Teardown 3 of 5 is done, in Morningside, Tudor-ish with curvey roof on tiny lot

<a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.johnwilliscustomhomes.com/">John Willis Homes, Inc.</a> is doing a lot of homes in my neighborhood. I think the experience from many so many renovations here give them a broader repertoire of styles than most design/builds outfits.. That includes Tudor-blend-ins.<br /><br /><a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-1-of-5-is-done.html" target="_blank">Here is house 1 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-2-of-5-is-done-in-morningside.html">house 2 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-3-of-5-is-done-in-morningside.html" target="_blank">house 3 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/teardown-4-of-5-is-done-half-timbering.html">house 4 of 5</a>, and <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/teardown-5-of-5-is-done-stucco-voysey.html">house 5 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/bonus-teardown-6-of-5-is-done-galbling.html">house 6 of 5</a>. <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/bonus-teardown-7-of-5-is-done-big.html" target="_blank">house 7 of 5</a>. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFh9GS773nscJFw_ooir9NJBuHczpgwvvKyiTO3FMf4XThbWZ-ItzxttjOEsUiu9r7hSgfrQ2EuxD2aYELGfF1bk_q-EqpASGkzjnhm7QE8f-tITgv92rDWChLhnWdSdSTLhU5364y3_0C/s1600/P1100162-2011-04-28-1064-LANIER-Blvd-ATLANTA-GA-30306-Teardown-Elevation.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759679479598143938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFh9GS773nscJFw_ooir9NJBuHczpgwvvKyiTO3FMf4XThbWZ-ItzxttjOEsUiu9r7hSgfrQ2EuxD2aYELGfF1bk_q-EqpASGkzjnhm7QE8f-tITgv92rDWChLhnWdSdSTLhU5364y3_0C/s400/P1100162-2011-04-28-1064-LANIER-Blvd-ATLANTA-GA-30306-Teardown-Elevation.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 317px; width: 400px;" /></a><br />I was surprised to see this on the sign: brick, stone detailing, dovecotes and <span id="BugEvents">a "<a href="http://voyseysociety.com/">Voysey</a> gable." Would it really look like this?<br /><br />This is 3563 square foot teardown sold before it was finished.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5695017860/" title="2011-05-06-Lanier-Blvd-Teardown by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2011-05-06-Lanier-Blvd-Teardown" height="396" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5025/5695017860_05c5c57748_z.jpg" width="556" /></a><br />I just couldn't imagine it. It's a tiny lot 0.193 acres. This picture makes it look like a big isolated lot but that's just the foliage. It shares a driveway with the house on the right.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5665303066/" title="P1100164-2011-04-28-1064-LANIER-Blvd-ATLANTA-GA-30306-Teardown-Lot-Garage by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1100164-2011-04-28-1064-LANIER-Blvd-ATLANTA-GA-30306-Teardown-Lot-Garage" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5184/5665303066_7be1d17b10_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />They kept the garage.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6323453134/" title="P1020002-2011-11-07-1064-Lanier-Boulevard -eardown-WIP-framing-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020002-2011-11-07-1064-Lanier-Boulevard -eardown-WIP-framing-detail" height="537" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6216/6323453134_d79c4556f4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />So far so good.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6721548583/" title="P1040124-2012-01-18--1064-Lanier-Boulevard-Teardown-WIP-brick-stone-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1040124-2012-01-18--1064-Lanier-Boulevard-Teardown-WIP-brick-stone-detail" height="561" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6721548583_d991db19d0_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />They lost the dovecotes.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7167480544/" title="P1080127-2012-05-09--1064-Lanier-Boulevard-Teardown-WIP-near-complete-detail-full by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1080127-2012-05-09--1064-Lanier-Boulevard-Teardown-WIP-near-complete-detail-full" height="468" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5115/7167480544_ee16ff884c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />They went all stone on the entrance<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7299417034/" title="P1080895-2012-05-29--1064-Lanier-Boulevard-Teardown-Complete by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1080895-2012-05-29--1064-Lanier-Boulevard-Teardown-Complete" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8149/7299417034_f2bed9e127_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This one will catch your eye. I think it's very good.<br /><br />Usually a magician never tells but I think you need to see a side view.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7468115678/" title="P1090611-2012-06-29--1064 Lanier-Boulevard-Teardown-South-facade-complete-full by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090611-2012-06-29--1064 Lanier-Boulevard-Teardown-South-facade-complete-full" height="424" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8155/7468115678_4c58663495_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Teardown 3 is the 3rd one in the picture. The south elevation is more interesting than the front.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-1-of-5-is-done.html" target="_blank">Here is house 1 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-2-of-5-is-done-in-morningside.html">house 2 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-3-of-5-is-done-in-morningside.html" target="_blank">house 3 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/teardown-4-of-5-is-done-half-timbering.html">house 4 of 5</a>, and <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/teardown-5-of-5-is-done-stucco-voysey.html">house 5 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/bonus-teardown-6-of-5-is-done-galbling.html">house 6 of 5</a>. <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/bonus-teardown-7-of-5-is-done-big.html" target="_blank">house 7 of 5</a>..

