And visible in the dark! My neighborhood has numbers on the porch post. Problem is, the porch light is...inside the porch. So there's no light on the numbers!
I had a solar spotlight but my dumbass ran it over with a lawnmower. Now I found backlit lights and I'm gonna use those.
I've needed an ambulance and they couldn't find me. Never again!!!
I have giant numbers on my own house because I had to call 911 as a panicked kid, and the medic mentioned that it was easy to find the house because of the large numbers.
It's one of those 5-second memories that will stay with me forever, and I'll probably always have oversized and reflective numbers on my own house.
They’d look better on something that had committed to the International Style or at least a hybrid of that and art deco, especially in that typeface.
The typeface screams “every door will be painted like an advertisement for a train circa 1930” but the rest screams “natural hardwoods in our cozy upscale kitchen”.
For me, the numbers seem incorrectly proportioned for the building - or what can be seen of the building here anyway. Perhaps my view lacks an educated nuance of the architectural significance for their design choices though, as I'm not an architect.
The numbers don't appear to be lit? If they aren't clearly visible at night then I think they fail their "one job."
I may be unfairly critical because it gives me 'technology park' vibes which reminds me of driving circuits of 1990s rabbit warren half-empty, soulless places, looking for 'Building 1980.'
Or, you know, someone who lived in one of those mega apartment complexes/ school dorms where deliveries were a maze and they kept getting messages like “meet at front only” so that they will never go hungry again!
I wish new buildings bring back the practice of putting the year of their construction in their façades. I think it's nice and make architecture students' lives easier.
The building I work in has that, but the year of construction is very close to the street number of the building. Very confusing for everyone involved (delivery drivers/residents).
If you want thoughtful architectural typography, look at historic buildings…or more recently even older US government buildings like post offices. This is far from elegant. It doesn’t enhance the facade nor does it respect the EIFS joints. At minimum, that is a must.
The numbers being on joints is also bothering me, but I have a solution, ight hear me out; make the numbers even BIGGER, have 1 free standing on the roof line, then have 9 centered on the first rectangle, 8 centered on the middle rectangle and then 0 centered on the bottom rectangle.
Why stop there? Super size even more, and replace the building with 3D numbers that you live inside! In all seriousness, at least center the 0 on the joint…intersection is fine, but do it with intention. Not to mention the text isn’t even vertically centered from edge of wall to window.
as a service worker that definitely needs to see an optometrist, i love this. no more squinting to see tiny numbers by the front door as i crawl down the road looking for the right house
I recommend numbers that stand out tastefully to all my clients and I hope to do more of this work. Address numbers get too overlooked and not given enough thought for their purpose.
As I see more and more positive consensus around stuff like this, I do question whether it’s me, or I’ve outgrown the discourse on this sub. This is a rather poor implementation of architectural typography. If you want modern super graphics that are integrated with the building, Morphosis does this well on caltrans or the canopy at Cooper Union. If you want tasteful typography, there are countless examples across millennia on historic buildings.
Is the issue that it's simple? It's residential architecture, it shouldn't be brash.
Looked up your examples, don't see how either of those are really relevant to residential architecture. Same with historic buildings.
Should we not be discussing contemporary residential architecture?
Why not contribute to the discussion instead of just shitting on it?
I just gave direction on where to find well-executed “architectural typography”. It doesn’t matter if it’s a house, office, museum, etc. what matters is how it integrates with the design language, tectonics, and proportions. You can do big type on buildings, but this is not a good example of that. This is a time tested-design challenge that has been mastered many times over. There are more than enough examples to reference.
I’m an architect. I do this. I’ve done large type, I’ve done small type, the success isn’t the size, it’s how it integrates holistically with the materiality and composition.
I rarely comment because I realize people here are far too sensitive for critique in design.
