MBH Architects, in collaboration with Jon Worden Architects, has designed a new affordable housing project that provides low-cost rentals low-income families and seniors in the heart of Sonoma County.
The first phase of the development is Fetters Apartments, which will comprise 60 units spread across five buildings. One-, two-, and three-bedroom layouts will be available. A sixth building will act as a community space and feature amenities such as a communal kitchen, computer lab, laundry room, and a classroom for after school programs. A shared garden and a school playground help to link residents while a public bike and pedestrian trail encourages outdoor activities.
See Also: New HQ for Chinese tech supplier will feature gardens on every floor
Celestina Garden Apartments, the project’s second phase, provides 40 affordable units for low income seniors. Eight of these units are reserved for homeless seniors and seniors displaced by the 2017 Sonoma County wildfires.
Fetters Apartments.
Celestina Garden Apartments.
Related Stories
Multifamily Housing | Aug 24, 2020
Texaco’s century-old headquarters is now a luxury apartment community
After sitting vacant for nearly three decades, the former home of Texaco, Inc. has been converted into a 17-story, 286-unit apartment building in the heart of downtown Houston.
Multifamily Housing | Aug 23, 2020
Designing affordable housing on odd urban lots in LA
"Misfit parcels" could be the key to providing more affordable housing in Los Angeles, say two experienced multifamily housing designers.
Multifamily Housing | Aug 16, 2020
TCA Architects specifies Engineered Floors products for 304-unit apartment complex in Tracy, Calif.
TCA Architects specified Lewis Rigid Stone Polymer floating plank and Lewis Gold 100% Solution-Dyed high-performance fiber carpet for Harvest in Tracy, Calif.
Multifamily Housing | Aug 3, 2020
71-unit 100% affordable housing development breaks ground in Mountain View, Calif.
Van Meter Williams Pollack is designing the project.
Multifamily Housing | Aug 2, 2020
Stantec-designed 17 West mixed-use development completed in Miami Beach
Stantec-designed 17 West mixed-use development completed, with first Trader Joe's in Miami Beach.
Multifamily Housing | Jul 31, 2020
Railings manufacturer VistaPro launches its new website
VistaPro Architectural Railing Solutions launches new website.
Multifamily Housing | Jul 29, 2020
Multifamily construction proposal activity sees modest rebound in Q2 2020
Among the firms that work in the multifamily sector, 31% said that proposal activity increased in the second quarter, while 24% said it decreased.
Multifamily Housing | Jul 29, 2020
San Francisco’s Millennium Tower fix approved, moving forward
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger will be the engineer-of-record for the fix.
Multifamily Housing | Jul 27, 2020
Putting 'home' at the heart of affordable housing
Home is a powerful thing. It’s the place that forms you, a guiding set of relationships, memories, and experiences that, for better or worse, make you who you are.