Teardown 3 of 5 is done, in Morningside, Tudor-ish with curvey roof on tiny lot

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Teardown 2 of 5 is done, in Morningside, French doors, shutters, 8 columns

Five neighborhood tear-downs are complete. Here is the second, a spec house on .2297 acres sold before it was complete. It's by <a href="http://designcreatelive.com/" target="_blank">Phillip Pettis Homes, Inc.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-1-of-5-is-done.html" target="_blank">Here is house 1 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-2-of-5-is-done-in-morningside.html">house 2 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-3-of-5-is-done-in-morningside.html" target="_blank">house 3 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/teardown-4-of-5-is-done-half-timbering.html">house 4 of 5</a>, and <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/teardown-5-of-5-is-done-stucco-voysey.html">house 5 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/bonus-teardown-6-of-5-is-done-galbling.html">house 6 of 5</a>. <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/bonus-teardown-7-of-5-is-done-big.html" target="_blank">house 7 of 5</a>. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvKEbNjMVjab_GypoSbbBJjd2V-YZqiyvONgOhPT7DGY3z7QaNO4pGPZcNyf2lUmHpzpEZBbDBnyiy86FTWGAWYqNz6fLcT0uuFt1A1BEI9SR1mGqrYlGMU2m_4U8c8E5_9njXCtiNqHu/s1600/P1090218-2012-06-16--916+Amsterdam-teardown-complete-French-door-+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvKEbNjMVjab_GypoSbbBJjd2V-YZqiyvONgOhPT7DGY3z7QaNO4pGPZcNyf2lUmHpzpEZBbDBnyiy86FTWGAWYqNz6fLcT0uuFt1A1BEI9SR1mGqrYlGMU2m_4U8c8E5_9njXCtiNqHu/s640/P1090218-2012-06-16--916+Amsterdam-teardown-complete-French-door-+detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />I think Philip and I are on the same wave length. I <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/01/teardown-complete-white-brick-triple.html" target="_blank">blogged another project of his on Merton</a>.<br /><br />He wrote me about this one:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">I carefully studied the street and the entire 4 block area and sketched the front to fit in .... your thoughts?<br /><br />You may be interested to know that it is the smallest new house I have ever built... our focus is on "smart sized homes" that are highly energy efficient....not McMansion's. </blockquote><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6345082021/" title="P1020446-2011-12-14-916 Amsterdam-teardown-or-poptop-south-facade-before by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020446-2011-12-14-916 Amsterdam-teardown-or-poptop-south-facade-before" height="455" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6054/6345082021_96bfd4de0a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This one started in a "Morningside" "Tudor-ish" style, built in 1930, renovated in 1960 according to Redfin. It was perhaps a 1,200 square footer when built.<br /><br />This isn't a bad look but Tudor isn't in thing right now.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6345831928/" title="P1020446-2011-12-14-916 Amsterdam-teardown-or-poptop-south-facade-Chimney-Detail-before by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020446-2011-12-14-916 Amsterdam-teardown-or-poptop-south-facade-Chimney-Detail-before" height="600" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6037/6345831928_69bc62cde3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I loved the chimney though it was mosly hidden in the bushes.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6345081887/" title="P1020445-2011-12-14-916 Amsterdam-teardown-or-poptop-before by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020445-2011-12-14-916 Amsterdam-teardown-or-poptop-before" height="480" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6227/6345081887_40ec33be50_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The add-on didn't look so good, shown here stripped of its siding, perhaps asbestos siding.