Exterior Elevations - Materials Selection

Once the flor plan was nailed down, the exterior elevatiuons somewhat planned out I sat with my Structural Enegineer (Kyle Blaquiere). We reviewed the plans to date, he added his input and we had some fun sketching the elevations and refining them further. The flat roof, while workable, has been changed and the architectural lines of the building have been refined.

Instead of the traditional "stucco box" addition, we wanted to have some fun and play with materials. Red siding, corrugated metal, cedar style shakes, brick - all of the building materials come together.

I'm not sure why but I have had a barn house design in my head since university. In this case that facade of the garage worked well.
The back of the house continues the selection of the materials. The building mass is quite large and we didn't want to just have a solid plane sitting there. The kids bedroom look off into the back yard and Sarah's juts out 5'-0" from the rest of the building.