Middle Housing
Pearl Homes is a residential small-lot development in North Tacoma with four detached dwellings
WC STUDIO architects has been busy working on a design for nearly identical twin triplexes on a thin strip of land located in Tacoma’s Downtown Regional Growth Mixed Use Center.
8th + Yakima Flats is WC STUDIO architect’s latest Missing Middle multifamily housing project design. Now in for building permit review, we anticipate construction to start early Spring 2021. The infill apartment building with 17 one-bedroom units arranged around a landscaped courtyard will replace a currently vacant 6500 square foot parcel near downtown Tacoma.
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Beginning with a basic concept of two rows of three townhomes facing onto an entry court, we refined the design of this six-unit Missing Middle infill housing project in several steps.
A design for two sets of semi-detached modern homes is now in progress at WC STUDIO. Located on the east-facing hillside of the New Tacoma area, the moderately sloping site presented an opportunity to capture views of downtown Tacoma, the Thea Foss waterway and the Port of Tacoma from the rooftops of the three-story townhomes.
This urban cabin concept is a fresh perspective on how to not only house people efficiently, but also retain and enrich the charm and character of a specific place, and to create homes, not just housing.
A pair of six-bedroom homes with shared yard space offers an alternative model for extended family living, balancing common and private space.
The Ainsworth Apartments combines desirable qualities of a garden-style apartment building, such as affordability and access to the outdoors, with the advantages of a walkable neighborhood and density to support urban amenities.
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Wedgeview is a newly completed apartment building located across the street from Tacoma’s historic Wedge neighborhood. Vacant for many years, the site now contains four new dwellings, eight new neighbors, two dogs and one cat.
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Located in a Central Tacoma neighborhood with a mix of single-family homes, apartment buildings, and the eclectic establishments of the Sixth Avenue business district, the Prospect endeavors to set a new standard for urban livability and offers a fresh take on the four-plex.
Currently under construction in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood, the 253 Five is a compact development of five single-family homes linked together by a network of stepped pathways and patios to terrace the steeply sloping site.
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This group of six attached homes will add more housing in a category known as the “missing middle” providing more choices and diverse types of housing in Tacoma. The project site near the intersection of MLK and South 19th is part of the Hilltop Mixed Use Center and will be a short walk from the Tacoma Link light rail extension.