My favorite townhouses, new and old, followed by interesting recent townhouses in Miami, where I am from, in alphabetical order.
43 Viviendas, Madrid, Spain. Architect: Estudio Entresitio. Geometric prototypes with a human touch.
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100K House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Developer: Postgreen Homes. Architect: Interface Studio Architects. LEED Platinum, LEED for Homes Project of the Year 2010, $81 PSF construction costs.
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Almeria Row, Coral Gables, Forida. Developer: Coral Gables Rentals. Architect: DLGV. If your community thinks luxury is only possible in detached houses or condo towers, show them this.
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Borneo-Sporenburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Planner: West 8. Architect: MVRDV. Not just one contemporary townhouse, a whole new district.
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Brownstones at Maywood Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Developer: Triangle Partners. Architect: TAP Architecture. Based on “time-tested template” and built to “endure for centuries”.
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Burnside Rocket, Portland, Oregon. Developer: Guerilla Development. Changing the world 3000 SF at a time.
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Cowie Rowhouses, Vancouver, Canada. Developer: cowieRowhouse. The result of one man’s epic struggle for true townhouses.
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Kinney Boulevard Townhouse, Los Angeles, California. Architect: Dennis Gibbens Architects. One townhouse, multiple uses, all concrete.
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Lancaster Townhouse, San Francisco, California. Developer: ZETA. LEED platinum, prefab, live/work, net zero energy.
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Lloveras-Marxuach Residence, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Possibly the best townhouse ever.
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Lorong 24A Shophouse Series, Singapore. Developer: Pocket Projects. Architects: Atria Architects, KD Architects with FARM, HYLA , Lekker Design, Linghao Architects, Liu & Wo and Zarch Collaboratives.
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Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, Ohio. Developer: include Cincinnati Center City Development Corp., Eber Development, OTR Community Housing, and Urban Sites. Architect: include Schickel Design. What an urban neighborhood revitalization should look like.
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Rational House, London, England. Architect: Rational House. A happy marriage of contemporary townhouse prototype philosophy and design.
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Spring Creek Homes, Brooklyn, New York. Developer: Nehemiah. Architect: Alexander Gorlin Architects. Affordable and prefab.
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State Street Townhouses, Brooklyn, New York. Developer: Hamlin Ventures and Time Equities. Architect: Rogers Marvel Architects. They did all the work for you, just build more.
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Waterhouse at South Bund, Shanghai, China. Architect: NHDRO/Neri & Hu Design and Research Office. Three small buildings reused as contemporary hotel that celebrates history and decay.
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Miami
Aqua, Miami Beach, Florida. Developer: Dacra. Planner: DPZ. Architect: various.
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Gardens on Valencia, Coral Gables, Florida. Architect: Behar Font.
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Oak Lane, South Miami, Florida. Developer: George Allen. Architect: Behar Font.
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Old Spanish Village, Coral Gables, Florida. Developer: Ralph Sanchez and the Mas Group. Architect: JLH Architect.
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Park Avenue Townhouses, Miami Beach, Florida. Architect: Oppenheim.
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Pine Manor, South Miami, Florida. Developer: Richard-Brandon.
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