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Design of Architectural Elements

Providing articulation in the building mass of a new addition will minimize
the visual impacts on the historic building as well as the block and district
context. For example, creating offsets in long walls and designing an addition
in modules minimizes the appearance of the overall size of the addition.
While an addition should be designed to be recognized as new construction
rather than imitating the historic style of the building, articulation techniques
should be used to help the addition relate to, and be subordinate to, the
historic main building.

Where an addition is visible from the street, 3.5 Use simplified versions of building components and
design it to respect the solid-to-void ratio of, and details found in the historic context.
to preserve the rhythm of doors and windows
on, the historic main building. The addition a. For instance, where ornamentation is used on the original historic
above does not reflect the rhythm of doors building, consider using similarly shaped features without the
and windows established on the historic main ornamentation.
building. (Boulder, CO)
b. Differentiate the addition from the original building and remain
subordinate to the existing structure.

c. Do not design an addition to contrast starkly with the original
structure.

3.6 Where an addition is visible from the street, design
it to respect the solid-to-void ratio of, and to preserve
the rhythm of doors and windows on, the historic main
building.

Differentiate an addition from the original
structure, but do not design an addition to
contrast starkly with the original structure.
(Mobile, AL)

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