Here’s another example of architects creating a pleasant harmony with existing houses. The lot to the left of this house has always been empty. It’s a triangle with no practical frontage, so it probably wasn’t enticing to builders. (Google makes it look wider.)
A few months ago a builder put up a duplex in the lot. Google didn’t catch it yet, and my camera isn’t working, so I had some fun making a quick 3d model and photoshopping it onto the picture. The new duplex isn’t occupied yet, seems to be still finishing up interior and connecting utilities.
[Update 7/13, one side is occupied.]
It matches the window pattern of its neighbor, and also agrees with some 2007 flips in the area, adding a two-story McMansion behind an existing small house.
The new duplex gives me a positive resonance beyond infill esthetics. Maybe it reminds me of the duplex in Stillwater where I started living an independent adult life after prison.
Polistra's Mill 