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6380579245/" title="P1020589-2011-11-21-916-Amsterdam-teardown-demo-in-progress by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020589-2011-11-21-916-Amsterdam-teardown-demo-in-progress" height="480" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6228/6380579245_a05196f438_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The "new" addition was the last to fall.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6380536821/" title="P1020585-2011-11-21-916-Amsterdam-teardown-demo-in-progress by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020585-2011-11-21-916-Amsterdam-teardown-demo-in-progress" height="480" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6117/6380536821_3d9c40dca8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It had a style soul-mate on the right, a low rancher duplex on the left.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786" height="360" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=2ee790d4d6&photo_id=6378072665&hd_default=false"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=109786" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=2ee790d4d6&photo_id=6378072665&hd_default=false" height="360" width="640"></embed></object><br />The demo guys said the old part was tough, the new part was easy. You can see the house in context with the neighbors about halfway though this video.<br /><br />Well it's gone.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7464355518/" title="P1090217-2012-06-16--916 Amsterdam-teardown-complete-full by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090217-2012-06-16--916 Amsterdam-teardown-complete-full" height="462" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/7464355518_d235a78c05_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Here is the glamor shot with crepe myrtle.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7464354284/" title="P1090215-2012-06-16--916 Amsterdam-teardown-complete-porch-columns-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090215-2012-06-16--916 Amsterdam-teardown-complete-porch-columns-detail" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7464354284_1a3da37194_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I don't know where you come down on teardowns. I think this one is pretty darn good.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7464356920/" title="P1090218-2012-06-16--916 Amsterdam-teardown-complete-full-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090218-2012-06-16--916 Amsterdam-teardown-complete-full-detail" height="466" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7138/7464356920_c4af545d53_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Next: House 3 of 5 isn't like this one.<br /><br /><a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-1-of-5-is-done.html" target="_blank">Here is house 1 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-2-of-5-is-done-in-morningside.html">house 2 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-3-of-5-is-done-in-morningside.html" target="_blank">house 3 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/teardown-4-of-5-is-done-half-timbering.html">house 4 of 5</a>, and <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/teardown-5-of-5-is-done-stucco-voysey.html">house 5 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/bonus-teardown-6-of-5-is-done-galbling.html">house 6 of 5</a>. <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/bonus-teardown-7-of-5-is-done-big.html" target="_blank">house 7 of 5</a>.

