The residential building was completed in April.
The opening event was a walkthrough for the developer and the sales team, and Patrick Chen invited me to attend as the designer of record. I went with Lena and Marco, both of whom had poured months of work into every unit, and we walked through the finished building together.
It was good. It was the best work Clarke Design had produced.
The lobby had the warmth I had fought for, materials that were considered and specific to the building's position in the neighborhood. The model apartments had the layered quality of spaces that felt lived-in before anyone had lived in them, which was the hardest thing to achieve and the most essential. The common areas had light and movement and a generosity of proportion that made you feel the building w
