What style does this house want to be?
Brent helps a 1990's house find its way architecturally. This house doesn't know what it wants to be. Brent helps clarify its details. Thoughts?
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Rules to live by - simplify, simplify, simplify. Create order and repetition. Scale and proportion are critical. Outside/In - not Inside/Out design. I’m learning so much. Thank you!!!
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Awesome. So glad to hear.
Another incredible transformation! I'm so glad I stumbled upon your channel. I live in a modest 70 year old house and I've been thinking about replacing all the trim for a few years. But I couldn't pull the trigger because all I knew was to buy whatever molding was on sale at the home store. After watching your videos I am formulating a plan based on the principles you've taught and I'm excited to start putting it together.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Nice! Good luck. Keep me posted.
Looks great. I think you could put some smaller windows in the "garage" mass. I think the port cochere you did would work ok with some detailing--maybe a base detail that ties to the house or the landscape wall.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Great idea. Good points. Thanks.
I really appreciate all the styles and historical details you explain on your channel. There seems to be something in every video for me to think about as I try to remodel my colonial revival house with some Victorian elements thrown in.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad it is helping!
Nice job on the composition, especially the far right cubical mass. The three trees and subordinating the peak to the main body is my favorite improvement. The arches are a close second. Before we build our home, I hope we can afford your time Brent. Thank you again!
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks! I appreciate the feedback.
Your fix it videos never disappoint. Great job as always
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@jj6282
Жыл бұрын
@@BrentHull Makes me wish I would have finished architecture school 30 years ago and started working with your firm. Incredible work and keep on pushing other builders to step up to the plate!
These are really fun! I can't guess what your sketches would cost to realize (in terms of a remodel), but I would hazard a guess that building it your way wouldn't have been more expensive than building it ugly.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
I agree. Thanks.
Mr. Hull, you knowledge and vision of balance and esthetics make your videos so interesting and appreciated. Thank you for sharing that vision and your incredible understanding of architecture to make your videos so anticipated!
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching. I appreciate it.
Very nice suggestions for organizing the facade. it's too bad you can't get inside to see how the changes to the exterior might affect the layout of the interiors. I would suggest extending the depth of the second level roof deck out another 6-8 feet and creating a covered porch off the main floor rooms. You could do a row of columns with a railing between them (there wouldn't have to be stairs and access down to the lawn) and you could change some of the main floor windows to double doors. The extended deck would also hide more of that big blank wall on the right, and you could maybe add a door into that wing of the house from the covered porch. Also, maybe some stone quoins at the corners of that big right wing?
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Good ideas. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Wednesday to you too Mr. Hull 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽…I think your revisions significantly improved the design and I’ve always believed simplicity is elegant. Ornamentation for ornamentation’s sake is both gaudy and superfluous IMO. I like the French Eclectic style myself and hope one day to faithfully reproduce it with some classical details. Steeply hipped roof w/flared eves, 5 rank symmetrical rectangle with two wings; quoins and casement windows with stone lintels, keystone and sill…preferably slate roof, stone facade in courses 👍🏽
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Sounds amazing. Go for it.
Really amazing how you can organize what appeared to be an unworkable design. I can only imagine how challenging it would be to execute something like this. How many of your clients follow through with these projects?
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
We'll see. Fun to watch.
Very much more beautiful!
@BrentHull
7 ай бұрын
Thank you!
I just can't get enough of this...
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
More to come. ..
😄 the critiques are just so funny, golly, so funny.😄 💪 the redues are just so charming, golly, so charming.👌
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
I hope all the custom builders in my area are watching this series to learn from these mistakes and pick up the historic principles of hierarchy you're teaching. I look forward to this series each week, appreciate that you're reviewing many different styles of homes and sizes of homes
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and the feedback.
Brent, that literally looks a million times better! Bravo
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much.
I've designed and built three gardens and I follow an R & R rule, which seems to apply to house design too. R & R is Repeat and Rest. I'll mass ten Emerald Green Arborvitaes for visual impact, but also let the eye rest, using a patch of grass or pavers. I also plant for all four seasons. Spring, summer, and fall are easy, but winter is a challenge. I would think a northern architect would also strive for a comely home when there is less flora to frame it.
@BrentHull
4 ай бұрын
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
First thing I thought "well it's supposed to be Mediterranean... I think... 🤣 But wow there's a lot going on!" Love these videos Brent, thanks for taking the time to do them. I'm half tempted to drive around and take pics of random houses and do this kind of thing just for practice... This is probably a very good exercise to do just to learn different styles. Anyways, I look forward to Wednesdays and Fridays now between this series and the Patreon podcast 👍🍻
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Nice! So glad to hear.
Great new series. Keep it going
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, will do!
What kind of mumbo jumbo was that house?! Traveled today and saw two new constructions on my way. All I can say I have become a house snob because of you…lol. New doesn’t necessarily mean better.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Me too. thanks for watching.
Amazing. I agree with removing the porch.
@rubyoro0
Жыл бұрын
Would they be able to enclose it so it becomes a wing and balances the right?
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
maybe...