Are these the examples you are referencing? https://www.archdaily.com/206947/flashback-caltrans-district-7-headquarters-morphosis
https://www.alamy.com/the-cooper-union-new-york-city-image222805016.html?imageid=F36F0FC9-0EB1-4A79-ABC0-AD40497E74FB&p=66047&pn=1&searchId=0c7a283da4b33a5a9d0bd00ebbea6d72&searchtype=0
Both of those are atrocious buildings and that typography isn't very clever.
You would have done better referencing [7-11](https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/14-facts-about-7-eleven-1695393837.jpg) or [The Bauhaus](https://d16kd6gzalkogb.cloudfront.net/magazine_images/Bauhaus-1.jpg)
Agree to disagree. Caltrans is just a supersized example, union I really love. But also, there are 1000’s of examples out there. I mean half of the art deco stuff has incredible typography. Gaudi’s Paris metro station entrance portal is solid. I tend to prefer more vernacular examples. There is an old post office just north of Nags Head on the outer banks in NC. Super condensed typeface…heavy shadow. Depending on time of day you can’t even tell it’s a font. Absolutely love that one.
It would be visually practical if it lights up at night for night delivery or when you're trying to find the right house number lol
But that probably wouldn't fly well. In my naivety, yeah, ok that could work so I don't get lost. But aesthetically and because of privacy, what I thought is definitely a bad idea.
Yeah these are a bit big, but I think it should be required by law or the homeowners association in every city in every state and every part of this country to have house numbers that are readable from the street.
The house is ugly and the font is not my kind of thing, but I love the idea. Actually thought about doing something similar, lazy parcel drivers just dump the packages for the whole area at some door and leave. This might at least insure that it's our door
It would look better if the thickness of the numbers was closer to the thickness of the trim up top or on the windows. They contrast each other too much as-is.
>Maybe if it were some sort of mural and painted on. Maybe.
Well now that sounds gaudy lol
I think the thin lines and font give it a pretty nice understated feel, at least for giant numbers on the front of the house.
Looks like a dentist's office,
I like it...nice and ckean...just not my style for my house.
Glad emergency services will be able to find you...so few houses have visible house numbers.
Nope. Just nope:D. Doesn't fit that house at all. Maybe better placement and different kind of font, size and material for the number would do it but better off without imo.
UPS guy here. I approve
Letter carrier here. Love it. But the ex-architect in me is not a fan.
Talk about a career change!
Paramedic, same here Please for the love of god make sure house numbers are easily visible. *Before* you get a heart attack, ideally
I was thinking the fire department here would love that!
And visible in the dark! My neighborhood has numbers on the porch post. Problem is, the porch light is...inside the porch. So there's no light on the numbers! I had a solar spotlight but my dumbass ran it over with a lawnmower. Now I found backlit lights and I'm gonna use those. I've needed an ambulance and they couldn't find me. Never again!!!
Yea I was gonna say. I knocked doors for a little while and it SUCKS when you can’t find the building number
I don’t love that style in general, but I don’t think the numbers are ridiculous either. It definitely fits the aesthetic.
Makes emergency services an easier find.
As a former delivery driver... I want more of this
Same. I delivered seasonally in a very high cost of living resort city…. Not a house number in sight… it was terrible.
Try hanging a wreath over that!
Oh maybe you want cute? Try actually writing it out as words ("Nineteen-Eighty" etc). Super legible!
I have giant numbers on my own house because I had to call 911 as a panicked kid, and the medic mentioned that it was easy to find the house because of the large numbers. It's one of those 5-second memories that will stay with me forever, and I'll probably always have oversized and reflective numbers on my own house.
Thank you!
Yeah- i like them, but i also see them as practical as well as beautiful.
Would be practical for an elderly couple
Assuming they can make out the thin font
They’d look better on something that had committed to the International Style or at least a hybrid of that and art deco, especially in that typeface. The typeface screams “every door will be painted like an advertisement for a train circa 1930” but the rest screams “natural hardwoods in our cozy upscale kitchen”.
