Multi-Family Residential
Multifamily Residential Design
It is a tremendous responsibility to create the spaces in which people live, raise a family, and grow old in. Housing is the essential building block of a neighborhood, a key ingredient for a successful, living, urban environment. As the urban historian Kenneth T. Jackson wrote, "Housing is an outward expression of the inner human nature; no society can be fully understood apart from the residences of its members."
Our clients work with us because of our deep knowledge of this building type. Handel Architects has over 50,000 units built or under construction; we work at all scales in both the for-rent and for-sale markets. Our work ranges from affordable housing to luxury condominium projects and everything in between.
Our design approach assumes seven bedrock principles for successful multi-family residential design:
- Value Creation
- Exceptional unit plans that foster community
- Well-programmed amenities
- A gracious front door experience
- Kitchens, baths, and finishes tuned to the market
- Enhanced views
- Innovation to move the market
- An iconic, timeless building that residents will be proud to call home
Services We Offer
- Feasibility studies
- Planning and programming
- Full service architecture
- Unit planning and layout
- Full service interior design including selection and detailing of all finishes, and furniture selection
We create value through design.
By leveraging a site's potential, we consistently create value for both our clients and for the neighborhoods in which we work. Handel Architects-designed multifamily projects sell and rent at the top of the market in cities around the world.
We are unrivaled in creating efficient floorplans and innovative unit plans.
Units must be well-planned, efficient, and right-sized for the market. They need to be designed as much from the inside out as the outside in. We approach every project applying best practices for constructibility and durability, while seeking opportunities to innovate, and almost always within tight budget parameters.
We are committed to equity in access to affordable housing.
Our firm has over twenty years of experience assessing the opportunities for affordable residential developments, and working with not-for-profit entities such as Habitat for Humanity. In New York City alone, we have over 5,000 units of affordable housing built or under construction.
We are redefining student housing.
Our student housing experience includes buildings for private campuses such as New York City's Cornell Tech campus, Columbia University, and Stanford, as well as public institutions such as the University of Toronto. Our intrinsic approach is to create spaces that are stress-reducing and nourishing for students while fostering academic achievement and providing space for off-line discourse.
We improve the way seniors live.
We're at the forefront of urban senior living, and understand how to optimize a senior housing program for high-rise construction. We’re able to leverage our hospitality experience to senior communities through careful programming and planning as well as design of interior amenity spaces.
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