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Stratford Heights at the University of Cincinnati Named “Best Community”
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Stratford Heights at the University of Cincinnati will receive “The Best in American Living Award – Best Community 151 units and over” from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) on February 6, 2007, at the NAHB International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla.
Cole + Russell Architects, Inc. (C+RA) served as the lead architect for the project owned by the University Heights Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation (UHCURC), a non-profit development company comprised of the Heights Community Council, Greek Affairs Council and the University of Cincinnati. The team also consisted of Mackey Mitchell Associates, the student housing design consultant and the Heights Development Company, a builder/developer joint venture including Towne Properties and Miller-Valentine Group.
Collaboratively, C+RA and Mackey Mitchell designed a community that draws on the historic neighborhood graced with Tudor revival estates while creating a contemporary quadrant of community-oriented group and individual living environments. Six duplexes, seven stand-alone group homes, one apartment building and a central community building, organized on 10.5 terraced, sloping acres, accommodate 707 students in single, double and triple bedroom units.
The Best in American Living Award design competition salutes builders, architects, developers, land planners and interior designers nationwide, who create living environments that illustrate design quality and success in the marketplace. Criteria for selection was based on:
- Exterior design/curb appeal
- Interior architecture/interior design
- Sales success of the product
- Construction quality/cost efficiency
- Site plan
About Cole + Russell Architects, Inc.
C+RA is an employee-owned architecture firm specialized in housing, education, commercial, government and hospitality design. Founded in 1982, C+RA’s mission is to create enduring value for clients, their communities and the firm by thinking big and doing what it takes every day. C+RA has offices in Cincinnati and Denver and projects in 47 states and the District of Columbia.
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Contacts: Karyn Enzweiler
Marketing Manager
800.469.4949
k.enzweiler@colerussell.com
Shannon H. Duffy, AIA
Housing Group Director
800.469.4949
