transparency at ground floor promotes active pedestrian street.  visible roofscape draws views to the roof.

kitchen of second floor unit with views to the private interior courtyard.

polished concrete floors and precast concrete ceilings create loft-like experience while warm wood and lacquered cabinets add refinement to the third floor penthouse unit.

floating stair to the roof of nicaraguan hardwood treads.

entire roof of the building, over 3,000 s.f. is habitable, permeable, and pleasurable.  two entertainment decks are surrounded with perennials and a grove of riverbirch trees.

the southern garden was developed into a "productive" roofscape, with raised vegetable beds, rows of shrubs, and a south-facing bank of solar water panels that pre-heat all of the domestic water for the building.

though not un-attractive, the back of the solar panels is shielded from view with a series of linear landscape elements, including a variety of hedges and a sitting bench.