Gold Star Architect - Michael Imber

Here's another architect's website that's worth a visit. Genuine architectural patterns can be seen in almost every photograph...from the building forms themselves (scale, proportion, massing, etc.) to the smaller details (windows, columns, porches, etc.) that make up the carefully crafted exteriors. Also note how the houses (mostly new) seem to fit seamlessly into the environment in which they are built...timeless architecture!

www.michaelgimber.com



Gold Star Architect - Historical Concepts

Here's another architect's website that's worth a visit. Genuine architectural patterns can be seen in almost every photograph...from the building forms themselves (scale, proportion, massing, etc.) to the smaller details (windows, columns, porches, etc.) that make up the carefully crafted exteriors. Also note how the houses (mostly new) seem to fit seamlessly into the environment in which they are built...timeless architecture!

www.historicalconcepts.com



Gold Star Architect - Geoffrey Mouen

Here's another architect's website that's worth a visit. Genuine architectural patterns can be seen in almost every photograph...from the building forms themselves (scale, proportion, massing, etc.) to the smaller details (windows, columns, porches, etc.) that make up the carefully crafted exteriors. Also note how the houses (mostly new) seem to fit seamlessly into the environment in which they are built...timeless architecture!

 

www.gmouen.com



Gold Star Architect - G.P. Schafer

Here's another architect's website that's worth a visit. Genuine architectural patterns can be seen in almost every photograph...from the building forms themselves (scale, proportion, massing, etc.) to the smaller details (windows, columns, porches, etc.) that make up the carefully crafted exteriors. Also note how the houses (mostly new) seem to fit seamlessly into the environment in which they are built...timeless architecture!

 

www.gpschafer.com



Gold Star Architect - Ferguson Shamamian

Here's another architect's website that's worth a visit. Genuine architectural patterns can be seen in almost every photograph...from the building forms themselves (scale, proportion, massing, etc.) to the smaller details (windows, columns, porches, etc.) that make up the carefully crafted exteriors. Also note how the houses (mostly new) seem to fit seamlessly into the environment in which they are built...timeless architecture!

www.fergusonshamamian.com



Gold Star Architect - Fairfax & Sammons

Here's another architect's website that's worth a visit. Genuine architectural patterns can be seen in almost every photograph...from the building forms themselves (scale, proportion, massing, etc.) to the smaller details (windows, columns, porches, etc.) that make up the carefully crafted exteriors. Also note how the houses (mostly new) seem to fit seamlessly into the environment in which they are built...timeless architecture!

www.fairfaxandsammons.com



 



Gold Star Architect - Estes Twombley

Here's another architect's website that's worth a visit. Genuine architectural patterns can be seen in almost every photograph...from the building forms themselves (scale, proportion, massing, etc.) to the smaller details (windows, columns, porches, etc.) that make up the carefully crafted exteriors. Also note how the houses (mostly new) seem to fit seamlessly into the environment in which they are built...timeless architecture!

www.estestwombly.com



Gold Star Architect - Eric Watson

Here's another architect's website that's worth a visit. Genuine architectural patterns can be seen in almost every photograph...from the building forms themselves (scale, proportion, massing, etc.) to the smaller details (windows, columns, porches, etc.) that make up the carefully crafted exteriors. Also note how the houses (mostly new) seem to fit seamlessly into the environment in which they are built...timeless architecture!

www.ericwatson.com



Gold Star Architect - Dungan Nequette

 

Here's another architect's website that's worth a visit. Genuine architectural patterns can be seen in almost every photograph...from the building forms themselves (scale, proportion, massing, etc.) to the smaller details (windows, columns, porches, etc.) that make up the carefully crafted exteriors. Also note how the houses (mostly new) seem to fit seamlessly into the environment in which they are built...timeless architecture!

 

www.dungan-nequette.com



Gold Star Architect - Cooper Johnson Smith

Here's another architect's website that's worth a visit. Genuine architectural patterns can be seen in almost every photograph...from the building forms themselves (scale, proportion, massing, etc.) to the smaller details (windows, columns, porches, etc.) that make up the carefully crafted exteriors. Also note how the houses (mostly new) seem to fit seamlessly into the environment in which they are built...timeless architecture!

 

www.cjsarch.com



Gold Star Architect - Ben Pentreath

Here's another architect's website that's worth a visit. Genuine architectural patterns can be seen in almost every photograph...from the building forms themselves (scale, proportion, massing, etc.) to the smaller details (windows, columns, porches, etc.) that make up the carefully crafted exteriors. Also note how the houses (mostly new) seem to fit seamlessly into the environment in which they are built...timeless architecture!

 

www.benpentreath.com



Gold Star Architect - David Andreozzi

Here's another architect's website that's worth a visit.  Genuine architectural patterns can be seen in almost every photograph...from the building forms themselves (scale, proportion, massing, etc.) to the smaller details (windows, columns, porches, etc.) that make up the carefully crafted exteriors.  Also note how the houses (mostly new) seem to fit seamlessly into the environment in which they are built...timeless architecture!

www.andreozzi.com



Gold Star Architect - Allison Ramsey

Here's another architect's website that's worth a visit. Genuine architectural patterns can be seen in almost every photograph...from the building forms themselves (scale, proportion, massing, etc.) to the smaller details (windows, columns, porches, etc.) that make up the carefully crafted exteriors. Also note how the houses (mostly new) seem to fit seamlessly into the environment in which they are built...timeless architecture!

www.allisonramseyarchitect.com

 





Things that make you go hmmmm...25

Forget about the undersized shutters for now...this detail would look better if the support above the window matched the condition below. It was obviously just stuck on for the dreaded "curb appeal"...sorry, it's just not very convincing.  If the opening (a window in this case) is rectilinear, then the the supporting detail above should be follow that shape. I get it...arched windows weren't in the budget...trying to fake the arched appearance just makes it look worse.

Things that make you go hmmmm...24

Details like this are proof that the roof probably wasn't thought about until after the floor plans were finished...a common problem resulting from overcomplicated roofs.  You can't see it in the photograph, but there is a smaller roof element called a cricket moving water toward the front of the house to prevent leaks and ice damming.  Cricket = roof band-aid.

Things that make you go hmmmm...23

 

These shutters are almost sized correctly and I love the way the window pushes up into the gable beyond the eave line...because the ceiling is vaulted...no fakery there!  It's the stuck-on brick arch that ruins it for me...a flat limestone header or stucco equivalent would have been a better choice.

Things that make you go hmmmm...22

 

A pictoral definition of stuck-on stone...probably with a nod to French Country style!  In the real French countryside houses would have been stone to start with then eventually stuccoed over as a sign of wealth.  As time wore on the stucco would have broken away here and there exposing the original stone material.  The stone should be behind the stucco, not in front!  Some people get it right, most don't.

Things that make you go hmmmm...21

 

The columns in this shot should come underneath a beam that in turn supports the roof...columns should never run all the way up to the porch ceiling.

Things that make you go hmmmm...20

 

Two things here.  The window is set too close to the porch roof...a lower sloped roof would have worked better and been more authentic.  Second, there should be a visible support over the opening even though the steel behind is doing the heavy lifting.

Things that make you go hmmmm...19

 

The door in this photograph is dwarfed by the trendy oversized transom above it...proportion-wise, the transom should be shorter and less prominent than the door below.