A place on the canal.

Slender brick facades and a skyline of sculpted gables.

DioramaIllustratedClayLinework

Building the townhouse…

PerspectiveIsometricElevationSide

StyleView

Drag to orbit · Scroll to zoomDrag to orbit · Pinch to zoom5.2 m frontage · 3 storeys

MAKE IT YOURS

Shape the townhouse

Gable silhouette

BellNeckStepped

Sweeping shoulders curve up to a rounded crown.

Neighbouring houses

Two houses on each sideAdd four neighbours for a five-house canal frontage

The central house remains yours to shape. Neighbours vary in height, brick colour and gable silhouette.

1 house · individual study

Ground-floor mix

Shopfrontsof 1

0 shops · 1 residential front door

Choose a front door or a shopfront. Add neighbouring houses to explore a mixture along the row.

Scale & proportion

Frontage widthm

Storeys below gable

Floor heightm

Gable heightm

5.2 m wide · 9.4 m to corniceDimensions describe the central house. The attic sits within the gable.

Windows & entrance

Window widthm

Entrance risem

Window width adjusts the townhouse windows. Shops have wider display glazing and a separate glazed entrance. All entrance steps rise in 180 mm increments.

Materials & details

Facade brick

Red brickBrown brickCharcoal

Doors & shopfronts

Bottle greenInk blueBlack

Decorative detailsScrolls, wall anchors, keystones and a hoisting beam

A person for scaleA pedestrian on the canal-side pavement

The pattern

A narrow frontage becomes distinctive through its gable. Pale stone outlines the roof and tall windows, while brick, iron anchors and a hoisting beam give the facade its character.

See the house alone to study its proportions, or add neighbours to explore the varied roofline of a canal street.

Pattern 12 · Dutch townhouse

Concept dimensions. Changes last for this session.

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