Double Pair Townhouses

2015

Following on the Texas Gulf Coast Townhouses, we were commissioned to design a second set of spec houses. For these we explored the idea of the townhouse building type as a fragment of a “complete” single family house. The split-gabled Casa del Girasole (1950) designed by Luigi Moretti in Rome as presented in Reyner Banham’s 1962 book, Guide to Modern Architecture, was the direct inspiration. Unfortunately a lull in the economy resulted in the project’s cancellation just before we were about to apply for the construction permit.