This is a great example of Seattle vernacular. This craftsman style of home typically uses large low sloped roofs to create a sense of compression, the roof extents past the edge of the house to enhance this idea. Here we have a clever addition upon that roof idea, creating a beautifully balanced box with a new flat roof on top. There is also still a trace of the old roof line above the porch! What great care in color matching with the rest of the house. A fantastic example of a well thought addition to this small Capitol Hill home.
Friday, August 3, 2007
Beauty in Proportion
This is a great example of Seattle vernacular. This craftsman style of home typically uses large low sloped roofs to create a sense of compression, the roof extents past the edge of the house to enhance this idea. Here we have a clever addition upon that roof idea, creating a beautifully balanced box with a new flat roof on top. There is also still a trace of the old roof line above the porch! What great care in color matching with the rest of the house. A fantastic example of a well thought addition to this small Capitol Hill home.
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I think it would be great if you would also post the name of the "architectural designer" that is responsible for these "masterpieces". It's good to give credit where credit is due.
that porch looks a little uncomfortable to even look at. it looks like the space is being compressed by that addition.
I'd like to hear a little more of your rationale for praising this addition.
I have to dissent. The addition is graceless and oppressive - it diminishes the portico which should be the focal point and the roofline makes it seem unfinished and foreshortened.
The addition is out of scale and insensitive to the architectural period and style.
I agree with Sarah that the person responsible for the design should ideally be identified. They can't be someone who loves or understands period architecture (or they were pressed into this outrage by a cheap client).
It looks like a "design" done by a contractor.
~GC
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