyed the collaborative process.
“I can’t believe it was as positive as it was. I went into it thinking it would be a great, creative, fun, collaborative thing, and I have to say, with our architects, it was. I like that creative process. I always say when I am doing a painting, it’s a series of problem solving so it wasn’t unusual for me. I am completely blown away by them and had fun with that part of it.” –Jane
Architect: Tim James Rhodes RA AIA, Rhodes Architecture + Light
Builder: Fairbank Construction Company
Structural: Swensen Say Faget
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MH2GComfortable and inviting...these are the best words to describe this outdoor space. Situated on a high level of the Brickell City Center Rise condominium in Miami, this balcony is the place to enjoy a gorgeous sunset!
Featuring the modern outdoor set from MH2G furniture made of white aluminium powder coated with natural teak top. The coffee table has a built in ice bucket very convenient to entertain in style. Interior Design by Julissa De los Santos, ASID
Paramount Products, LLCWe designed, fabricated, powder coated, and installed this modern balcony railing, interior landing railing as well as the hand railing and hand rail brackets.
Cheng DesignFu-Tung Cheng, CHENG Design
• Exterior Shot of Front Side and Balcony of Tiburon House
Tiburon House is Cheng Design's eighth custom home project. The topography of the site for Bluff House was a rift cut into the hillside, which inspired the design concept of an ascent up a narrow canyon path. Two main wings comprise a “T” floor plan; the first includes a two-story family living wing with office, children’s rooms and baths, and Master bedroom suite. The second wing features the living room, media room, kitchen and dining space that open to a rewarding 180-degree panorama of the San Francisco Bay, the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, and Belvedere Island.
Photography: Tim Maloney
UserThis residence had been recently remodeled, with the exception of two of the bathrooms. Michael Merrill Design Studio enlarged the downstairs bathroom, which now has a spa-like atmosphere. It serves pool guests as well as house guests. Over-scaled tile floors and architectural glass tiled walls impart a dramatic modernity to the space. Note the polished stainless steel ledge in the shower niche. A German lacquered vanity and a Jack Lenor Larsen roman shade complete the space.
Upstairs, the bathroom has a much more organic feel, using a shaved pebble floor, linen textured vinyl wall covering, and a watery green wall tile. Here the vanity is veneered in a rich walnut. The residence, nestled on 20 acres of heavily wooded land, has been meticulously detailed throughout, with new millwork, hardware, and finishes. (2012-2013);
Photos © Paul Dyer Photography
Lane Williams ArchitectsAn existing 1960's single story home with daylight basement and pitched roof is transformed with a two-story addition and new rooflines. Strong horizontal and vertical planes define each living space.
box architectureExisting single storey bungalow. we added a second storey and upgraded the whole house to meet modern standards.
Balcony to the front and next stairs, internal to the side.
Externally insulated with a white finish & new triple glazed aluclad windows throughout.
Paul Tierney Photgraphy
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