I can imagine a wonderful collaboration between you, Mr. Hull, and Kate Wagner of McMansion Hell. She’d use her usual wit and sarcasm to verbally tear bad houses down; you’d come along thereafter with your drawings and sober commentary to build them back up.
@kurtvonfricken6829
Жыл бұрын
She’s ok and entertaining but no where near Brent’s league. She doesn’t understand classical architecture and is critical of homes with columns and other architectural features that are perfectly acceptable.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
interesting.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Love these design videos. Thank you for the consistent uploads
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Your welcome. Thanks for watching.
This series is great! I hope you keep it going.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
That's the plan! Thanks
Knock out as usual. Looks way better.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much.
I wouldn’t have believed you could rescue that Mediterranean-ish house. While your changes could, of course, be implemented, would they be reasonable from a cost perspective?
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Good question. This house was not a clients house, but a teaching pic I took a few years ago.
I love this series! But to this house--you can't put lipstick on a pig. Keep 'em coming Brent!
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Ok, thanks for the feedback.
I kinda have to wonder if these hodge podge styled McMansions are so popular because its like the Disneyland castle (modeled after neuschwansteins castle) where you just take a whole bunch of cool features from other houses you like and smash it all together for a custom ecclectic look. Adults today are more interested in Disneyland than their kids.
@BrentHull
2 ай бұрын
I agree. I think the desire for curb appeal is a big factor.
Well done! I was confused about where that house's front door was, I guess under the port. What an odd design.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
I agree. Thanks
These are great
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
These weirdsmobile houses are hilarious. To be charitable, they are a form of American folk art even though they are massively expensive. From that perspective, to me, they have an ironic charm like Homer Simpson or Bugs Bunny, even though they are so vulgar at the same time (like Rodney Dangerfield or WC Fields)
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
@stevemiller7949
Жыл бұрын
@Brent Hull I recommend you find time to read the famous essay by HL Mencken from 1927 entitled " The libido for the ugly". A great essay by a renowned writer about mediocre architecture in America. It's easy to pull up. Although even crummy stuff from 80 years ago may be preferable to modern junk.
Love this video and this thread! You always ask "What does this house want to be?" Could you look at how to give meaning to some mass produced homes; the Levittown, "copy and paste" kind of neighborhood homes? I live in one of these neighborhoods and most of American suburbia is the same way. It gets boring and destroys the feeling of character a place should have. Thanks, and again, love the video!
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
I have one coming out soon. It is for a DR Horton home. Stay tuned.
@georgemarcolin9874
Жыл бұрын
@@BrentHull Can't wait! Thank you so much for the response!
When we violate the classic building orders, we wonder astray. Keeping everything in proportion to the Basic Humanscale allows one to maintain the flow and order that appeases us.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Well said!!
Wow, pretty amazing how much you were able to change the look of that house for the better - mostly by subtracting some of these overdone elements.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Less can be more.
Definitely better
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
Hey Brent, you should be a fire fighter... Thanks for putting out that dumpster fire. Could you have added a couple windows on the mass behind the Italian cypress? Also, besides the round metal roof cap, would you keep the tile on the rest of the house?
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Ha. windows on the large mass is a good idea. Yes, i would keep the tile. My 2 cents.
I was expecting this to be an analysis of different house music
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
? Haha
I like your ideas. It was an awkward looking house.
@613kc
Жыл бұрын
How does a house like that come into being? New Money? No architect? I've seen 1500-2000 sq ft owner built that hurt the eyes (I understand that). But this house? Great Vid!!!!
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
agreed.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
I suspect. No designer.
Grand homes makes some of the best looney tune houses
@BrentHull
9 ай бұрын
haha.
Brent, just realized you forgot the entry door.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Couldn't find it. Haha.
Love this series!! When the builder built that house, they probably thought it was a masterpiece! It’s a pretty ugly house!
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Sad but true.
How can we make quality houses for the middle class?
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
It takes time but if we look to the past there are good solutions.
Hey Brent, it's Dominic. I'd love to get a tour of a project. Let me know. Talk to you soon.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Ok. don't give too many of those. Our clients are pretty private.
Stopped by my neighbor's house the other day. She has a newly built home. For no apparent reason (to me) there's a column to the left inside the main entrance. So weird. Looks like an after thought or the builder had no clue. Feel bad for the neighbor. What other weird things are inside that house?
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Ignorance of classical building. Houses are left with stickers of columns and shutters that make no sense.
More is not better, sometimes Moore is just more.
@BrentHull
3 ай бұрын
Word.
To be honest I don't think there's a lot that can be done for that house. The only thing I think it had going for it was the tiles on the roof. The layout and proportions, the bulky garage on the right, the funky porch to the left were all poorly executed if you ask me. You made improvements, but it really needs to be completely redesigned. You hit the nail on the head with your 'bumps and bruises' expression on that one.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
Are these videos just for teaching purposes on random house pictures, or people are really ready to pay to change these houses? And, yes, every video helps to make your point that modern "architects" lost touch with beauty and elegance.
@BrentHull
Жыл бұрын
Both, sometimes I have random pics to demonstrate an idea. Most are consulting jobs. Thanks. for watching.