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Draft of architectural guidelines Parkdale
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Parkdale AHCC* Addition
*Attainable Housing Calgary Corporation
Setting the Context
1913Historical streetscape
• defined Parkdale until end of WWII• 6 historic houses that line
north side of Parkdale Boulevard• 100 - 200 blocks 37th Street N.W.• represented Calgary's major
economic and development 1910-13 boom
Parkdale's Historic Streetscape
Betz Residence (1913) 3220 Parkdale Blvd• 1 1/2 storey, wood-frame• Craftsman style • complex roofline • paired crossed gables• open, wraparound veranda• mock half-timbering of the
gables comprising rough-cast stucco
• shingle cladding• exposed purlins and
rafter tails• wooden shingle cladding
and mock open tongue-and-groove
• wooden eaves with exposed rafter tails and purlins
• Fenestration pattern• source
Withrow Residence (1911) 3210 Parkdale Boulevard
• • piers which extend above
the roofline• mock half-timbering in the
gables• gable-on-hip roof• source
• 1 1/2 one-storey, wood-frame• Craftsman style bungalow• stucco cladding• broad, bracketed eaves • broad eaves with exposed
rafter tails and triangular eave brackets;
• two-storey, wood-frame• Queen Anne Revival style
house• Hipped roof with a lower cross
gable enclosed by a pent roof• a full-width, open front
veranda source
Hill Residence (1912) 3208 Parkdale Blvd• bay window• rectangular form• wooden, clapboard
siding, • corner boards• skirting board• board stringcourse
between the first and second floors
• closed,wooden tongue-and-groove eaves
• The fenestration, including the front and side bay windows;
• second-storey balcony
Birtch Residence (1912) 3204 Parkdale Boulevard• Two-storey, rectangular form• Wood-frame construction
with wooden, narrow-width lapped siding, corner boards, skirting board, and board string course between the first and second floors
• Hipped roof with a lower cross gable enclosed by a pent roof
• closed, wooden tongue-and-groove eaves
• source
• Queen Anne Revival style• The fenestration,
including the front and side bay windows
• full-width open, front veranda
• second-storey balcony
• 1 1/2 storey, wood-frame• Craftsman style bungalow• side-gable roof• balcony• exposed rafter tails and purlins. • paired dormer that incorporates
a balcony is an• unusual variant of the bungalow
form.• two city lots• source
• wooden, narrow-width lapped siding and shingle cladding
• Fenestration pattern• Full-width, open, front
veranda.
Gray Residence (3106 Parkdale Boulevard N.W.)• Fenestration with multi-pane
wooden-sash casement windows and wooden,hung-sash windows;
• side bay windows with shed roofs;
• Open, full-width front veranda supported by squared and tapered single and grouped supports on red-brick piers;
• solid, red-brick balustrades and stair walls; cast stone caps and railings.
• source
• Rectangular, one-and-one-half-storey, bungalow form;
• Wood-frame construction with wooden-shingle cladding
• Broad, side-gable roof with central, front dormer, open, wooden togue-and-groove eaves with exposed rafter tails and triangular brackets;
• external brick chimney
What could be built new that would fit this historical context?reflects and blends into the setting? respects value of human scale
Pleasant human scale, street levelversus ...
1. Neighbourhood Patterns2. Architectural Patterns3. Landscape Patterns
Example of a complementary structure that would blend into Parkdale Blvd historical streetscape
Multi-Family Row Housing: Human Scale
• Open front veranda• cladding• size and placement of
fenestration• aesthetic fenestration as
integral detail• street-level access• landscaping• human scale• walkability• steep pitched roof• facia line at 1st story element• 3 m sidewalk setback• finished floor is less than or
equal to 24" from grade•
Multi-Family Row Housing: Human Scale
• planters at grade for every unit• natural materials including
cedar shake, brick, stone• recessed 2nd and 3rd stories• wide eaves• deep soffits•
• Open front veranda• cladding• size and placement of
fenestration• street-level access• landscaping• human scale• walkability•
The roof pitch Victorian houses: 6 to 14 in 12.
• Bay window• cladding• landscaping
Here are two examples of buildings that would blend with the existing treasured streetscape: