Ben Cappellacci

On a journey toward Building Better Places. Traveller. Flaneûr.

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

Design for apartments in Zurich

L-shaped living spaces mean each has access to two sides of the building, maximising light and cross ventilation

I also like how each bedroom has a small lobby space for privacy…

By Atelier Abraha Achermann

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

This is the kind of high-density housing we should be building everywhere. 220 rental apartments in Paris, all designated for local hospital workers

Mix of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments, with balconies and shading (needs more storage!) Designed by Avenier Cornejo Architectes

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

Another great design for social housing by Parages Architects, this time in Laval, France.

Load-bearing stone facade, with mass timber floors - so would be super low embodied carbon. Compact planning as always, but I do like the recessed timber terraces.

[Claire Lehmann @clairlemon]

Haussmann cracked the code on what makes a beautiful medium-density city. Why is it then that we can't replicate this all around the world? Genuine question.
https://t.co/haYHilqxI0

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

Incredible prototype for a prefabricated rammed earth facade which will be built into a new 7-storey building in Lyon

By Supermixx and Maud Caubet, with earth work by Terrio

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

There are people still building beautifully, just because they can. This was a purposeful choice by the developer and I really hope they crush it with these apartments.

More of this!

[Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @UrbanCourtyard]

New social housing in Paris. €2.7M to build.
15 2BD units = €180/unit to build.
Stone facade
Single stair building

[Ed Mendoza 𓊍 @orangutanagram]

I love it, the rare but beautiful two instance single stair building.

[Ben Cappellacci @bencappellacci]

Invested in a residential project with @Neutral - a sustainable mass timber developer in Wisconsin. Pretty compelling vision and looking forward to visiting the site in person some day. https://t.co/RthAT1Remw #sustainability #investing #neutral

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

TEXAS SENATE JUST PASSED A 6-STORY SINGLE-STAIR BILL 29-2!!!! 🤯🤯🤯

Is TEXAS about to legalize single-stair apartment buildings statewide!? Huge doesn’t even begin to describe this.

[Arjun Narayan @narayanarjun]

just as the holy roman empire was neither holy, nor roman, nor an empire, ARR today is neither annual, nor recurring, and perhaps not even revenue

[Ben Cappellacci @bencappellacci]

Modern life safety systems make single-stair buildings safe.

Cities like Seattle and NYC already allow them in certain contexts. Globally, they’re the norm in countries like Japan, Norway, and the Netherlands.

[Ben Cappellacci @bencappellacci]

A huge week for #singlestair apartments and missing middle housing policy across the U.S.
Three states—Montana, Colorado, and North Carolina—are moving to legalize this long-overdue building type. Here's what you need to know 👇

[Ben Cappellacci @bencappellacci]

Why does this matter?

For decades, U.S. codes have required two stairs for nearly all mid-rise buildings—limiting flexibility, driving up costs, and pushing developers toward bulky, double-loaded corridors.

[Ben Cappellacci @bencappellacci]

@br_ttany I would create a google forms template with a nice theme that can autofill email. Then use a QR code generator website that can create a custom shape and colour and then print it out.

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

This is a cool design competition, to develop a single stair mid-rise typology for Denver.

The kind of housing we should be building far, and wide.

[Ben Cappellacci @bencappellacci]

How a simple change in building codes can help solve the missing middle housing gap:
https://t.co/do0evyWTd6

#Urbanism #Construction #HousingCrisis #Housing #RealEstate