Love the roof deck on this house. Also really like how they take traditional house lines and make them more contemporary.
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Like how multiple rooms have full floor-to-ceiling outdoor exposure and/or patios.
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Tall two-story height ceilings and grand entrance. Also really like how vertical elements (at entry door and chimney?) go all the way to the roof and break up the straight horizontal lines.
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Really like the roof lines of this house. Feel like these pyramid tops could be a good compromise between the flat roofs or A-frame barn roofs. This evokes the traditional Sonoma water tower roof. Something about this feels slightly Hawaiian to me too, which I like.
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Another example of the pyramid roof style, here combined with some just regular angled sloped roofs. Could also combine with some flat roof lines. Interesting boundary created by the stone wall, possibly on driveway side.
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Another example of this pyramid shaped roof line. A little too much roof visible in this one (probably because only one story). Also like the mixture of stone columns, glass, wood, and flat steel (or concrete) materials.
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This design is way too "boxy" for us, but thought it was interesting how not everything is at right angles in this front. Also like that black steel/window "bridge" connection between the two wings.
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Interesting entrance idea. Big pivoting glass door under a cantilevered second floor. May not work for our design.
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Like this angled roof line too. Very modern, but having multiple sections of roof like this breaks it up a little.
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Like how this roof line angles up on the view side, giving taller ceilings and more expansive views on first and second floor.
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Lots of elements I like in this: the varied elevations, the see-through room, the metal roof and the use of distressed wood on the exterior.
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Like the varied depth of rooms on this house. Possible we can achieve something like this on the driveway/entrance side of house?
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Like this combination of materials: stone on lower level with wood and windows on the upper level. Another example too of combining straight lines on lower level with A-frame above.
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Roof maybe too flat but like the tall ceilings and overall height of this.
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Another example of roof sloping up facing the view, giving a more expansive interior ceiling height.
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Again, more boxy than we want but like how each room has its own definition. Not everything is aligned, and accented with different materials, depths and heights.
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This example combines that pyramid shaped roof, combined with a more flat roof and a see-through entrance.
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Another example of multiple roof lines and heights, as well as the vertical stone structural elements that break up the horizontal roof lines.
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Not enough windows on this but really think a cantilevered room like this on the west side slope could be really cool on our property.
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Intriguing concept for driveway side entrance - a walkway over or between either water or garden.
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This combination of roof lines also interesting, the way it creates natural light via the skylight windows and views of the oak trees. Also like what they’re doing over the garage here with a balcony.
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Roof style, entryway, and metal roofing material
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Pyramid roofs
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Here again, another example of a nice variety of roof lines/shapes defining different sections of the house and giving it an overall larger feel. Another example of using stone to create a natural structural counterpoint to the glass.
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Interesting example of creating the feel of varying depths but with only slight differences, as well as the use of that little canopied portion of roofing on above the entry to the right to break up the alignment of first and second floors.
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Like this concept of conjoining houses with a small see-through bridge or passageway. Possible to use this concept to connect to pool house?
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Another example of the combination of various external materials: stone, glass, wood, steel and even some smooth/stucco portions.
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An example of a slight cantilevered room that we could possibly do for the sunset family room area on the west side.
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Stone and wood exterior combo.
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Could consider a large two-story a-frame center like this, over the dining/sitting/entryway area. Creates more of a two wing effect to the left and right.
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Good example of the exterior of these windows we like, again with metal roof and stone accents.
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Varied materials - white walls, wood walls, steel portions. Like the varying roof heights here too.
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Stone and glass exterior. Also like this railing concept on second floor, allows you to have full floor-to-ceiling retractable windows and convert master bedroom into a balcony itself.
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May be too “modern barn-ish” but like how this combines flat modern lines on bottom with more traditional a-frame lines above.
Love the roof deck on this house. Also really like how they take traditional house lines and make them more contemporary.
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