If you design in Virginia, the brick colonial is inevitably a home someone will ask for an addition on. This example is a 1949 home with a less formal window arrangement where the upper windows were not aligned with the lower ones and a single story addition to the right set back from the brick wall with lap siding. Adding a second story over the right wing allows us to have a bit of variation in the roof and window arrangement . Pushing for a taller window to meet egress and provide more light I am showing the window extending up higher then the others and punctuating with a dormer gable to break up the flatness of the facade. Doing sketches helps get the proportions and scale right. Asymmetrical doesn’t mean unbalanced

Remember these renders? Swipe to see the progress. Spooky decor seasonal

Swipe to see the progression from sketch to model to render. An architect’s toolbox has the full array of illustrative tools to convey a design and one does not replace the other. Design is about refinement and design development to get from idea to a built construction and is not merely just drafting what a client wants.