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Modern Tudor

Site Plan
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First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

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Modern Tudor Optional Garage
Side Elevation 1 with Studio Above
Front Elevation
Rear Elevation
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Side Elevation 2

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Ecology House

North America

1,035 gross square feet (plus 162 sq. ft. greenhouse)

T he Ecology House design is a plan designed in The plan allows three options for arranging the living,
collaboration with the New Alchemy Institute dining, and kitchen areas, either as separate areas
of East Falmouth, Massachusetts, as an affordable or combined as a “great room.” The greenhouse
“starter home” that is energy-efficient and option—also earth-bermed—provides space for an
environmentally wise. interior working garden or a sun room/family room.
Outside the greenhouse is a wind-protected sun
The home is designed for maximum energy efficiency patio. The design is easily adapted to flat or sloped
for North American temperate and cold climates sites and can also be used with attached housing in
(above 40° latitude). Energy-efficient specifications duplex and triplex arrangements.
include high insulation standards, south-facing win-
dows and greenhouse, and an optional solar hot water Donald Watson
system. The double-height living room and open stair
provide a simple means by which
solar heat is distributed throughout
the house. Clerestory windows allow
winter sun to reach throughout the
interior. The south-facing windows
are shaded in summer.

Perspective
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Basement Plan (Future Options)

First Floor Plan

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Ecology House

Plan Option Plan Option
(Kitchen on South) (Kitchen and Dining)

Site Options/Street to North Site Options/Street to South

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North Elevation

South Elevation
(Various Options)

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East Elevation West Elevation

Multi-Family Option (Attached)
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Section through Stairwell

Section through Living Room/Kitchen

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Key West Cottage

Key West, Florida

801 gross square feet

T his was first inspired ten years ago when I was In any project, my goal is to develop a plan to meet
designing a series of cottages for a Bermuda the cultural, personal, and financial requirements of
development. Over the years various versions of this the client. The same floor plan can have many different
plan have sparked the interest of clients from all parts outcomes in the elevations. With this plan I've provided
of North America. Full access front and rear, a bunga- two alternate possible elevations.
low styling, and open living areas make the cottage fit
right into most landscapes. For a small building it has Catherine Tredway
an interesting and functional layout.

Front Elevation Features,
Alternative “A”

• Palladian-style front porch
• Hip-style metal roof
• Nine-foot ceiling on main floor
• Generous glazing with

transom windows

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Front Elevation Features, Alternative “B”
• Lookout tower from second-floor loft
• Coastal detailing
• Square columns on optional screened porch
• Clapboard or stucco siding
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Desert Oasis

Taos, New Mexico

1,088 gross square feet

T his cottage is a result of a trip I took to New This design is inspired by the adobe method, but it
Mexico a few years ago. I was taken with the purity could easily be built with more conventional materials.
of adobe structures. The buildings I saw—all set The cottage breaks down distinctions between indoors
against the fleshy local sand, turquoise sky, and local and out with its multiple French doors, its porches, and
brown barks—embodied a perfect marriage between its private garden terrace. A fireplace or kiva forms the
built and natural things. Besides that, I just love centerpiece of the open living/dining areas.
homes where the inside spills to the outside with lush
garden terraces, colorful pottery, and textiles hanging I envision high ceilings with round, rough-hewn logs
out to air. stained white. Saltillo tiles and sisal rugs would cover
the floor for an earthy finish.
Front Elevation Features
Catherine Tredway
• Round log detailing
• Decorative upper

feature windows
• Galvanized metal roofing

on all porches
• Round log columns

with bold brackets
• Decorative front entry

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Left Elevation Features

• Full porches front and rear
• Rustic detailing with round raw columns

and simple brackets
• Finely detailed transition in terrace area

with matching pergola
• High ceilings for transoms above all windows
• Earth tone finishes in stucco or adobe
• Cedar decking

