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How to centre window on front elevation

5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago

We are deciding how to centre the right bedroom window on the second floor of our home. The builder first centred this window above the front door (first exterior elevation picture). At first we thought this looked a bit odd and that it should be further to the right so we asked him to centre the window on the brick wall (second picture) but now that looks odd too and should be a bit more to the left. Note those white squares are quoins made of the same brick, not stones nor a different colour/material. How do you think we should place this window?





Comments (19)

  • 5 years ago

    Moving or "centering" windows for the exterior may or may not have a positive effect on the interior. You are not playing Tetris.

  • 5 years ago

    If you don't have the quoins, centering the window on the brick will also center it on the door, is that right?

  • 5 years ago

    Why is the builder deciding and not your architect?

  • 5 years ago

    When you said the builder moved the window I thought it had already been installed. Is that the case or is the builder also the designer?

  • 5 years ago

    Builder is also the designer. Should have clarified that. We are thinking to focus on centering the window to the interior wall of that bedroom, and whatever it is on the exterior that’s what it will be. Which we believe is option 2 there, but will confirm with designer.

  • 5 years ago
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    Since this is in the design phase, redesign that whole area to eliminate all those cascading roofs with designed in water damage. Get a better architect than a builder who only halfway knows CAD. Or building.

  • 5 years ago

    I was just thinking what Celadon wrote. Why does that elevation show 4 rooflines? Not only are they giving a “welcome mat” to freeze-thaw cycles with all those crevices, but also each one adds unnecessary cost, and can create interior design problems in the rooms with all those ceiling changes.

  • PRO
    5 years ago

    "Builder is also the designer."


  • 5 years ago

    Builder is also the designer.

    You might want to post your full floor plan but if you do, be ready for honest advice of what is not good.

  • PRO
    5 years ago

    WARNING: Posting your entire floor plan opens you up to facts you may not want to know, but should. Be prepared for suggestions that will make for a better design. Keep a thick skin, open mind, sense of humor, and a glass of wine within arms reach. You may not enjoy it, but everyone else will and you will be better off in the long run if you heed well the advice.

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    The problem is trying to design with a computer construction drawing. An architectural design drawing should show the correct materials, colors and shadows. A 3d model would allow you to add colors and shadows and rotate the house to see what it might really look like and test different ideas. Its cheap insurance.



  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    sample 3D models





  • PRO
    5 years ago

    Rethink the quoins too. That detail creates a vertical emphasis not needed. Or just do same brick just for variation. Agree with other inputs above. I think the upper right window is also too high. Should have some 3-4 rows of brick above that window or change shape of window completely.

  • 5 years ago

    I think the OP said at the top that the quoins are the same brick.

  • 5 years ago

    I would center the window above the door. The asymmetry of the window inside the room can be addressed with decor. The lack of symmetry from the street would be disturbing to the eye.

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    do you have a side elevation? I am very confused by the roof. It looks like cascading hipped roofs?

    since I can’t figure out the roof I’m not sure. But I’d take off one layer of roof and then the aligned window looks good. Forgive the ridiculous edit




  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    I agree; from the elevation drawing the front facade makes no sense at all as if the pieces came from elsewhere and were just stuck on. Or perhaps the front portico was simply added last with no consideration for the rest of the design.

  • 5 years ago

    The important thing to learn from this discussion is that the location of the window is the least of the problems with this design. Find a professional who understands Neo-French Eclectic architecture and can provide a 3D computer model in color that can be rotated and edited.