re: OT Architects... what style is this

Posted by geauxcats10

Member since Jul 2010

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Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:26 am to Jim Smith

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by Jim Smith

House I build after this one I will make sure it is a typical South Louisiana country French design

This post was edited on 6/13/17 at 11:29 am

Posted by tigerbater

New Orleans, LA

Member since Apr 2011

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Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:28 am to geauxcats10

Looks like some variation of acadian to me, but I'm no architect. A little gaudy, but that wrap-around porch is awesome.

Without a forward facing garage, the home loses the appeal of the majority of the OT.

Posted by Chad504boy

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Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:28 am to geauxcats10

beautiful but such a ton of wasted porch space. You aren't using that type of open front/side porches for parties etc. Its decreasing the liv sq ft of the home you are building substantially.

Posted by BIGFOOD

Member since Jun 2011

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Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:36 am to geauxcats10

Built quite a few and always considered them under the Greek revival umbrella. Some call it plantation/colonial mash ups. Great looking house

Posted by LSUBoo

Knoxville, TN

Member since Mar 2006

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Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:39 am to Chad504boy

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beautiful but such a ton of wasted porch space. You aren't using that type of open front/side porches for parties etc. Its decreasing the liv sq ft of the home you are building substantially.

Or just build the amount of living space you want and then include a wrap around porch in addition. Unless the house is already against setbacks you aren't decreasing anything, just adding.

Plus a porch is going to be a good bit less money per square foot than conditioned space, and if done right can add energy savings keeping direct sunlight off of the walls/windows.

Posted by llfshoals

Member since Nov 2010

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Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:43 am to geauxcats10

It looks like 3 or 4 architects got in an argument and nobody won.

That's an ugly house.

Posted by Golfer

Member since Nov 2005

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Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:46 am to llfshoals

It's not as bad in person as it looks in this photo IMO.

Posted by vistajay

Member since Oct 2012

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Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:46 am to geauxcats10

If you want to see a bunch of similar houses drive through Lakeview one day. There are a ton like this, albeit on much smaller lots.

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Posted by The Mick

Member since Oct 2010

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Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:50 am to BIGFOOD

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Built quite a few and always considered them under the Greek revival umbrella. Some call it plantation/colonial mash ups. Great looking house

The wooden arch piece in the center covering up the middle upstairs window needs to go imo. Otherwise I like it a lot

Posted by weadjust

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Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:51 am to vistajay

It's a Spendy McMansion

Posted by Golfer

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Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:52 am to weadjust

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It's a Spendy McMansion

It's easily a $1.5M house

This post was edited on 6/13/17 at 11:53 am

Posted by LSUBoo

Knoxville, TN

Member since Mar 2006

104459 posts

Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:56 am to The Mick

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The wooden arch piece in the center

I guess you would call that a pediment, but it's really just a decorative piece of parapet wall, doesn't serve the exact same function.

Agreed, it would need to go.

Posted by Golfer

Member since Nov 2005

75052 posts

Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:57 am to LSUBoo

Yep. Keep the pediment and remove the window or keep the window and remove the pediment.

This post was edited on 6/13/17 at 11:58 am