T
he long, narrow structure had to fit within this tiny footprint
as the suburban lot would allow for nothing larger. In spite of
its size, the diminutive glass jewel is not overwhelmed by the
scale of the adjacent building.
When we surveyed the home at the beginning of the design
process, we noticed that the back of the house was comprised
of an interesting collection of architectural forms of differing
character. There was a stone base with large arched openings
to support a patio above, a well proportioned wood trellis on
round columns and a gable roof, the alignment of which was
skewed from the rest of the house.
However, all the parts had been capably combined to make an
agreeable architectural whole. Rather than "blend" into the
architecture of the home, the greenhouse conservatory was then designed
to protrude out into the yard as an additional feature, elegant
of itself yet
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