The author uses a very specific style of houses, and that's fine. But for example none of the houses listed as great design have a garage upfront (and some look

The author uses a very specific style of houses, and that's fine. But for example none of the houses listed as great design have a garage upfront (and some look like they don't have a garage at all). A front facing garage is a huge convenience but it makes it much harder to have the symmetry the author wants. When it comes to houses form should follow function and that seems to be completely ignored in this critique.