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New Urbanism for Small Builder
Site Plan: Movement in the street network generates mystery and interest to the land plan. Clusters of mixed product types offer a fresh design approach and creates an eclectic community layout. Varied architectural edges produce a dynamic street scene. Small block lengths establish neighborhood scale and accommodate development phasing strategies. By providing numerous open space…
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Kitchen Designs That Deliver Big on Form and Function
Designed for Legacy DCS, The Magnolia at Westside Landing is an aged targeted, single level living community overlooking Lake Travis. Vaulted ceilings throughout the living room and kitchen add drama to the spaces while enhanced wall treatments and transom windows maintain a comfortable sense of scale. Accented upper cabinets offer a unique design appeal that…
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A Neighborhood Mosaic: Product Variety without the Headache
Sites are smaller, and buyers expect an urban lifestyle – even in suburban locations.  This can be achieved through a mix of higher-density products, varied streetscapes and purposeful open spaces.  On the surface, these are familiar goals.  So how can volume builders and developers mix housing to match the pace of their business plans? Prior…
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Healthy Landscapes for Senior Living
Balfour Senior Living has a strong presence and successful history in Louisville, Colorado, offering the full continuum of care ranging from independent living and various levels of assisted living, to memory care and skilled nursing.  Landscape design has always been a vital piece to Balfour communities, and that is where the overall design of Balfour’s newest community, Lavender Farms began.  The existing site layout and the adjacent properties aided in the overall placement of the site amenities.
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A Shorter Play Golf Amenity Experience
Amenitize with Shorter Play Golf The Costa del Sol region of Southern Spain is bathed in great weather, beaches and golf courses; so, the last thing the new resort community of Real de la Quinta needed was another traditional 18-hole golf course. With time, money and land at a premium today, especially for resort courses,…
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Celebrating 50 Years!
Celebrating 50 Years. Five decades of Community Design. We’re proud and very grateful for the fantastic employees, clients and consultants that are the reason for our success and the opportunity to celebrate this significant milestone. Over those 50 years, the common thread that is Community Design – the integration of sensitive neighborhood planning, inspired architecture,…
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Is your Master Plan Healthy?
Is Your Master Plan Healthy? Policies that Shape Today’s Communities Do you wonder if food will become a metric that municipalities will use to guide future development patterns and lands uses? It appears that 2 topics have collided to shape land use policies in metropolitan areas – access to healthy food and physical activities. Access…
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