Architecture & Design
Designing for Dignity
The goal of every program that seeks to alleviate homelessness is to provide the individual with both stable housing and a support net of services, the convergence of which is best realized in permanent supportive housing.
Apartments to Rise on Site of Failed San Diego Condo Development
San Diego–Alliance Residential Co. has acquired a 1.3-acre development site in the Little Italy district of downtown San Diego and is planning 201 apartment units for it.
Suburban Boston Apartment Project to Take Its Cue from Rehabilitated 19th Century Building
Melrose, Mass.–In a $52.5 million endeavor, Wood Partners plans to mix some of the old with a bit of the new to create Alta Stone Place, a multi-structure apartment community in Melrose, Mass.
A More-Comprehensive Approach to New Energy Codes
The latest energy codes for multifamily and commercial construction will require builders to adapt to more cost-effective and energy-efficient design.
Work Begins on Affordable Property in Riverside County, Calif.
Lake Elsinore, Calif.–Ground has been broken on Pottery Court Apartment Homes, 113 dwellings for families earning between 30 and 50 percent of area median income.
A More-Comprehensive Approach to New Energy Codes
The latest energy codes for multifamily and commercial construction will require builders to adapt to more cost-effective and energy-efficient design.
Curley Joins Fletcher Thompson as Principal of College and University Architecture
New York–Fletcher Thompson, an architectural, engineering and interior design firm, has added W.J. Patrick Curley, AIA, as principal of the firm’s College and University Practice Group.
Architecture Inc. Celebrates LEED-ND Certification of University Place in Memphis
Memphis, Tenn.–University Place was able to achieve the USGBC’s new LEED-ND certification through a combined planning effort involving everyone from architects to the fire department.
L.A. Multifamily Property Wins HUD Door Knocker Award
Los Angeles County–HUD has awarded Casa Dominguez, a 70-unit affordable housing property completed in 2009, a HOME Program Door Knocker Award.
Crystal Gardens in Melbourne Designed as a ‘Vertical Street’
CK Designworks is designing what they call a “vertical street” in downtown Melbourne, a 35-story mixed-use high-rise that will feature ground-floor retail, three floors of office space and 154 apartment units.