Conrad Speckert
@conradspeckert.bsky.social
Building code, multiplexes, missing middle and mid-rise housing <www.singlestair.ca>
A few more renderings, diagrams and the typical floor plan!
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A few more renderings, diagrams and the typical floor plan!
Our team placed 2nd in the Urbanarium "Decoding Timber Towers" architectural ideas competition (1st place to @moriyamateshima.bsky.social) with our 20-storey mass timber tower featuring a compact elevator and exit stair core, exposed ceilings, prefab balconies and a balanced mix of 1 to 4 bed homes!
October 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Our team placed 2nd in the Urbanarium "Decoding Timber Towers" architectural ideas competition (1st place to @moriyamateshima.bsky.social) with our 20-storey mass timber tower featuring a compact elevator and exit stair core, exposed ceilings, prefab balconies and a balanced mix of 1 to 4 bed homes!
E3, Kaden Klingbeil Architekten (2008)
Esmarchstrasse 3, Prenzlauerberg
Height: 7 storeys (22m)
Use: 6 dwellings, 1 commercial
GFA: 987m2
Sprinklered: No
This early example of mass timber used alternative code compliance to exceed the height limit for timber construction and has an exterior stair.
Esmarchstrasse 3, Prenzlauerberg
Height: 7 storeys (22m)
Use: 6 dwellings, 1 commercial
GFA: 987m2
Sprinklered: No
This early example of mass timber used alternative code compliance to exceed the height limit for timber construction and has an exterior stair.
September 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
E3, Kaden Klingbeil Architekten (2008)
Esmarchstrasse 3, Prenzlauerberg
Height: 7 storeys (22m)
Use: 6 dwellings, 1 commercial
GFA: 987m2
Sprinklered: No
This early example of mass timber used alternative code compliance to exceed the height limit for timber construction and has an exterior stair.
Esmarchstrasse 3, Prenzlauerberg
Height: 7 storeys (22m)
Use: 6 dwellings, 1 commercial
GFA: 987m2
Sprinklered: No
This early example of mass timber used alternative code compliance to exceed the height limit for timber construction and has an exterior stair.
Baugemeinschaft Walden 48
Scharabi Architekten + Anne Raupach (2020)
Landsberger Allee 48, Friedrichshain
Height: 6 storeys incl. mezz (18m)
Use: 43 dwellings
GFA: 4,800m2
Sprinklered: No
Each exit stair serves 2 or 3 homes per storey for a total of twelve dwelling units served by each exit stair.
Scharabi Architekten + Anne Raupach (2020)
Landsberger Allee 48, Friedrichshain
Height: 6 storeys incl. mezz (18m)
Use: 43 dwellings
GFA: 4,800m2
Sprinklered: No
Each exit stair serves 2 or 3 homes per storey for a total of twelve dwelling units served by each exit stair.
September 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Baugemeinschaft Walden 48
Scharabi Architekten + Anne Raupach (2020)
Landsberger Allee 48, Friedrichshain
Height: 6 storeys incl. mezz (18m)
Use: 43 dwellings
GFA: 4,800m2
Sprinklered: No
Each exit stair serves 2 or 3 homes per storey for a total of twelve dwelling units served by each exit stair.
Scharabi Architekten + Anne Raupach (2020)
Landsberger Allee 48, Friedrichshain
Height: 6 storeys incl. mezz (18m)
Use: 43 dwellings
GFA: 4,800m2
Sprinklered: No
Each exit stair serves 2 or 3 homes per storey for a total of twelve dwelling units served by each exit stair.
A few more pics, exterior metal entry gate, dry standpipe riser, exterior screened garbage enclosure, slate cladding and perforated wood soffits
September 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A few more pics, exterior metal entry gate, dry standpipe riser, exterior screened garbage enclosure, slate cladding and perforated wood soffits
Visited two of my favourite Point Access Blocks (single stair apartment buildings) in Berlin… E3 on Esmarchstrasse in Prenzlauerberg (encapsulated mass timber, noncombustible exterior stair) and Walden 48 co-op housing project nearby in exposed mass timber and treated wood cladding.
September 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Visited two of my favourite Point Access Blocks (single stair apartment buildings) in Berlin… E3 on Esmarchstrasse in Prenzlauerberg (encapsulated mass timber, noncombustible exterior stair) and Walden 48 co-op housing project nearby in exposed mass timber and treated wood cladding.
Yesterday, Laurence Holland and Kevin Bridgman of KPMB Architects wrote an article on the principles of the Downsview Urban Design Guidelines...
They note: "If Canadian building codes are reformed to permit single-stair egress up to six floors,..." (see thread)
www.kpmb.com/insight/the-...
They note: "If Canadian building codes are reformed to permit single-stair egress up to six floors,..." (see thread)
www.kpmb.com/insight/the-...
July 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Yesterday, Laurence Holland and Kevin Bridgman of KPMB Architects wrote an article on the principles of the Downsview Urban Design Guidelines...
They note: "If Canadian building codes are reformed to permit single-stair egress up to six floors,..." (see thread)
www.kpmb.com/insight/the-...
They note: "If Canadian building codes are reformed to permit single-stair egress up to six floors,..." (see thread)
www.kpmb.com/insight/the-...
A few more if it wasn’t quite obvious!
July 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A few more if it wasn’t quite obvious!
Would someone like to guess what all these Spanish apartment buildings have in common that makes them illegal to build in most of North America?
July 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Would someone like to guess what all these Spanish apartment buildings have in common that makes them illegal to build in most of North America?
Eb Zeidler, 1993. Single stair reform is finally being addressed 30 years later.
December 3, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Eb Zeidler, 1993. Single stair reform is finally being addressed 30 years later.