Computer rendering (radiosity solution, ray traced) of the addition looking from the back yard toward the front.

Looking toward the Dining Room, which is under a lower portion of the roof. The Living Room is in a two story high space created by the addition.

The house from the street. The addition over the garage is for a studio, so there are windows facing the back yard.

The spine addition, in a computer rendering.

Computer rendering to show the clients how the bedroom addition would affect the view of the back yard from the Dining Room.

The spine scheme from the street.

Looking down the spine, which served as an organizer for the addition and the existing spaces.

Looking from the Dining Room toward the Living Room, showing how the spine (a minimalist intervention in the existing space) would allow a lot of light into the existing spaces.

How opening the existing ceiling and allowing a spine of space to cut through the existing house would affect the Dining Room, as seen from the Living Room.