I like it. Hoping to design an office addition, it would be
North facing mainly. A room with a large South facing
window usually needs heavy curtains, and adds a lot of
heat.
Ken
> I like it. Hoping to design an office addition, it would be
> North facing mainly. A room with a large South facing
> window usually needs heavy curtains, and adds a lot of
> heat.
> Ken
I think you should eliminate the giant hot tub in the middle of the
1st floor and install a 6' dia spiral stair to the new 2nd floor
addition.
Don't forget the MG turret on the roof and the larder in the basement.
> > I like it. Hoping to design an office addition, it would be
> > North facing mainly. A room with a large South facing
> > window usually needs heavy curtains, and adds a lot of
> > heat.
> > Ken
> I think you should eliminate the giant hot tub in the middle of the
> 1st floor and install a 6' dia spiral stair to the new 2nd floor
> addition.
> Don't forget the MG turret on the roof and the larder in the basement.
Egads, I leave the genious stuff to you pro's.
There's well ventilated homes or drafty homes.
I'll ad lib my experince with a 3 story jobber I owned...
Get a call from daughter in her 2nd floor west facing bedroom at
sunset,
"it's too hot in this room".
A 1/2 hour before that she called to say the rec-room was too cold.
She owns her own house now that is a serious 2 floor turkey.
> I like it. Hoping to design an office addition, it would be
> North facing mainly. A room with a large South facing
> window usually needs heavy curtains, and adds a lot of
> heat.
> Ken
I think the corners/edges are too sharp for the location. I'd prefer the pueblo shapes - I mean the *real* pueblos, not the modern "reinterpretation" (also there are some Ok examples of that also). Some weathered stone (or even boulders?) integrated into the outer walls would blend it in even more.
I's also prefer some sort of shade structure, especially something that'd be adjustible (almost like some sort of "plantation shutter" turned sideways to provide adjustible shade).
All in all, it's not "modern" enough for my taste and it's also not "earthy" enough - it just doesn't seem to me to fit into the location.
> > I like it. Hoping to design an office addition, it would be
> > North facing mainly. A room with a large South facing
> > window usually needs heavy curtains, and adds a lot of
> > heat.
> > Ken
> I think the corners/edges are too sharp for the location. I'd prefer the
> pueblo shapes - I mean the *real* pueblos, not the modern
> "reinterpretation" (also there are some Ok examples of that also). Some
> weathered stone (or even boulders?) integrated into the outer walls would
> blend it in even more.
> I's also prefer some sort of shade structure, especially something that'd
> be adjustible (almost like some sort of "plantation shutter" turned
> sideways to provide adjustible shade).
> All in all, it's not "modern" enough for my taste and it's also not
> "earthy" enough - it just doesn't seem to me to fit into the location.
I tried a building like that, externally brown, but the walls got too
hot
in the summer, uncomfortable to touch, measured > 130F.
So I put a 2" foam insulator around it, and then white vinyl, and yeah
it looks like a big snow cube.
Ken
> > > I like it. Hoping to design an office addition, it would be
> > > North facing mainly. A room with a large South facing
> > > window usually needs heavy curtains, and adds a lot of
> > > heat.
> > > Ken
> > I think the corners/edges are too sharp for the location. I'd prefer the
> > pueblo shapes - I mean the *real* pueblos, not the modern
> > "reinterpretation" (also there are some Ok examples of that also). Some
> > weathered stone (or even boulders?) integrated into the outer walls would
> > blend it in even more.
> > I's also prefer some sort of shade structure, especially something that'd
> > be adjustible (almost like some sort of "plantation shutter" turned
> > sideways to provide adjustible shade).
> > All in all, it's not "modern" enough for my taste and it's also not
> > "earthy" enough - it just doesn't seem to me to fit into the location.
> I tried a building like that, externally brown, but the walls got too
> hot
> in the summer, uncomfortable to touch, measured > 130F.
> So I put a 2" foam insulator around it, and then white vinyl, and yeah
> it looks like a big snow cube.
> Ken
Could use some pizzazz on the top end, something to urge the eye
skyward.
What's the word I'm grasping for?....of yeah, Lofty, it could benefit
from some of that Loftiness.
Ease away from that squat, ground hugger effect.
jes sayin.......
> > > > I like it. Hoping to design an office addition, it would be
> > > > North facing mainly. A room with a large South facing
> > > > window usually needs heavy curtains, and adds a lot of
> > > > heat.
> > > > Ken
> > > I think the corners/edges are too sharp for the location. I'd prefer the
> > > pueblo shapes - I mean the *real* pueblos, not the modern
> > > "reinterpretation" (also there are some Ok examples of that also). Some
> > > weathered stone (or even boulders?) integrated into the outer walls would
> > > blend it in even more.
> > > I's also prefer some sort of shade structure, especially something that'd
> > > be adjustible (almost like some sort of "plantation shutter" turned
> > > sideways to provide adjustible shade).
> > > All in all, it's not "modern" enough for my taste and it's also not
> > > "earthy" enough - it just doesn't seem to me to fit into the location.
> > I tried a building like that, externally brown, but the walls got too
> > hot
> > in the summer, uncomfortable to touch, measured > 130F.
> > So I put a 2" foam insulator around it, and then white vinyl, and yeah
> > it looks like a big snow cube.
> > Ken
> Could use some pizzazz on the top end, something to urge the eye
> skyward.
> What's the word I'm grasping for?....of yeah, Lofty, it could benefit
> from some of that Loftiness.
> Ease away from that squat, ground hugger effect.
> jes sayin.......
Does the TV antenna and stink-pipe count?
Really though, you know I admire your design skills whereby a
building 'blends with the sky'.
When utility is 1st, the flat roof won hands down.,
for our purposes.
Ken
