"Trends in Residential Architecture - The Ideas that are Driving the Market", under the subheading "Green Multihousing - The Towers in Palm Springs by Escalante Architects, is a beautiful piece written by Stephanie Aurora Lewis. It was published in BuilderNews Magazine, September edition. The link is
http://www.buildernewsmag.com/viewnews.pl?id=1031
you need to navigate through the on-line mag til you get to page 22, where she states, "The units are designed for young families, single people and the elderly who need a dignified place to live, which is elegant, efficient and affordable".
Thanks to all the team-members who made this project possible, from the client, Ann Krizman, my former partner Lance O'Donnell, the contractor Hal Hall, but most importantly Martin Brunner who I know grew a few grey hairs (or lost...that is a matter of debate) by ensuring that the original idea stayed true to itself til the bitter end... and always obsessing about the most economical, rational and elegant solution. Me? I just thought about what it should be... interlocking guns maximizing the density of the site, while providing a quality of space that one can only absorb throughout all of our senses... I could live in one of the units, hands down...