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PANORAMA: Design In Context

AMERICAN DREAM BUILDERS EPISODE 107: COLONIAL DUPLEX

Editors: Lukas Machnik + André Carlos Lenox Photography: NBCUniversal, Inc. + Lukas Machnik Design Digital Retouching: Lukas Machnik Design

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – The field of original designers has been cut in half – with only six competitors remaining, the strenuous race against the clock begins to fray friendships, nerves and the will to survive. This week, Jay, Elaine, Lukas, Dann, Nina and Darren reimagine and renovate a pair of adjoining duplexes in the colonial style. Home to an extended family, this duplex is comprised of two side-by-side, mirror-image units – not only are these households architecturally identical, they ironically possess the same maintenance issues, and are in need of more than a little tender loving care.

After greeting the contestants, Nate surprises them by reshuffling the teams – Team Red now consists of Lukas, Darren and Elaine, while Jay, Dann and Nina make up Team Blue. The teams head to a Los Angeles neighborhood to examine the duplex, and then reconvene in their tents to strategize, as well as learn more about the homeowners. The contestants watch a compassionate video of the family members, and learn that the patriarch of the family is confined to a wheelchair. We see agonizing footage of the grown son pulling his elderly father up a set of stairs to a bedroom. Moreover – while the duplex's "bones" are solid, the walls and counters are worse for wear, and most rooms need major updating. In particular, both teams are charged with creating a "dream bathroom," and receiving full-access to materials from Lowe’s bath department.

AMERICAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE – The standard Colonial design, with a symmetrical front -- central door, centeral chimney, two windows on either side, and five windows across the second floor -- remains the most popular architectural plan in the United States today.

Comprised of several design styles associated with the European colonization of the Americas, colonial design remains the most popular architectural plan in the United States to this day. Although many countries had staked a claim in the uncharted territory of the Americas, not all colonization programs were strong enough to withstand the fierce competition for land. Ultimately, four domestic architectural styles prevailed during the colonial period in what would become the United States: French Colonial, Spanish Colonial, Dutch Colonial, and Colonial Georgian. Although these sub-styles are very regional and distinct, they possess several mutual characteristics that have influenced our modern conception of the colonial home.

FIRST PERIOD architecture (1626-1735) – Considered to be late-medieval, these wooden homes were influenced by techniques and styles found in southeastern England. Typical characteristics: a steeply pitch roof, semi-asymmetrical plan, central chimney, exposed chamfered frame in the interior, and diamond-paned casement windows.

The succeeding colonial period is dominated by Georgian architecture –  a family of design styles eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover. Unlike earlier styles which disseminated through the apprenticeship system, the Georgian style gained acclamation through the use of intaglio methods of printmaking, such as engraving and etching. Georgian residencies were typically constructed in brick, with wood trim, wooden columns, and a coat of white paint. In the British colonies, however, the COLONIAL GEORGIAN could additionally be built of wood with clapboards, possessed multiple chimneys, and was often painted in a pale yellow.