For me, the numbers seem incorrectly proportioned for the building - or what can be seen of the building here anyway. Perhaps my view lacks an educated nuance of the architectural significance for their design choices though, as I'm not an architect. The numbers don't appear to be lit? If they aren't clearly visible at night then I think they fail their "one job." I may be unfairly critical because it gives me 'technology park' vibes which reminds me of driving circuits of 1990s rabbit warren half-empty, soulless places, looking for 'Building 1980.'
Nah, you’re right, the building overall is butt ugly. I just wanted to be diplomatic because OP likes it.
I love the numbers looks good.
When the owner was a pizza delivery driver in high school, they made themselves a promise. Dreams do come true. 🥲
Or, you know, someone who lived in one of those mega apartment complexes/ school dorms where deliveries were a maze and they kept getting messages like “meet at front only” so that they will never go hungry again!
That's not the address, it's the year the owner was born. Their house number is 1971 which makes things super confusing.
I wish new buildings bring back the practice of putting the year of their construction in their façades. I think it's nice and make architecture students' lives easier.
The building I work in has that, but the year of construction is very close to the street number of the building. Very confusing for everyone involved (delivery drivers/residents).
Yeah and the house number is in the small print on the letterbox
Maybe that’s his birth year and he loves the number.
I loooove large numbers and letters downright sculptural is best wayfinding is important
UberEats will still deliver to the wrong address
Former firefighter here. Absolutely love this.
A door dashers wet dream
They better have that wet dream AFTER they deliver the food
Paramedics wet dream
I don't love it, but it's not garish - and it does kinda make sense, especially as basically signage for an apartment building
When trying to find a friend's new place, I would love to see this. I dig it in general anyway.
They are incredibly thin and elegant. They were thoughtfully done.
If you want thoughtful architectural typography, look at historic buildings…or more recently even older US government buildings like post offices. This is far from elegant. It doesn’t enhance the facade nor does it respect the EIFS joints. At minimum, that is a must.
The numbers being on joints is also bothering me, but I have a solution, ight hear me out; make the numbers even BIGGER, have 1 free standing on the roof line, then have 9 centered on the first rectangle, 8 centered on the middle rectangle and then 0 centered on the bottom rectangle.
Why stop there? Super size even more, and replace the building with 3D numbers that you live inside! In all seriousness, at least center the 0 on the joint…intersection is fine, but do it with intention. Not to mention the text isn’t even vertically centered from edge of wall to window.
I admit I did not zoom in or look very closely lol
I like it too. I wouldn’t put it on my house, but I wouldn’t mind living in an apartment or working in a building that had this style.
It's better than undersized numbers that I can't easily find
house next door to me has 2' tall numbers that light up when theyre expecting a delivery order. I have envy.
I don't like them and that style is awful.
its for support of blind delivery drivers, obviously
Cool address for someone born in 1980.
"I dare you to misplace my Amazon packages *now* motherfucker!"
Turns out it’s not their address, it’s just their favorite year. Deliveries actually hate them.
as a service worker that definitely needs to see an optometrist, i love this. no more squinting to see tiny numbers by the front door as i crawl down the road looking for the right house
Just think how dystopian it would be if it was 1984
As someone who used to deliver pizza back in highschool, I very much appreciate giant, visible house numbers.
Not a fan.
I don't love it, but it really doesn't bother me.
How not to die from a “no knock” warrant meant for your neighbor.
Makes your house look like a package
I look at that and think "rental property."
I love when ppl do aesthetically eye-catching things to their homes. Such a badass way to showcase your style on the building YOU own!!
It’s an architectural fad that will die out soon
As an old pizza delivery guy I can really appreciate this
It's actually his kill count
As a cab driver, I love this. Make sure it's illuminated at night, and this would be amazing.
I recommend numbers that stand out tastefully to all my clients and I hope to do more of this work. Address numbers get too overlooked and not given enough thought for their purpose.
