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Remodeling · Past competition
Facade for home spa & entertaining space
August 14, 2022 United States 60 designs
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Description
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We have floor plans for a home spa annex that will be a stand-alone building in our backyard. It includes an outdoor kitchen, a Finnish sauna, a full bathroom, and an Endless Pool in an all-seasons pool enclosure. We need a design for a front elevation that includes choosing exterior wall materials and color suggestions (keep in mind color reflected into our home), roof design, and covered entry design.
Additional info:
1. The back door of the house is about 25 feet from the spa entrance of the building. (Picture taken of back of house standing in door of the spa entrance.) There is another door on the west end of the house that will be 10 feet closer to the outdoor kitchen space.
2. Interior ceiling height will be 9 foot.
3. The openings in the kitchen area will have Phantom retractable patio screens and will likely open all the way to the ground (no pony wall) on the front (south). West and north walls will have the pony wall. Screens will be dual-roller (vinyl & insect), recessed mount into columns.
4. The kitchen door will be a Phantom door screen with a Phantom vinyl patio screen behind it.
5. We are not asking for landscape design, but for information purposes, between the house and spa we will have citrus trees and a small water feature of some kind.
6. Windows will be Simonton StormBreakerPlus white vinyl. In the pool enclosure, the window sizes and placement in relation to wall segments may be adjusted for aesthetics, but the awning portion (upper) cannot exceed 5 feet wide and 3 feet high. The window below each awning window is a fixed picture window. Note: We do not want a solid wall of ganged windows.
Additional info:
1. The back door of the house is about 25 feet from the spa entrance of the building. (Picture taken of back of house standing in door of the spa entrance.) There is another door on the west end of the house that will be 10 feet closer to the outdoor kitchen space.
2. Interior ceiling height will be 9 foot.
3. The openings in the kitchen area will have Phantom retractable patio screens and will likely open all the way to the ground (no pony wall) on the front (south). West and north walls will have the pony wall. Screens will be dual-roller (vinyl & insect), recessed mount into columns.
4. The kitchen door will be a Phantom door screen with a Phantom vinyl patio screen behind it.
5. We are not asking for landscape design, but for information purposes, between the house and spa we will have citrus trees and a small water feature of some kind.
6. Windows will be Simonton StormBreakerPlus white vinyl. In the pool enclosure, the window sizes and placement in relation to wall segments may be adjusted for aesthetics, but the awning portion (upper) cannot exceed 5 feet wide and 3 feet high. The window below each awning window is a fixed picture window. Note: We do not want a solid wall of ganged windows.
Goals
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1. We want it to have a “spa” aesthetic – a destination, not simply an extension of the house. Something inviting.
2. We don't have a particular style in mind, but not rustic “hunting lodge” heavy beams and such. Something refined, but not overly ornate. A little whimsy would be nice.
3. The spa entrance should be the main entrance/central focus. We intend to have a custom etched glass panel in the door with a “Hummingbird Spa” design.
4. The entry to the kitchen and the entry to the spa may share a porch, or not - goal is to have the doorway to the spa have weather protection (less concerned about the kitchen/entertaining space, but feel free to protect it as well).
5. We are taxed for impermeable area, so don’t get too expansive.
2. We don't have a particular style in mind, but not rustic “hunting lodge” heavy beams and such. Something refined, but not overly ornate. A little whimsy would be nice.
3. The spa entrance should be the main entrance/central focus. We intend to have a custom etched glass panel in the door with a “Hummingbird Spa” design.
4. The entry to the kitchen and the entry to the spa may share a porch, or not - goal is to have the doorway to the spa have weather protection (less concerned about the kitchen/entertaining space, but feel free to protect it as well).
5. We are taxed for impermeable area, so don’t get too expansive.
Preferences
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1. Exterior wall material can be anything but stucco. Maybe lower half some type of stone/brick, Hardie siding above? All stone on part? All siding? We're open.
2. Interior will be light & bright - see inspirational pictures for the tiles we have selected, exterior should harmonize with interior.
3. The roof may be gabled or shed (high side front). We are considering a metal roof to allow rainwater collection.
4. Apart from the porch/entrance exterior to the building, do not change the footprint of the structure.
5. Avoid rustic, “hunting lodge” heavy beams and dark look.
2. Interior will be light & bright - see inspirational pictures for the tiles we have selected, exterior should harmonize with interior.
3. The roof may be gabled or shed (high side front). We are considering a metal roof to allow rainwater collection.
4. Apart from the porch/entrance exterior to the building, do not change the footprint of the structure.
5. Avoid rustic, “hunting lodge” heavy beams and dark look.
Submitted designers
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September 03, 13:00
Can we paint windows black?
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Client
September 03, 13:50
The windows will all be white vinyl (which matches all of the windows on our home). We live on the southeast coast of Texas, and black is not the thing for us. You could provide contrast with colored decorative trim, but the windows will absolutely not be black-framed.
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Client
September 03, 20:22
No, for the same reason. Our house has pale gray shingles. We expect the spa roof to be pale as well.
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Arc/Team 701
August 30, 04:18
Hello client, do you have pdf files / dwg type files for the floor plan? thanks
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Client
August 30, 10:26
There is a .png file and a .dxf file of the floor plan on the Files tab. Can you use either of those file types? If not, we'll try to generate a .pdf, but we aren't sure it is possible. The program we are using is an older version of Chief Architect Home Designer.
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Arc/Team 47
August 30, 14:06
Hi, the .png and .dxf file is fine, thanks
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Client
August 30, 15:40
Please do note that the .dxf is a bit wacky inside - we made a mess trying to build the ledge around the pool along with the wall separating the pool from the rest of the structure (that wall has an access panel to the pit that the pool sits in and that just caused chaos) so we apologize in advance for what it might do when you import it!
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Arc/Team 783
August 29, 12:56
What style of facade do You have in mind?, if not rustic, because in "Pictures for inspiration", You have uploaded a brick wall facade, just wanted to know if that's what You are expecting
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Client
August 29, 15:12
We don't have any particular style in mind. We are looking for ideas. We know we don't want it to be like a hunting lodge (rustic) with rough-hewn beams. We want it to be refined and not overly ornate. The style could be anything that fits that: modern, Victorian, Japanese, or anything else.
The brick wall is the back of our house. That is there so you can see what it will be near. We do not expect or want it to look the same as our house.
The brick wall is the back of our house. That is there so you can see what it will be near. We do not expect or want it to look the same as our house.
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We would like to thank all of the designers for participating in our design competition! We received a whopping 60 designs, many more than we expected to receive. Several entries gave us concrete ideas we hope to incorporate into our final design, some reinforced our decision to not go a particular design route, and a few reminded us that communication can be difficult. It was evident that a lot of folks put a lot of time and effort into their entries and we tried to give special bonuses where we found a design item that gave us ideas we may want to use. Best wishes in your future endeavors!