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| Olsen Design and Development |
The most interesting house, it turns out, is in Monmouth. The Olsen house has a traditional front porch oriented towards the public ways. It's got neo-traditional curb appeal. But in back it's configured with a granny flat to accomodate multi-generational housing. It's skinnier, too, and might fit on a narrow lot as infill.
At the other extreme is the Wheeler house, all garage. Not even a meaningful window on the street.
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| T Wheeler Homes |
Most of the other houses are in between, but almost all of them lead with the garage rather than with a front porch. They aren't meant for walkable neighborhoods.
2 comments:
Ah, yes...variations on the "Snout House." I remember my first time driving down a newly-developed neighborhood of such homes: I knew something was wrong, but couldn't at first figure out exactly what it was. Then I realized: the neighborhood was in reality a wall of garage doors. The visual sterility led me to wonder what sort of "community" such a street might have. It reminded me of 19th century industrial row-housing I saw in England.
More at Hinessight in a note from the Home Builders show!
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