Intexure Live-Work Studio
Intexure Live-Work Studio
What Houzzers are commenting on:
The building's long facade faces an inner court with parking, a requirement not only for Houston but for having a business in the building. The garage is visible on the right; this may be the farthest from the street, but it helps to create more pleasant street frontages (without hulking garage doors) and sets a precedent for the other residences.The architects described it to me: "We were required by code to have a garage to meet our parking requirements — we have a business occupancy downstairs and residential occupancy above — but we actually don’t park in the garage. Instead we use it as a woodshop/model-making zone and staging for our construction projects." Further, "it has two garage doors at 90 degrees on adjacent walls, so it also can be opened as a covered area for outdoor events, which we like to have in the gravel area when we move the cars away — parking by day and gathering space during nonwork hours."