Teardown 2 of 5 is done, in Morningside, French doors, shutters, 8 columns

Five neighborhood tear-downs are complete. Here is the second, a spec house on .2297 acres sold before it was complete. It's by Phillip ...

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Teardown 1 of 5 is done, in Morningside

Five neighborhood tear-downs are complete. Here is the first.<br /><blockquote>"There are fashions in building. Behind the fashions lie economic and technological reasons, and these fashions exclude all but a few genuinely different possibilities in city dwelling construction <span style="font-style: italic;">at any one time</span>. Page 216 ”<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Death-American-Cities-Modern-Library/dp/0679644334"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Death and Life of Great American Cities</span></a>” - Jane Jacobs, Vintage Books Edition 1991</blockquote><blockquote></blockquote>When you see a house in full silt-fenced, required-signage glory, you just know.<br /><br /><a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-1-of-5-is-done.html" target="_blank">Here is house 1 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-2-of-5-is-done-in-morningside.html">house 2 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-3-of-5-is-done-in-morningside.html" target="_blank">house 3 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/teardown-4-of-5-is-done-half-timbering.html">house 4 of 5</a>, and <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/teardown-5-of-5-is-done-stucco-voysey.html">house 5 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/bonus-teardown-6-of-5-is-done-galbling.html">house 6 of 5</a>. <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/bonus-teardown-7-of-5-is-done-big.html" target="_blank">house 7 of 5</a>. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPs-iRWoMsgm6NaMk8zmZPCkEdJYcdtW9AW7mSygRtyMA-w9hOJAl_O2JegagOudkXMP2liEI8HmUBK4ncMYV73f9poY7DTJhg5GAyLApcO40KG55l535aLf6HMHqGNv6dtLeHfnC66rqa/s1600/P1010421-2011-10-25-906-Amsterdam-Teardown-before-JackBilt-signs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPs-iRWoMsgm6NaMk8zmZPCkEdJYcdtW9AW7mSygRtyMA-w9hOJAl_O2JegagOudkXMP2liEI8HmUBK4ncMYV73f9poY7DTJhg5GAyLApcO40KG55l535aLf6HMHqGNv6dtLeHfnC66rqa/s640/P1010421-2011-10-25-906-Amsterdam-Teardown-before-JackBilt-signs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />It's a spec house by <a href="http://www.jackbilthomes.com/" target="_blank">JackBilt</a> and it sold before it was finished<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6286841074/" title="P1010425-2011-10-25-906-Amsterdam-Teardown-before-JackBilt by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1010425-2011-10-25-906-Amsterdam-Teardown-before-JackBilt" height="336" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6230/6286841074_ac13965e21_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Certainly a late infill, I think it was a duplex, about 1800 square feet on 0.2157 acre. The tax records said it was built in 1930. Do you think that's right?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6286322127/" title="P1010422-2011-10-25-906-Amsterdam-Teardown-before-JackBilt by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1010422-2011-10-25-906-Amsterdam-Teardown-before-JackBilt" height="480" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6038/6286322127_98d734123e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It wasn't an eyesore. But it wasn't in the neighborhoods single-family style, old or new. I guess it was infill duplex style.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6280795272/" title="P1010423-2011-10-25-906-Amsterdam-Teardown-before-JackBilt by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1010423-2011-10-25-906-Amsterdam-Teardown-before-JackBilt" height="480" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6231/6280795272_d4cfc2a6ed_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>It In context: an earlier teardown one on the left, a brick duplex one the right.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6345058133/" title="P1020443-2011-12-14-906-Amsterdam-teardown-WIP-foundation by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020443-2011-12-14-906-Amsterdam-teardown-WIP-foundation" height="480" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6093/6345058133_96bd812bed_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />A better view of the older teardown on the left.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6415570969/" title="P1020722-2011-11-27-906-Amsterdam-teardown-early-framing-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020722-2011-11-27-906-Amsterdam-teardown-early-framing-detail" height="436" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6119/6415570969_b59217e9d5_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This is the model for most 1/4 lot teardowns these days. Craftsman-like, deep lot fillers with a front porch.The variation is in the refinement of the detailing.<br /><br />This new one will be 4651 square feet plus a garage, not a big as it could have been.<br /><br />Here you are:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7395420034/" title="P1090213-2012-06-16--906-Amsterdam-teardown-complete by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090213-2012-06-16--906-Amsterdam-teardown-complete" height="338" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7215/7395420034_82b69d7420_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I think it's pretty good.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7395419496/" title="P1090212-2012-06-16--906-Amsterdam-teardown-complete-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090212-2012-06-16--906-Amsterdam-teardown-complete-detail" height="499" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7395419496_3c757ec6dd_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I particularly like that it's low to the ground.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7464353420/" title="P1090213-2012-06-16--906-Amsterdam-teardown-complete-walk-detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090213-2012-06-16--906-Amsterdam-teardown-complete-walk-detail" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8003/7464353420_af4da99fc2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I feel welcome here.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-1-of-5-is-done.html" target="_blank">Here is house 1 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-2-of-5-is-done-in-morningside.html">house 2 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/06/teardown-3-of-5-is-done-in-morningside.html" target="_blank">house 3 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/teardown-4-of-5-is-done-half-timbering.html">house 4 of 5</a>, and <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/teardown-5-of-5-is-done-stucco-voysey.html">house 5 of 5</a>, <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/bonus-teardown-6-of-5-is-done-galbling.html">house 6 of 5</a>. <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2012/07/bonus-teardown-7-of-5-is-done-big.html" target="_blank">house 7 of 5</a>.

