ART IN ORDINARY HOME STYLE ARCHITECTURE.

WHEN YOU GET AROUND THE BACK OF MY OTTER POINT HOUSE, ARCHITECTURE IS PLAIN. THE SHED IS A SQUARE WITH A FLAT ROOF AND TWO SMALL WINDOWS.

THE EXCEPTION IS THE TOWER, IN A FORMERLY WASTED SLOPING AREA IN THE RIGHT ANGLE BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SHED. THE TOWER RISES ON ITS CONCRETE WALL CLEANLY AND INVISIBLY SOARING STRAIGHT UP AND THAT IS MADE MORE CASTILIAN BY ITS CANTILEVER  UPPER FLOOR AND STEEP ROOF AND WITH HUGE GLASS WINDOWS ON EVERY FACE.

THERE WAS STILL AN UNSIGHTLY HOLLOW AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER. THERE WAS ALSO A PILE OF 2" X 6"  PRESSURE TREATED PLANKS FROM A DEMOLISHED DECK. I DESIGNED A TRIANGULAR DECK FINISHED IN GREY LIKE A POST WAR PORCH FLOOR WITH AN ENCLOSURE MADE FROM RECYCLED PATIO DOORS THAT OPENED ON TO A "FRENCH BALCONY" RAILING.

A GREEN TRANSLUCENT ROOF MADE FROM REUSED FIBERGLASS PANELS IS SUPPORTED BY A SPIDER WEB OF THIN ROOF JOISTS, IT FEELS VICTORIAN. 

THE MOST ARTFUL PART OF THE DECK IS THE SUBSTRUCTURE COMPOSED OF LARGE DIMENSION LUMBER AND POSTS, GUSSETED BY LARGE THICK TRIANGLES OF WOOD, VERY NICELY PAINTED. THERE IS NOTHING UNSIGHTLY ANYMORE, NOT EVEN UNDER THE DECK. 

I WILL TAKE SOME PICTURES AND POST THEM IN THIS ARTICLE. I DID THAT AND HERE ARE A FEW MORE PICTURES.

THE OTTER POINT HOUSE FRONT DECK WAS ENTIRELY RECONSTRUCTED ALSO.