The Modern Dogtrot - Part 1

In this video I discuss the origins of the dogtrot as a plan archetype, its history and how it came to be. Although commonly thought of as a Southern building type early settlers of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the Swedes and Finns brought with them the "pair cottage" from Northern Europe. This shaped the early dogtrots in the United States.
It was widely adopted in the South because is offered an ingenious method of passively cooling the home. The second part of the video discusses the modern dogtrot floor plans I've developed which were inspired by these early prototypes.
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[@LukeMahan-xr4xx]

So interesting, I would love more content like this where you explore traditional architectural designs and their subtleties .

[@DavidPaulNewtonScott]

You just made a decision for me. I am building a house in the Philippines basically a main room hexagonal shaped and series of smaller hexagonal bedrooms I am now going to break them all up with dogtrots.

[@rrt401]

This was great. Thank you!

[@jdallas4154]

I'm thinking dogtrot skillion on my hilltop location facing southwest. I'm sitting on a ridge basically running north/south that makes a 90 running east west with excellent tree cover for shading most direct west to northwest sun. Overlooking the Guadalupe River Valley, Texas Hill Country...Possibly flat roofs on either end housing bedrooms with the higher skillion in the middle over the dogtrot and great room kitchen/dining/living.

[@juneturner3366]

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[@productofthemind8]

Eric, What would be the pros/cons to using two breezeways in a similar size floor plan with a second level above? For example, separating a garage on one end, an in-law suite on the other, and access to living quarters in the center. I've been playing with your 20'X80' width and length in a 2 story design; using the central living quarters as a meeting place for guests in the bottom floor; then using a similar floor plan to the one you posted on Houzz for the second floor. www.houzz.com/photos/10150245/Portfolio-modern-floor-plan-portland-maine

[@30by40]

Derrick Owens Thanks for watching. If you'd like to discuss your specific project I set aside consultation time in my schedule one day a week for this kind of situation. You can find that on my site here: thirtybyforty.com/professional-consulting-services/ Cheers...

[@sandramosteller9944]

I was told that the center area did not originally have a floor it was to hitch the horses and park the cart ,only one side was a full living area…is this true

[@mykmurashko4469]

what pen do you use?

[@30by40]

Nikko Mur In this video I'm using one of my favorites: Pentel's Sign Pen (black) amzn.to/1LNs0Pt

[@mikeisamovie]

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[@TheRed6263]

sound is too low to hear