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Restoring Dignity to Multifamily Housing

An illustrative vision for Boise.

A recently built apartment building along Vista Avenue in Boise, showing a multi-story block design with units stacked above and beside one another, set close to a busy arterial road.A rendering of a rowhouse-style housing concept with individual vertical units, landscaped paths, and a shared central courtyard enclosed by a stone perimeter wall facing the street.
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Illustrative vision

Much of Boise’s recent housing boom has relied on box-like massing, thin exterior treatments, and layouts that maximize density while minimizing the experience of home. This concept contrasts that approach with a pattern that restores dignity to multifamily living. Vertical townhomes create a sense of personal domain. A shared internal courtyard offers light, safety, and community. Layered landscaping softens the edges. A clear perimeter wall defines a threshold between the public street and the place residents inhabit. By assembling these elements, the development becomes a setting where people can live with coherence, privacy, and connection.

This concept is an invitation to explore a possibility. It is not an approved or completed project.