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Hasan Akkurt Giulio Fabbri Graham Smith David A Harris
Akkurt + Akkurt Design Via Sammartina 12 — and Tina Dhillon DHT 2 Architecture/Interiors
1814 Duff Avenue 44040 Chiesuol Del Smith Architecture P.O. Box 483
Ames, IA 50010 Fosso Ferrera 1809 Fir Street Spokane, WA 99210
Italy Vancouver, BC
Reed M. Axelrod Canada V6J 3A9 Thomas McClellan Haskell
Reed Axelrod Architects Daniel L. Faoro 26 Ralston Avenue
2016 Walnut Street Department of Architecture Carlo Giuliani Hamden, CT 06517
Philadelphia, PA 19103 North Dakota State University Studio Architetto Carlo
P.O. Box 5285 Giuliani Ulrik Hellum
Alain Berteau and Fargo, ND 58105 Dorsoduro 623 — Eidesten
Patrick Verougstraete 30123 Venezia 3267 Larvik
496K Chaussee de Waterloo Christophe Fayel Italy Norway
1060 Brussels 15, Rue de la Grande
Belgium Armee Antonio S. Gomes Nigel A. Holloway
13001 Marseille Donald Gillespie Architects 5 Forest Road
Christopher Blake France 325 Columbus Ave. #11A Paddock Wood
CBDESIGN Boston, MA 02116 Kent TN12 6JU
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Allston, MA 02134 774 W. Oakridge Daniel Grandy
Ferndale, MI 48220 Department of Architecture J. Whitney Huber
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8th Floor School of Architecture Columbus, OH 43210
Boston, MA 02210 Box 19108 Stephane Jacq
University of Texas at Arlington Jawaid Haider 15, rue Larrey
Gerard Bolsega Arlington, TX 76019 School of Architecture 31000 Toulouse
2832 Grand Boulevard Pennsylvania State University France
Highland, IN 46322 James F. Finigan 178 W. Hamilton Avenue
Five Lewis Road 1 State College, PA 16801 Paul Robin John
Don Buoen Winchester, MA 01890 1335 2nd Street
1520 South Evanston Frank Alfred Hamilton Sarasota, FL 34236
Tulsa, OK 74104 Jeffrey Fleming 50 Cambridge Ave.
Ben Allers Architects Toronto, Ontario Mark and Linda Keane
Jeffrey Burton 543 28th Street Canada M4K 2L3 Studio 1032 Architecture
2251 Canal Street Des Moines, IA 50312 4200 Lake Drive
Oviedo, FL 32765 Hammond and Green Shorewood, WI 53211
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Santa Monica, CA 90405 Western Australia 6158 Arlington, TX 76010
James M. Corkill Australia
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Norman, OK 73172 2220 DeVries Avenue De Petter Hans K Architecture
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David B. DiCicco R2E 0E7 Canada 3000 Leuven Vancouver, B.C.
School of Design Belgium Canada V6B 2L3
College of Architecture and
Environmental Design
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-2105

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Contacts Nancy Nugent Bruce Shindelus Remus S. L. Tsang
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Tom Leytham New York, NY 10011 Murrieta, CA 92563 Waterloo, Ontario
TBLA Canada N2J 2L4
50 State Street Kenneth E. Overstreet, III W. I. Shipley
Montpelier, VT 05602 84108B N. Central Avenue 21 Zamia Road Tim Utt
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Charles H. Ludeke Western Australia 6076 Old Turnpike Road
7185 Shoup Road João Branco Pedro Australia South Strafford, VT 05070
Black Forest, CO 80908 and José Pinto Duarte
Av. 1 de Mato, 22, 9D Tina Shum and Toby Wang Andy Verhiel
Nils Luderowski 2500 Caldas Da Rainha 70 Santa Cruz Boulevard Architects Institute of BC
66 West Broadway Portugal Clear Island Waters 28-1376 Bute Street
New York, NY 10007 Queensland 4226 Vancouver, B.C.
Frederick Phillips Australia Canada V6E 2A6
Mark B. Luther 53 West Jackson Boulevard
School of Architecture Chicago, IL 60604 Jan Stipek Eric Wagner
and Building Petrska 10/1135 27 63rd Street, 2nd Floor
Deakin University Primitivo Emilio Conde 110 00 Praha 1 West New York, NJ
Geelong 5933 SW 147 Place Czech Republic 07093
Victoria 3217 Miami, FL 33193
Australia Studio of Pacific Architecture John B. Wald
Rammed Earth Works 2nd Floor RNL Design
Dave Madigan P.O. Box 5006 Hibernian House 1225 17th Street #1700
2970 N. Sheridan #1129 Napa, CA 94581 89 Willis Street Denver, CO 80202
Chicago, IL 60657 PO Box 11517
Atiqur Rahman Wellington Donald Watson
Lillian Mei Ngan Mah 902 44th Street, D-7 New Zealand 2 Irving Place
Mnemosyne Architecture Brooklyn, NY 11219 Troy, NY 12180
7688 Ontario Street Synthesis Architects
Vancouver, B.C. Lisa Raskin P.O. Box 383 Anna Kemble Welch
Canada V5X 3C5 604 Lakewood Lane Schenectady, NY 12301 and Martin Hanley
Marquette, MI 49855 Red Design
Olgierd Miloszewicz Robert Takken 123 Daniell Street
Oldi Constructions Thomas Rutkowski School of Architecture Newtown, Wellington
71-073 Szczecin 431 Walnut Street Queensland Univ. of New Zealand
UI. Ku Sloncu 23 Spring City, PA 19475 Technology
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Richard Sammons Queensland 4005 2 Grenville Road
Radu Molnar and 111 Bank Street Australia London N19 4EH
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