Renderings Reveal The Look For DC's Latest Alley Development

• October 15th

by UrbanTurf Staff

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New images provide a sense of what one of DC's newest alley developments will look like. 

Renderings recently filed with DC's Historic Preservation Office show the vision for an 8-unit proposal at 1323 10th Street NW. Rather than stacking units vertically, 2Plys Architecture + Development arranged the residences back-to-back across four lots, with one unit on each lot facing 10th Street NW and its counterpart facing Naylor Court NW — the brick alley that runs behind the site. That orientation gives the Naylor Court-facing units their own distinct entrance and facade. The homes are generously sized, ranging from roughly 2,000 to 3,000 square feet depending on how space in the alley-facing structures is allocated between units.

The renderings show a contemporary take on the DC rowhouse. Along 10th Street, four attached three-story buildings are clad in dark brick, with projecting bays, stoop-style entry stairs and tall, narrow windows. Each building is topped with a rooftop deck.

Rounding out the program are two-story accessory buildings situated at the rear of each lot. A shared walkway and driveway running through the middle of the site will connect to a central motor court tucked between the main houses and the accessory buildings, creating a private interior courtyard for parking and resident use. 

The development will go before the Historic Preservation Review Board in November. 

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/rendering_reveal_the_look_for_dcs_latest_alley_development/25096.