Showing posts with label lake claire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lake claire. Show all posts

Friday, January 24, 2014

Charm that's Bigger Than It Really Is in Lake Claire

On Tuesday morning the low winter sun lit the south side of McLendon and this little house caught my eye. Tax records say it's about 1,200 square feet, built in 1940. It's so good.


There are 1000's of great ways to detail this wall but a billion bad ways.

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The gable's peak is half hipped, clipped or jerkinhead: "a hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height leaving a truncated gable."

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The bell-shaped window just touches the fascia.

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The returns are prominent but not too beefy. The white trim moves my eye all around. The tall chimney has a little hat. Neatly spaced  little boxwoods don't crowd the view or diminish the height. A leggy bush softens the corner but doesn't hide the foundation. the hydrangeas aren't yet overgrown. It would look so different without the window box. Smooth trim and glass, shingles on roof and walls, brick and screen, horizontals, verticals and diagonals, one complex curve.

Designers get these details right and can imagine successful variations.

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Guests know where to knock and sense the sheltering porch.

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The garbage cans are just a sign of life.

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Bravo. Let's come back in the spring.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Nine Teardowns Done

These Atlanta teardowns mostly South of Buckhead are done There are more of these than ever in the intown neighborhoods. Somebody's got some money. The spec houses sell fast, most before they are complete. A few of these are custom designs.

One was a poptop:


Morningside
P1090235-2012-06-19--1224-Cumberland-Rd-Teardown-before

P1100625-2012-07-26--1224-Cumberland-Rd-Teardown-demolition-0953am-detail-full

P1150784-2013-01-29--1224-Cumberland-Rd-Teardown-morningside-complete

Lake Claire:
2011-10-10-546-Hardendorf-Ave-at-Harriet-Teardown-Before-Front

P1050577-2012-03-12--546-Hardendorf-Ave-Teardown-WIP

P1120050-2012-09-17-546-Hardendorf-Ave-Teardown-Complete-Front-east-elevation

Buckhead
2011-11-04-2897-N-Fulton-Dr-NE-Teardown-1

P1080800-2012-05-24-2897-N-Fulton-Dr-NE-Teardown-WIP-12-over-12-in-context-full

P1110523-2012-08-30--2897-N-Fulton-Dr-NE-Teardown-complete-4-square-piano-nobel

Morningside
P1010997-2011-11-07-1330-Lanier-Boulevard-Poptop-Before-1

P1040666--2011-02-06--1330-Lanier-Boulevard-Poptop-remove-low-roof

P1120569-2012-10-02-1330-Lanier-Boulevard-Poptop-complete-full 

Sherwood Forest
2012-12-17--1594-Friar-Tuck-Road-teardown-before-1

P1040108-2012-01-17--1594-Friar-Tuck-Road-teardown-WIP-Contractor-Archtict-Signs-Stanback-Hess-studio--Dresser-Homes

P1110831-2012-09-10--1594-Friar-Tuck-Road-teardown-complete-detal

Midtown
P1071635-Midtown-Sideways-Yello-Diagonal-9th-street-teardown

P1000559-2011-09-25-Dencity-9th-Street-Teardown-WIP

P1140708-20-12-12-19-9th Street-Teardown-Modern-Dencity-complete-detail


Lenox Park (Morningside)
P1000015-2011-09-13-Teardown-1714-Wildwood-before-driveway

P1040563-2012-02-01--1714-Wildwood-Rd--teardown-roof-framing-from-side-detail

P1140353-2012-12-03--1714-Wildwood-Rd-teardown-complete


Winnona Park Decatur
2012-03-02--708-Avery-St-Decatur-Teardown-before-4

P1050466-2012-03-09--708-Avery-St-Decatur-Teardown-demo-in-context-Stoney-Rivers-Homes-full

P1140560-2012-12-14--708-Avery-St-Decatur-Teardown-detail-complete

Argonne Forest, Buckhead
2011-09-26-3176-Argonne-Dr-Teardown-Before2

P1030508-2011-12-28-3176 ArgonneDrNW-Tearddown-WIP-Roofline-dormer

P1160039-2013-02-04--3176-Argonne-Dr-NW-Tearddown-complete


Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Pink, landscaped, kitty-cornered, cruvy driveway: perfect in Lake Claire

Lake Claire has surprises on every street. Get on your bicycle or scooter and tour every one. I nominate this one for best infill. The style isn't keeping with it's neighboring houses. But it makes the already funky street even better.
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The driveway and landscaping will tease the architecture tourists. This house would look good anywhere. The diagonal plan creates space on a narrow lot.
P1121679-Pink-Lake-Claire-Gordon-KittyCorner

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