Teardown 1 of 5 is done, in Morningside

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Unamplified, uncompressed, intimate - Sonic Generator in Shutze's Academy of Medicine

I found myself leaning in, leaning forward, trying to get closer. They played loud and in a whisper.<br /><br />These days music is engineered to sound good in the car and on MP3 players. Dynamics get squeezed out else we'd constantly adjust the volume while we jogged.<br /><br />Not this night. It was the perfect storm of architecture tourism: a great event in a great space.<br /><br />I sat 10 feet from the string quartet in the <a href="http://www.academy.gatech.edu/Pages/default.aspx">extraordinary auditorium at the Academy of Medicine</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxYsBxEH6nlBEfdHLbxm7xWJnVl7TPD_xr-bQ9cu74wRyNjiQ8r9TEmfof_F8TQsJgwQvfnhaTJIO4vp3ICfv8U0qoNusavpoRU8bV6gxH-4OD_MOxHZDiHxl2uc98Q9NrmChLORyZWW3/s1600/P1090304-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-perf+orms-Doubles-2004-by-composer-Jonathan-B+erger-with-Kim--Federici--Ritchie--Johns+ton.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="428" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5757620341725683826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxYsBxEH6nlBEfdHLbxm7xWJnVl7TPD_xr-bQ9cu74wRyNjiQ8r9TEmfof_F8TQsJgwQvfnhaTJIO4vp3ICfv8U0qoNusavpoRU8bV6gxH-4OD_MOxHZDiHxl2uc98Q9NrmChLORyZWW3/s640/P1090304-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-perf+orms-Doubles-2004-by-composer-Jonathan-B+erger-with-Kim--Federici--Ritchie--Johns+ton.jpg" style="height: 268px; width: 400px;" width="640" /></a><br />Violinists Helen Hwaya Kim and Adelaide Federici, cellist Brad Ritchie, composer Jonathan Berger, violist William Johnston. <a href="http://distributedmusic.gatech.edu/sg/">Sonic Generator</a> is the contemporary music ensemble-in-residence at Georgia Tech.<br /><br />Until the music began I enjoyed the building and the people.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7406107230/" title="P1090249-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090249-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine" height="586" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7232/7406107230_dded02458d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The Academy of Medicine glowed in the low sun. The brick pavers are part of the composition, the base layer of rustication.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7406106794/" title="P1090244-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090244-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5080/7406106794_59db074f9a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />A string quartet in a building like this? Free? Bring it on.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7406107928/" title="P1090250-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Dome by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090250-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Dome" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8161/7406107928_755a16e4cc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/2011/12/wow-renovation-to-philip-shutzes.html">I've been here before</a>. It works every time. <a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/p/philip-trammell-shutze.html">Philip Shutze</a> designed this just for me. However grand, this room is comfortable.<br /><br />The rotunda is the narthex for the auditorium.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6519046069/" title="P1030132-2011-12-15-Shutze-Academy-of-Medicine-Auditorium-Seats-and-Stage by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1030132-2011-12-15-Shutze-Academy-of-Medicine-Auditorium-Seats-and-Stage" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6519046069_e33534696c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />There are 230 seats. It feels like an oval but it's not. The entrance wall is flat. The stage is in Turn 1.<br /><br />I wondered how would it sound? Did Shutze do acoustics?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7410405872/" title="P1090275-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Audience by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090275-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Audience" height="487" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5311/7410405872_690a6c4167.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />We were about to find out.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7410573232/" title="P1090277-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Marimbas by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090277-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Marimbas" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7108/7410573232_4d6a44443b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />The stage featured two marimbas and columns in antis.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7406108060/" title="P1090260-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Jason-Freeman-inttroduction-ICAD by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090260-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Jason-Freeman-inttroduction-ICAD" height="481" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7083/7406108060_4da668db96_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.music.gatech.edu/people/jason-freeman">Jason Freeman, associate professor in Georgia Tech School of Music</a> introduced the show.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7410362274/" title="P1090266-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-William-Johnston-Viola--Viola-Elegy-Dodge-4x by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090266-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-William-Johnston-Viola--Viola-Elegy-Dodge-4x" height="514" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7129/7410362274_a42042b84f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />William Johnston performed first, playing "Viola Elegy" with a recording. I stood in the very back corner. It was as if he was right beside me.<br /><br />I moved to the front row.