COLE AVENUE APARTMENTS

DALLAS, TEXAS | 7,200 SQFT | COMPLETED IN 1997

AIA DALLAS MERIT AWARD 1998

This project fit eight one-bedroom apartments onto a narrow 50’ by 180’ lot that is minutes from downtown.  The program was divided into two buildings with a shared yard in order to be sensitive to the scale of the neighborhood.  Each apartment has an enclosed garage and entry at ground level, a living space with a recessed balcony on the second level, and a bedroom and bath on the third level.  Cast-in-place concrete beams cantilever over the shared drive to enlarge the second floor living area.  A continuous cast-in-place concrete slab runs along one wall to serve as kitchen counter, dining table and hearth, before it passes through a glass wall to become an outdoor barbeque counter.