William M. Mack, Architect / Branford, CT

his home was a small home with one large shed roof covering the entire house, which was designed in a somewhat contemporary manner in that the second floor occupied only the rear portion of the house, while the living room in the front of the house had a ceiling which sloped upwards to two stories at the center, where it was overlooked by the hallway of the second floor. The front entry was not delineated in any way, but was simply a door in the middle of the front facade. The project involved the addition of a garage and second floor master bedroom suite. The Architect helped the owners to obtain the necessary variance on this very unusual lot with steeply- sloping topography to the rear, and then designed an addition that wrapped around the front entry to give it some delineation, weather protection and elegance, as well as changing the entire roofline to include the new garage and master bedroom addition and to thereby make the entire house much more interesting.