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7410573410/" title="P1090280-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Academy-of-Medicine-Marimba-left-Charles-Settle--right-Stuart-Gerber by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090280-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Academy-of-Medicine-Marimba-left-Charles-Settle--right-Stuart-Gerber" height="481" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7114/7410573410_a0686a72ff_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It was Marimba time, left - Charles Settle, right Stuart Gerber. They performed "Piano Phase" by Steve Reich and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7411384322/">messed with our brains (see video)</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7410573636/" title="P1090287-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Academy-of-Medicine-Composer-Jonathan-Berger-4x by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090287-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Academy-of-Medicine-Composer-Jonathan-Berger-4x" height="576" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5113/7410573636_431e5843ba_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="https://ccrma.stanford.edu/%7Ebrg/">Composer Jonathan Berger</a> introduced the final piece, his own work: "Doubles" (2004).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7411086840/" title="P1090293-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-takes-stage-at-Academy-of-Medicine---Kim--Federici--Ritchie--Johnston by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090293-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-takes-stage-at-Academy-of-Medicine---Kim--Federici--Ritchie--Johnston" height="640" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5442/7411086840_ccd96b9266_z.jpg" width="611" /></a><br />The quartet took the stage.<br /><br />I just don't get to do this.. I felt like I was holding each instrument, feeling the vibrations.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7411225164/" title="P1090306-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-performs-Doubles-2004-by-composer-Jonathan-Berger-with-Kim--Federici--Ritchie--Johnston by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090306-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-performs-Doubles-2004-by-composer-Jonathan-Berger-with-Kim--Federici--Ritchie--Johnston" height="472" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7267/7411225164_f2e9a7e565_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Bravo. <a href="http://www.artsatl.com/2012/06/review-sonic-generator-pushes-musical-conventions-academy-medicine-performance/">Mark Gresham reviewed the performances at ArtsATL.com</a>.<br /><br />Did Shutze do acoustics? Somebody sure did. Did Shutze ever hear a performance in Academy of Medicine?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7411226960/" title="P1090306-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-performs-Doubles-2004-by-composer-Jonathan-Berger-with-Kim--Federici--Ritchie--Johnston by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090306-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-performs-Doubles-2004-by-composer-Jonathan-Berger-with-Kim--Federici--Ritchie--Johnston" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8023/7411226960_e435664124_z.jpg" width="418" /></a><br />The end of concerts are so sad. The performance is just gone. You have to leave, go back to eating, working, and sleeping.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7411239912/" title="P1090314-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Audience-for-ICAD-conference-empty-stage-score by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090314-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Audience-for-ICAD-conference-empty-stage-score" height="559" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5456/7411239912_53414fd494_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />For most of us this was the first and last time. And modern works rarely leave me whistling a melody.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7411254038/" title="P1090320-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Audience-for-ICAD-conference-after by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090320-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Audience-for-ICAD-conference-after" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5113/7411254038_cfa307994e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />Yet I do have vivid memories of the performances.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7406108284/" title="P1090330-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Rotunda-Auditorium by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090330-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Rotunda-Auditorium" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7223/7406108284_01f731f8e7_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I remember how real and intimate it sounded, as if they performed just for me.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7411301120/" title="P1090327-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Audience-for-ICAD-conference-after by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1090327-2012-06-19-Sonic-Generator-at-Shutze--Academy-of-Medicine-Audience-for-ICAD-conference-after" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7132/7411301120_bc454cf4ac_z.jpg" width="562" /></a><br />Time to go.<br /><br />I don't know when the Academy of Medicine will host music again.<br /><br />Sonic Generator will perform at the opening event for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/376598759068356/">gloATL's Liquid Culture: a utopia station series</a> July 6, 7-8 pm – Midtown – 15th Street and Peachtree Street, Colony Square Plaza. <a href="http://www.gloatl.com/home/Whats_Now.html">More here</a>.<br /><br />If you follow me on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Architecture-Tourist/214736560079">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/terrykearns">Twitter</a> I'll give you a heads up.

