The Pattern Book · Architectural Vision
One language,
three styles.
The governed architectural standard for all 147 homesites, enforced from the first concept drawing through the final approved paint color.
Prepared by Lew Oliver, Inc. · Whole Town Solutions
The architectural vision for Madison Fields.
A neighborhood by a single hand
The land plan, the pattern book, and the three architectural styles, all drawn by Lew Oliver, Inc., then held by the Madison Fields Design Review Board.
A 147-homesite neighborhood near Athens, Georgia.
147
Homesites
65
Cottage
82
Estate
The Three Styles
Every home speaks one of three.
01
Arts & Crafts
Handcraft made structural. Mythic design distilled from local historic sources, detailed with impressive masonry, carpentry, and millwork. Cottage-like interiors freely mixed with baronial spaces.
Handcraft & workmanship · Masonry & millwork · Cottage meets baronial
02
Vernacular
Not a style but a local building tradition, without pretense. Federal and Greek Revival detailing native to the region. Simple saltbox masses, prominent gable-end chimneys, and balanced windows.
Saltbox masses & catslides · Gable-end chimneys · Pencil-post rain porches · Balanced windows
03
Mid-Century Regency
Classicism fused with emerging modernism, the style of the “Stars.” Colonnades freely mixed with plate glass, Georgian sash refreshed in daring colors, classical elements distilled to their essence.
Classicism × modernism · Colonnades · Plate glass · Daring sash colors
Site Planning
Two ways to live here.
Cottage
65 lots · ~80′ × 100′Park- or lane-frontage lots served by a compacted-gravel lane. Porte cochères encouraged; courtyards engaged with the main living areas; ADUs permitted above garages. A five-foot frontage wall continues the façade to the street.
Estate
82 lots · ~120′ × 250′+Estate plans are coming soon. Inquire for details. Each estate requires a secondary detached structure: pool house, guest house, or garage. Garages set fully behind the primary massing; motor courtyards encouraged.
Inquire about estatesApproved Plan Collection
The plan collection
Every homesite draws from the pattern book: cottage and estate plans drawn to its architectural styles, or a custom home designed within it.
Cottage One
A central-chimney gable with a formal entry porch.
Cottage Two
A shingled gambrel over an arched carriage entry.
Cottage Three
Board-and-batten under a standing-seam roof. The collection's largest.
Cottage Four
Painted brick with a steep gable and an arched entry.
Colors & Finishes
Materials, themselves.
“As much as practically possible, materials should be themselves, unaltered.”
The dominant palette is native stone, brick, plaster-finished stucco, siding, and wood. Colors stay neutral (off-white, cream, stone), with sage, slate, and mushroom reserved for doors and shutters. Schemes may be entirely monochromatic.
“Colors will complement the architecture, never commanding too much attention — they must never upstage the natural landscape.”
And every home is built from the real thing, never vinyl siding, asphalt shingles, or synthetic trim.
Material Palette
Native fieldstone
Wood-mold brick
Plaster-finish stucco
Wood & Hardie siding
Standing-seam / copper
Slate & pan tile
Not Permitted
What the book forbids.
Roofing & Drainage
- Asphalt shingles
- Novelty shingle shapes
- Staggered shingle edges
Cladding & Masonry
- Vinyl & aluminum siding
- False-wood-grain siding
- Distressed or tumbled brick
- Acid-washed mortar
Trim, Columns & Rails
- PVC trim & foam members
- Hollow column capitals
- Synthetic railings
- Cable rails
Submittal & Review
From concept to paint color.
01
Pre-design meeting with the Neighborhood Planner
02
Concept drawings
03
Working drawings
04
Colors, finishes & landscape plan
05
Letter of approval before construction begins