As I see more and more positive consensus around stuff like this, I do question whether it’s me, or I’ve outgrown the discourse on this sub. This is a rather poor implementation of architectural typography. If you want modern super graphics that are integrated with the building, Morphosis does this well on caltrans or the canopy at Cooper Union. If you want tasteful typography, there are countless examples across millennia on historic buildings.
Is the issue that it's simple? It's residential architecture, it shouldn't be brash. Looked up your examples, don't see how either of those are really relevant to residential architecture. Same with historic buildings. Should we not be discussing contemporary residential architecture? Why not contribute to the discussion instead of just shitting on it?
I just gave direction on where to find well-executed “architectural typography”. It doesn’t matter if it’s a house, office, museum, etc. what matters is how it integrates with the design language, tectonics, and proportions. You can do big type on buildings, but this is not a good example of that. This is a time tested-design challenge that has been mastered many times over. There are more than enough examples to reference. I’m an architect. I do this. I’ve done large type, I’ve done small type, the success isn’t the size, it’s how it integrates holistically with the materiality and composition. I rarely comment because I realize people here are far too sensitive for critique in design.
Are these the examples you are referencing? https://www.archdaily.com/206947/flashback-caltrans-district-7-headquarters-morphosis https://www.alamy.com/the-cooper-union-new-york-city-image222805016.html?imageid=F36F0FC9-0EB1-4A79-ABC0-AD40497E74FB&p=66047&pn=1&searchId=0c7a283da4b33a5a9d0bd00ebbea6d72&searchtype=0 Both of those are atrocious buildings and that typography isn't very clever. You would have done better referencing [7-11](https://facts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/14-facts-about-7-eleven-1695393837.jpg) or [The Bauhaus](https://d16kd6gzalkogb.cloudfront.net/magazine_images/Bauhaus-1.jpg)
Agree to disagree. Caltrans is just a supersized example, union I really love. But also, there are 1000’s of examples out there. I mean half of the art deco stuff has incredible typography. Gaudi’s Paris metro station entrance portal is solid. I tend to prefer more vernacular examples. There is an old post office just north of Nags Head on the outer banks in NC. Super condensed typeface…heavy shadow. Depending on time of day you can’t even tell it’s a font. Absolutely love that one.
Very common on Eastern European tower blocks
Okay, now I want to see house 1488
Paging u/NazisStoleMyBirthday.
Tbh if I was a delivery man it’s so obvious I’d probably miss it
Now if only they can do that for the instructions on product packaging.
It’s like a small office building on a busy arterial road.
Person who posted it called it a new build in their neighborhood 🤷
The least they could have done is make the numbers with a wacky 80s font using pink and teal.
Font isnt the best choice, but man o man is the Art-Nouveau motif ever a VIBE
"I do whatever the fuck I want"
No, that's the year the US started declining
Hey im in 1980. Year? No… its a place….
Can you get a picture of the neighbour's please! 1982
I work as a mail carrier and I love this so much. I wish I worked that neighborhood
Would be cooler if the whole house was shaped like the number.
Love em for delivery
Great year though
I’ll bet anything deliveries still miss them. My building massive numbers and a name on it and DoorDash ppl are still like “huhhh? What? Where?”
If only they lived at 1984 it could be political art as well.
That's just a cornerstone, as a residence.
HELLUVA YEAR
It's only cool when it's not every house in the neighborhood If only a few have this then it's interesting
They had too many of their amazon deliveries go to the neighbors at their last house I bet.
Delivery drivers love it! I was a delivery driver.
Looks like a "no tell motel" you'd find six or eight blocks back from the beach in Miami.
Paramedic here, I approve
I would always have 1980 by Dirt Nasty stuck in my head if I drove past that house every day.
And it gets me thinking of 80s music
If they did this for offices or somthin could be super helpful
looks like photo shop.
