Alexander Court

This project had very lit­tle street pres­ence because it was enclosed on two sides by a 17-foot high retain­ing wall and an exist­ing town­house devel­op­ment on the third side. A large, mature oak tree at the cen­ter of the site dic­tat­ed the solu­tion of a court­yard plan that flanked the open space with two build­ing mass­es. The land­scaped court­yard pro­vid­ed the inte­ri­or units with views and social ener­gy nor­mal­ly reserved for units locat­ed on the street front. The unit mix com­bines two-sto­ry town­homes with pent­house flats above. The towns have 10-foot ceil­ings with an open stair­case to the bed­room suite above, while the pent­hous­es have with gra­cious bal­conies and vault­ed ceilings.