Unamplified, uncompressed, intimate - Sonic Generator in Shutze's Academy of Medicine

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5 Morningside Teardowns Done, the Before Pictures.

I'm going to miss the chimney but I never noticed until they marked it for demolition.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7IXGzRaqo8uMxd7DO0rFjj50-FhPAnznGHxQvVtm475ODXxfRvwro51DkenKdjTzCKBdonaamlVfo8SUJ1gkqJUNxpQl4Ua1I7I40nGbTu4Gg-qwTfvEUWhPfdIKKPc_kogvtHJ311kP/s1600/P1020446-2011-12-14-916+Amsterdam-teardown-or-poptop-south-facade-Chimney-Detail-before.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756326449227036434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7IXGzRaqo8uMxd7DO0rFjj50-FhPAnznGHxQvVtm475ODXxfRvwro51DkenKdjTzCKBdonaamlVfo8SUJ1gkqJUNxpQl4Ua1I7I40nGbTu4Gg-qwTfvEUWhPfdIKKPc_kogvtHJ311kP/s400/P1020446-2011-12-14-916+Amsterdam-teardown-or-poptop-south-facade-Chimney-Detail-before.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 375px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br />Destruction and construction are booming in some Atlanta neighborhoods.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6280277813/" title="P1010422-2011-10-25-906-Amsterdam-Teardown-before-JackBilt by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1010422-2011-10-25-906-Amsterdam-Teardown-before-JackBilt" height="480" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6097/6280277813_fe0e41436e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />I believe this was a duplex. It's appreciated $230 between 1991 and 2011.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6280278033/" title="P1010425-2011-10-25-906-Amsterdam-Teardown-before-JackBilt by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1010425-2011-10-25-906-Amsterdam-Teardown-before-JackBilt" height="336" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6115/6280278033_494bd1f1f4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It's a spec house and it sold before it was complete.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6345082021/" title="P1020446-2011-12-14-916 Amsterdam-teardown-or-poptop-south-facade-before by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020446-2011-12-14-916 Amsterdam-teardown-or-poptop-south-facade-before" height="455" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6054/6345082021_96bfd4de0a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This one had a familiar Morningside style.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/6345831824/" title="P1020445-2011-12-14-916 Amsterdam-teardown-or-poptop-west-facade-detail-before by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020445-2011-12-14-916 Amsterdam-teardown-or-poptop-west-facade-detail-before" height="478" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6106/6345831824_ca36d995a4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It's had been added on in a less than high quality way, probably an extra apartment or 2 back there. It's a spec house that sold before it was complete.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5695017860/" title="2011-05-06-Lanier-Blvd-Teardown by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2011-05-06-Lanier-Blvd-Teardown" height="396" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5025/5695017860_05c5c57748_z.jpg" width="556" /></a><br />This was probably the very last infill on its street. It's on a tiny lot.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5665303066/" title="P1100164-2011-04-28-1064-LANIER-Blvd-ATLANTA-GA-30306-Teardown-Lot-Garage by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1100164-2011-04-28-1064-LANIER-Blvd-ATLANTA-GA-30306-Teardown-Lot-Garage" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5184/5665303066_7be1d17b10_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />It did have a nice little garage. This spec house sold before it was complete.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5703759487/" title="2011-05-09-Middlesex-Heppner-Teardown-Before-3 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2011-05-09-Middlesex-Heppner-Teardown-Before-3" height="302" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3373/5703759487_48979fb099_z.jpg" width="633" /></a><br />This became a custom, architect designed poptop and one of my favorite projects. It didn't turn out like the others.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5703759503/" title="2011-05-09-Middlesex-Heppner-Teardown-Before-4 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2011-05-09-Middlesex-Heppner-Teardown-Before-4" height="388" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5182/5703759503_718a417e1c_z.jpg" width="614" /></a><br />Will this be missed?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/5695017872/" title="2011-05-06-Berkshire-Teardown by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2011-05-06-Berkshire-Teardown" height="340" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5182/5695017872_6949726860_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />This was be a mid-century rancher on an ideal lot for a prestige house.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/7411848278/" title="2011-05-06--952-Berkshire-Teardown by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="2011-05-06--952-Berkshire-Teardown" height="323" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8150/7411848278_06f01f212e_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />They just don't build them like this anymore. Now it's an architect designed house.<br /><br />More later.

5 Morningside Teardowns Done, the Before Pictures.

I'm going to miss the chimney but I never noticed until they marked it for demolition. Destruction and construction are booming in some ...

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