Los Gatos Commercial Design Guidelines FINAL ... - City of Winters

Town of Los Gatos
1.5.2 Provide a richness of architectural facade depth
and detail
a) Express columns and beams on the building’s exterior.
b) Provide a number of facade layers (e.g., front of
columns or pilasters, wall plane, window frame, and
window glass).
c) Finish wall tops with overhangs, projecting cornices,
and column caps that provide a strong visual terminus
to the structure.
d) Use applied and integrated design elements (e.g.,
exposed rafter tails on sloped roofs, cornice moldings,
applied medallions).
Los Gatos example of facade depth and detail
1.5.3 Provide a unified design around all sides of
buildings
a) Maintain continuity of design, materials, color, form
and architectural detail for all elevations of a building
that are visible from public areas or adjacent residences.
b) Where continuity of design is difficult to achieve,
substantial landscaping should be provided to screen
the area.
INTRODUCTION
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MIXED USE PROJECTS
Mixed Use projects will generally
consist of residential units or office
space located over ground floor retail
shops or restaurants. Entries to
upper floor uses should be located on
facing streets or on landscaped passageways
with direct access to the
street. The entries should be distinctive
and well defined with elements
such as attractive doorways and sidelights,
awnings, carriage lights, planters
with flowers, appropriate signage,
and other elements to add visual richness
and human scale.
Upper levels should be designed
with a distinctive character and design
elements that will relate the upper
levels to the street and provide
visual interest. These elements might
include bay windows, projecting balconies
with landscaping and french
doors, or awnings over the windows.
Window proportions on the upper
levels should generally be smaller than
ground floor windows, vertical in
proportion, and related to the ground
floor windows.
Los Gatos example above showing simple
reflection of front facade design on building
side
Commercial Design Guidelines
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