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Building Design
This section provides design guidelines for the functional and
visual character of commercial, industrial, office, mixed use,
institutional, live-work and large-scale multifamily buildings.

Building Mass and Scale
The overall size, height and form of a building determine how Design a building that is of
large it appears, and whether it is compatible with existing an appropriate scale to its
development within a given context. A larger building can surrounding context.
incorporate design features to ensure it is not monolithic in scale
and that its perceived mass is reduced. Where compatibility is NOTE
important, a building should be designed to reflect patterns
of building mass and scale and articulate a façade to create a Additional information regarding
building design is provided in the
pedestrian-friendly environment. City of Healdsburg Land Use Code.

6.41 Articulate a building to express a human scale, reduce
perceived mass and create visual interest. Options
include:
• Variation in building heights
• Step back a larger building mass from the street where
possible to reduce looming effects
• Wall plane offsets such as notches or varied façade
setbacks
• Wall projections such as columns, moldings or pilasters
• Varied roof forms
• Awnings, canopies or other features that help define the
ground floor of a building
• Vertical or horizontal variations in material
• Expression lines or other techniques that provide horizontal
expression
• Transitions in scale at a building and block level

Use vertical articulation techniques to add visual interest and reduce
perceived mass.

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