This new house - a teardown - by Atlanta architect Bradley E. Heppner - takes my breath away. It's a 2009 Morningside interpretation of something older. But isn't everything? In any case I love the pointy shapes, the simplicity, the interesting roof, the straightforward windows. I think it will be on magazine covers.
So here is a 1929'er in Druid Hills. I've been driving by it forever, always enjoying the simple white shapes. Would you keep the white windows or go for a more metal look?
The new one is a bit stark in the picture, it hasn't weathered in yet, the driveway too new. In person, it's striking but not so stark. Can you imagine white windows?
My field guide to American homes says that English houses have a door emphasis, French ones a roof emphasis. I include the door surround for Things That Inspire's post about a "carved" doorway.
Compare to the neighboring house. I've been watching it since before the teardown. Every day has been interesting. Exterior walls are concrete block with hard coat stucco.
The more I look, the more I learn, the deeper I look, the more I like.
Thanks,
Terry
P.S. What I particularly appreciate about architects and builders: Their work is forever in public and can't come in out of the rain.
That can mean gutter rocket science.
Thanks to Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch.
