Final design for construction documents

Heads-down drawing for the CD phase. Final design is more disciplined; the fenestration is coming together.

Bathroom 1--vanity in an alcove, not behind a door

Bathroom 2--wide vanity, single vessel sink

New l-shaped window (Bedroom 1). The better to see the rockery, my dear.

Matching l-shaped window in Bedroom 4. Horizontal windows can be sliders or awnings.

Center the bed under the horizontal windows, which subtly defines a "living" space near the door.

Entry has 44" cubes. Transom over door is now awning windows.

Several glass companies told me they can do this; one volunteered a price of about $1600

The glass entry roof makes sense, because the inside-outside cube should be visible on the approach. Also, note the importance of the high soffit.

The high row of cubes is full height, which means the roof does not engage. That is, the soffit is at the plate height, unlike the existing house. I plan to experiment with bringing the high roof down 13" so the high row of cubes will be shorter. This will either 1) seem just right, 2) look like a mistake, or 3) make clear how unimportant the cube grid really is.

The new window wall design can go up or down easily--only the height of the upper fixed windows changes with the ceiling height. We can't go down too far, though, because the soffit needs to clear the ridge, as shown in the following photograph:

Windows across the front have 22"-high awning windows. Tall, narrow windows rest on the kitchen counter. 

Open plan room with the cube grid. No columns necessary--we even lost the north-south beams in the entry. I reserve the right to build the V-columns as a decorative element, but the structure doesn't require them.

The window wall is now more fixed glass, with a clean band of awning windows. The handles are @92", which I can reach standing on a chair. (I can reach 96" on a step ladder.)