HANKA Carport

South Minneapolis, 2005

Given the tricky access to their 2-stall, tuck-under garage at the back of their South Minneapolis house, Greg & Debbie Hanka enlisted Souliyahn to design them a carport that would allow for at least one car to be left outside without having to clean snow off the car in the (long) winter months.

Simultaneously, they asked us to give the 3-season sunroom atop their garage a make-over, which ultimately involved trading out windows for full-glass door and side-light, white-washing the entire interior, installing new flooring inside and decking outside.

As part of the the master-plan, and before the carport & porch phases were completed, Souliyahn called for a line of birch trees to be planted along the property line that, now, perfectly provide a visual screen from the neighbors during the warm months.