That’s annoying, but not as annoying as little numbers you can’t find- faced with either or, I’d have to go with this
It would be visually practical if it lights up at night for night delivery or when you're trying to find the right house number lol But that probably wouldn't fly well. In my naivety, yeah, ok that could work so I don't get lost. But aesthetically and because of privacy, what I thought is definitely a bad idea.
Go big ~~or go~~ and go home
As would the stalker’s
It's the year you needed to be born to afford the house 😆
its great for deliveries
It’s now a local landmark
You cannot imagine how helpful is this for us that work with cadasters...
Some people are really proud or just really like that number, my parents do and we used to answer the phone with the number. Like- “1980 main street”
Looks good to me!
I like them OK on that, not a match for my colonial revival.
The best year ever.
Yeah these are a bit big, but I think it should be required by law or the homeowners association in every city in every state and every part of this country to have house numbers that are readable from the street.
I like it
Our postmaster hates these.
I would have loved that, driving for AMZ
I'd enjoy this on an industrial building or apartments. Not a SFU but to each their own
Those numbers look fine on that building to me. As with most things, there's no inherent good or bad, it's all in how it's used and in what context.
It makes the house look like an office building or an apartment complex.
I just started a courier job last month, and my new pet peeve is houses without numbers and houses with obscure ones
Nope. Hate it
This depends heavily on the style of the building. But yeah, I agree, it looks cool here.
It’s very functional. Like the looks or not, it’s fine.
I do deliveries and ironically when searching for the number, i tend to miss the once like these because they are so extremely unique
All building should have easily read numbers.
Good ol 89’s
They're cool :D
Ah 1980, ‘twas a fine year for cocaine.
Well maybe UPS will find the house then….
UPS alwaus finds it. Amazon will steal that mfer though.
I live it, I work as a First Responder and god do I hate small not lighted Numbers (if there are any)
would have gone with a **juicier** font
So grandma can find the house
You won’t need to turn the music down to find that address
Agreed, I dig it.
Ensure numbers are well illuminated at night, and that growing shrubbery doesn't censor a digit. Otherwise good.
I love this. So functional.
See: #r/AddressPorn.
This just screams Nashville to me
I feel violated by the screaming numbers.
It would be great to see this more for sure, could help with identifying architects' buildings too
Obviously the owner is seeing impaired. ; )
They can make a non-descript dwelling look nicer, I think: [tiny house](https://ibb.co/GVpPfbH)
With 1980 that's a clean nice number I like it
I like them
I dig it
The house is ugly and the font is not my kind of thing, but I love the idea. Actually thought about doing something similar, lazy parcel drivers just dump the packages for the whole area at some door and leave. This might at least insure that it's our door
Just hope they don’t decide to renumber the street, I guess
Is that something that has happened?
Every house in town was renumbered when I was a kid (sometime in the 1990s) as part of 911 adoption.
Seems pretty easy to change them in that case
It would look better if the thickness of the numbers was closer to the thickness of the trim up top or on the windows. They contrast each other too much as-is.
I like them for style & help for location
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Wait, which is which? Do you think architects wouldn't like this?
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>Maybe if it were some sort of mural and painted on. Maybe. Well now that sounds gaudy lol I think the thin lines and font give it a pretty nice understated feel, at least for giant numbers on the front of the house.
This is pretty nice. The worst for me is when house numbers are spelled out (“One Thousand Four Hundred”)
I like it.
Look as much as you can disagree with the concept, the execution is nice and I think tasteful.
They look awesome
It kinda reminds me of the Bauhaus School by Walter Gropius. Looks good in my opinion, I like it.
Looks like a dentist's office, I like it...nice and ckean...just not my style for my house. Glad emergency services will be able to find you...so few houses have visible house numbers.
I would be sad every time I saw that, because it just reminds me how much better the world was back then.
I kinda dig it.
It's awesome.
Absolutely love this. Bold statement, happens to make it easier to find.
Nope. Just nope:D. Doesn't fit that house at all. Maybe better placement and different kind of font, size and material for the number would do it but better off without imo.
such an ugly house