06/10/2026
We designed this eight-unit middle-housing development in Shoreline, Washington, arranged as two parallel rows of four attached townhomes. The project addresses the demand for well-designed infill housing in the greater Seattle area at a neighborhood-compatible scale.
Each unit is three stories, ranging from 1,550 to 1,630 square feet, with a garage and flexible bedroom on the ground floor, living, kitchen, and office on the second, and the primary suite and a secondary bedroom on the third. The stacked organization keeps the floor plate compact while providing the option for Unit Lot Subdivision, therefore clean title for each homeowner.
The exterior palette layers light and dark gray horizontal Hardie siding with vertical light wood siding, dark brown metal cladding, and large-format dark brown Hardie panels — a material strategy that provides tonal depth and articulates individual units within a coherent overall composition. The color palette reminds me of some delicious coffee/pastry.
