Side Elevations - Example #3

another house on a standard residential lot...

AS PROPOSED BY
THE DESIGNER...

AS SUGGESTED BY
THE URBAN DESIGNER...

Seems simple, doesn't it? ...

but the problem is not so much in design, but in planning restrictions.

The projections into the side setback shown above would not be allowed. One could argue that the designer has no business filling the entire "envelope" if it is going to produce dull elevations that show no relief.

Both are true - perhaps the value of better design might prevail over the "no crossing the line" attitude of the planners.

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