the shotgun as a type is all over the place. not necessarily awkward, because shotguns can be great! my first house was an 1890s camelback shotgun - flexible, simple, and smart.
some good examples, some less good, in the 'make it right' projects for new orleans. even gehry got in on the action there.
also the urbanbuild studio at tulane - the studio featured in the 'architecture school' show on bravo(?) dealt with shotgun lots.
you could generally check out proposals for modern in-fill for southeastern u.s. cities: louisville & lexington ky, savannah ga, and older cities in mississippi, alabama, south carolina...
The following buildings aren't houses, but you could look at Raimund Abraham's Austrian Cultural Forum (which has an apartment inside it) or Tod Williams and Billie Tsien's American Folk Art Museum.
The following house was featured on UK TV's Grand Designs. It makes the most of an awkward gap site in London and planning conditions that limited the height.
Long Narrow Domestic Site
Greetings,
I've been approached to design a house on a long narrow sliver of land.
Any good precedents out there for such an akward site?
Any help much appreciated!
Derek
there was a portland-based competition a few years ago that tackled this issue... you can download the results here...
Cheers Phil, thats a super document.
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the shotgun as a type is all over the place. not necessarily awkward, because shotguns can be great! my first house was an 1890s camelback shotgun - flexible, simple, and smart.
some good examples, some less good, in the 'make it right' projects for new orleans. even gehry got in on the action there.
also the urbanbuild studio at tulane - the studio featured in the 'architecture school' show on bravo(?) dealt with shotgun lots.
you could generally check out proposals for modern in-fill for southeastern u.s. cities: louisville & lexington ky, savannah ga, and older cities in mississippi, alabama, south carolina...
The following buildings aren't houses, but you could look at Raimund Abraham's Austrian Cultural Forum (which has an apartment inside it) or Tod Williams and Billie Tsien's American Folk Art Museum.
My first house was an '1890's camelback shotgun'.
Thats the best line i've read at this place. You yanks have some great descriptive terms.
not my house, but this is a great example of a shotgun house with a camelback:
and, if you google (images) 'camelback shotgun' you get some pretty cool variations on the theme.
The following house was featured on UK TV's Grand Designs. It makes the most of an awkward gap site in London and planning conditions that limited the height.
http://www.peckhamhouse.com/tour.php
Incidentally what's the site dimensions?
wow, this one is really thin
on the denser side; NYC tenement law=modern NYC townhouses, some San Francisco parcels with edwardians/victorians
Any japanese building site...
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