an addition to the doyle residence

existing front facade on burroughs drive

the doyles were looking for a new entrance to their home that would accommodate coats, scarves, hats, a place to sit and take off wet boots, book bags, sailing equipment--space for all the paraphernalia of 21st-century living that their early-20th-century home lacked.  the comely front entry with no closets just wasn't doing the job. the attached garage had no internal entry to the house.

the existing facade on agassis drive

photo sketch: an approach of least intervention

so we started with an approach that involved least intervention--that is, by asking the question: can we solve the problem using the spaces we have? like the existing garage?
peter appreciated the exercise in frugality but responded with--nice try, kath, but it's not enough, and, oh, by the way, i think we also need a master bedroom addition......
(his response is not uncommon.)

photo sketch: the final design

this is the final design.
but not before we investigated....

• the orientation of the rooflines;
  
• the kind of dormer we would use;
  
• if we changed styles of dormer, would there be one, two or three dormers;
  
• what kind of windows?
  

see the photo-sketches below.