A stained-glass wall and a carport with a grape arbor

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A stained-glass wall and a carport with a grape arbor

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Location
Ichikawa, Chiba
Type
Exterior & carport
Category
Exteriors / Carports & garages

The wall from the house side, where the fifteen panes of stained glass are framed in patterned blue tile.

The owners run a nursery school next to their home, and asked for an exterior that would feel friendly and charming. Walls, paving and stained glass come together in a natural, European-inspired style.
The owners run a nursery school next to their home, and asked for an exterior that would feel friendly and charming. Walls, paving and stained glass come together in a natural, European-inspired style.
Fifteen pieces of stained glass are set into the wall. It is painted yellow on the street side and blue on the house side, and the street side also carries a spray of iron flowers.
Fifteen pieces of stained glass are set into the wall. It is painted yellow on the street side and blue on the house side, and the street side also carries a spray of iron flowers.
The wall is finished in Jolypate, a coating sprayed over sand-mixed mortar. Our craftsmen work it with the edge of the trowel, which gives it a warm, distinctive texture.
The wall is finished in Jolypate, a coating sprayed over sand-mixed mortar. Our craftsmen work it with the edge of the trowel, which gives it a warm, distinctive texture.
A stained-glass wall and a carport with a grape arbor, photo
The carport, built of woodgrain aluminum, has an automatic gate that hangs from above and slides sideways. The gate and walls look different from the street and from the house, so each side has its own character.
The carport, built of woodgrain aluminum, has an automatic gate that hangs from above and slides sideways. The gate and walls look different from the street and from the house, so each side has its own character.
At the owners' request, a grape arbor was built beneath the roof of the two-car carport.
At the owners' request, a grape arbor was built beneath the roof of the two-car carport.
Autumn 2019: vines across the whole arbor, hung with bunches of grapes in protective paper bags.
Autumn 2019: vines across the whole arbor, hung with bunches of grapes in protective paper bags.
Five years on, the stone-paved approach and the arc of lawn before the house, just as they were made.
Five years on, the stone-paved approach and the arc of lawn before the house, just as they were made.
The gateway: a wooden gate, plastered walls and paving of stones in different colors.
The gateway: a wooden gate, plastered walls and paving of stones in different colors.

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