Tiota Hall
The project comprises a seven unit condominium building conceived for area residents who wish to downsize from a larger house yet remain in a familiar neighborhood. The architectural style, design elements, and site plan were developed to respect and effectively respond to its siting in an established neighborhood of stately single family houses. By delivering a building of scrupulous design detail and construction quality , high energy efficiency, and low operating cost, the project aptly merges comfort with conservation, and elegance with efficiency.
The building is styled to appear as a grand Shingle Style "cottage" which perhaps may have existed as a turn-of-the-century country retreat before a neighborhood of smaller-scaled homes filled in around it. Despite its domestic appearance, the building plan provides underground parking for residents and guests and an elevator for stair-free access to the single-floor units. The units range in size from approximately 1750 - 2000 s.f. and feature an open-plan main living area; Master Suite with walk-in closet; a second guest bathroom; an additional room with optional use, such as Den/Office or Guest Room; as well as some outdoor living space.
The Shingle Style architecture is adopted to meet well with the nature of the site and the building concept emulating a surviving seasonal cottage estate house. Defined and unified by a softly textured, predominantly shingled skin which is flared and curved in ways that reflect a more organic architecture, with deep eaves and steeply pitched roofs the style welcomes a siting closely set among the trees in a way few other styles may. Another hallmark of the Shingle Style is its embrace of a pleasingly naturalistic variation of detail, such as window patterns, dormer types, roof lines, accent siding materials, and trim elements; all of which work in concert to lend even a substantial structure an informal grace.
