The belvedere encourages air flow up through the center of the house and out the windows at the top to provide natural cooling.
DOWNLOAD PDF (0.5 MB)During one of our first meetings with the owner we took a walk around the neighborhood to examine how other additions had impacted similar ranch houses. Most second-floor additions looked unbalanced.
For our addition, we decided to emphasize horizontal lines and de-emphasize verticals as a way to maintain the stable, coherent appearance of the original Ranch. We repeated the line of the first-story hipped roof in the second story, creating a tiered effect. We added an additional, third tier above, which provides space for a cozy sleeping loft. The result is harmony between old and new and consonance with the architectural rhythm of the street.
This mid-century Modern house’s addition was inspired by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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