Eichler With Atrium Floor Plan

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Eichler with atrium floor plan.

Fairhaven la 91 r anshen allen although a relative term la 91 is the most widely used floor plan in the fairhaven development. 2070 sq feet house 445 sq feet garage 668 sq feet atrium. Our home is the reversed version of this plan 1224r. In the text describing this plan what we now refer to as the atrium is described as a front court while on the plan it is labeled an entry garden.

All four bedrooms are located on one side of the home with the living areas opposite them for maximum sound isolation. This is the 1224 eichler floor plan scanned from an original eichler sales brochure for an eichler subdivision in sunnyvale called fairbrae. Preview avaiable floor plans for eichlers. Floorplan designs for mid century modern eichler homes.

By locating the multi purpose room horizontally across the front of the house the expanses of glass surrounding the atrium were more pronounced. The architect for the remodel enlarged the glazed openings into the atrium and replaced fixed panes with sliding doors. Eichler s plan 37 from august 1951 a full six years before eichler homes used the term atrium shows a court that counts as an atrium under almost any definition an outdoor area open to the sky and entirely surrounded by house if you count the garage as house. Modernizing a historic eichler home like many eichler houses this one wraps around an open atrium that puts outdoor living and a window to the sky at the center of the floor plan.