There is a sameness in surrounding neighborhoods where the garages dominate the fronts of the houses. When done without thought and only for practicality, it can become tedious. Certainly city dwellers may think we have traded car entrances for people entrances... just as it is thought we traded TV's for firelplaces. I think if you keep your priorities, proportions, details and material pallet clearly identified, it doesn't much matter where you put the garage. Certainly up here in snow country you would need to justify making the driveway any longer than necessary. But, we also tend to put our cars/trucks IN the garage.

On Oct 28, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Ruth Barton wrote:

I guess because I have always lived in "snow Country" I have never heard of
a garage that doesn't face the road/street. It would never occur to me not
to. However, I just realized that my nephew's new garage does not face the
same as the house but this is due to the way the drive comes off the road.
Ruth

At 7:53 AM -0500 10/21/06, John Callan AIA wrote:

Thanks Brian. Enjoyed this very much... mostly. But if you had a
little more snow in your life you may not think so poorly of front
facing garages. I sure don't want to go back to shoveling the extra
yardage it would take to bring the driveway around to the side or
back. It can be done well, but is usually done without thought...
don't worry, those aren't well built and the snow/rain/rot/termites
will crush them.

-jc

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