Sanctuary pergola design library
Find the guide for the decision in front of you
Ten practical guides to help you plan the whole project, choose its architectural form and compare the details that set its scope.
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- Design guides
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- Decision chapters
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- Connected brief
Choose your starting point
Three chapters. One connected design.
Start with the decision you need to make now. Each guide keeps that choice connected to the wider architecture, outdoor space and delivery brief.
Start with the whole brief
Plan the project
Use these guides when the important decision is the overall room, site response or project type, rather than one isolated component.
Shape the architecture
Choose form and structure
Use these guides to understand how frame material and roof geometry influence proportion, drainage, volume and connection to the building.
Test the important trade-offs
Compare scope and components
Use these guides when cost, roof behaviour or a changing edge is the decision that will set the direction of the wider design.
When the guides become a brief
Bring the house, the outdoor area and the open questions.
Send photos, rough dimensions and what you want the space to do. Sanctuary can help turn the decisions into one site-specific direction.