APARTMENT BUILDINGS

Clayborne Apartments - Alexandria VA
The Clayborne Apartment building is located in the historic district of Alexandria Virginia.  To get it approved, we broke it up with different facades, so that it appears to be built up over time.  Courtyards were employed to maximize sun exposures and to break up the different facades.  At the north end, we included retail spaces to blend into the commercial character of that side street while at the southern end, we designed the facade to look like a row of townhouses.
The center of the facade was designed to read as the 'original' Colonial mansion that was eventually incorporated into an urban street by various Victorian and early 20th century buildings.
Conceptual plan and elevation studies
Conceptual massing study of main elevation
The front entry courtyard
One of two green courtyards
The southern side street built to look like townhouses
The northern side street with retail storefronts
Massing model of the rear alley elevation
Project by Cunningham + Quill Architects                              
Porter Street Apartments - Washington, DC
This project was a renovation of a 1920's apartment building in the historic neighborhood of Cleveland Park, Washington DC.  The work included new floor plans and a penthouse structure.  We also redesigned the storefront, which was not executed.  
New store front proposal
Layout of the typical floor plan as built
Project by Cunningham + Quill Architects
Mather Building Apartment Conversion - Washington, DC
This project was a conversion of an historic office building to an apartment/studio building in downtown Washington, DC.  We restored the original terra cotta facade and laid out the apartments for artists.  The new entrance lobby and canopy depart from the Neo-Gothic details of the original design by drawing from Mies van der Rohe's modern library across the street.
​This project received a DCAIA award of recognition.
New entrance storefront and canopy
Existing conditions prior to renovation
Sketch study of entry canopy
As-built lobby
Renovated building facade
Design sketches of lobby and entry desk
Study of proposed canopy and storefronts
Project by Cunningham + Quill Architects
Santana Row Commercial Center - San Jose, CA
Santana Row is a mixed-use development in San Jose, California designed by Cooper Carry, Inc.  I was charged with producing elevation studies for the town's theater and apartment buildings that line the principle public space.  
Model of the main public space
Elevation studies of apartment building facades lining the public space
Schematic design of movie theater and surrounding commercial buildings
Studies of the proposed movie theater entrance
Elevation studies of commercial spaces adjacent to the movie theater
Project by Cooper Carry
East Capitol Apartment Renovations - Washington, DC
This schematic design was for a client who had purchased a complex of high-rises on East Capitol Street in Washington, DC. The goal was to humanize the stark concrete apartment buildings with new elevations surrounding a new public space.
 Rendering of proposed re-skinning
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Existing conditions
Proposed site plan with townhouses lining the main street
Project by Cunningham + Quill Architects
Central Apartments - Silver Spring, MD
This project was done pro bono as a member of my local Citizen's Advisory Board in Silver Spring, Maryland.  The original proposal was out of scale and character with the adjacent residential neighborhood.  After a lot of opposition and delays, I worked with the developer and neighbors to break down the building's massing into distinct elevations adjacent to the residential neighborhood while adding more density at other parts of the building.
Original proposed elevation
Concept rendering
Modified proposed elevation
As-built side elevation
Multi-Family studies - Silver Spring, MD
This project was done pro bono as a member of my local Citizen's Advisory Board in Silver Spring, Maryland.   The goal was to suggest different ways of breaking down the building's massing and create a tower element.   (below center).
Apartment building proposal - Washington, DC
This was a proposal to build out Columbus Circle in front of Washington, DC's Union Station with apartment buildings. The goal was to create a coherent urban space by having the buildings take their queue from the Station's style and composition.
​https://ggwash.org/view/39595/what-if-we-developed-the-space-in-front-of-union-station
Main elevation of the historic Union Station
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Front Elevation of the main apartment buildings opposite Union Station
Before and after of Columbus Circle proposed build-out
Proposed streetscape of apartment buildings facing Union Station