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facing the street, up to the pitched roofline of the 1 % — 2 story front entry modulation, up to the <br />rooflines of the gabled roof. <br />The architectural style of the new townhomes is consistent with that typical of Craftsman style <br />residential development in Tukwila and the Pacific NW more broadly. Facade materials including <br />wood siding and cultured stone are similar to that used at the Villages at South Station, the Three <br />Tree Townhomes, and other residential development within the Thorndyke neighborhood. <br />Building Entrances <br />The main entrance to the units facing Southcenter Blvd have been designed with a modulated <br />entry feature that includes a front door recessed from the building face, and a front porch structure <br />combined with cultured stone on either side of the door to frame the front door entry. The cultured <br />stone is added to the base of the modulated entry, and wraps around the base of both the duplex <br />and triplex within the shared courtyard area. Small, pitched porch roofs are located over the front <br />entries to units 2, 3, and 5 to provide architectural detailing that signals the main entryways to <br />units accessed off the shared courtyard area. The use of front doors painted with accent colors is <br />common in townhome developments to help articulate the individuality of each unit, and to add <br />visual interest through limited use of bright colors. Staff recommends a condition of approval to <br />require that accent colors be used for the front doors. <br />Building Elevations <br />The architectural style of the duplex and triplex are the same, incorporating pitched roof forms, <br />horizontal and vertical modulation, and the same colors and materials. Each structure will read as <br />a unified building mass. The arrangement of windows, horizontal modulation at the upper stories, <br />location of balconies, and the arrangement of different siding patterns and colors are used in the <br />design to express the individuality of each unit. The end units facing Southcenter Blvd include a <br />protrusion, or modulated area that comes out from the main three -story portion of the building to <br />make a front entry that is well articulated and completes the end units in a way that adding a front <br />door to the side of the three story structure would not have accomplished. <br />Windows <br />Windows on facades facing Southcenter Blvd, and most of the windows facing the shared <br />courtyard area will be multiple -pane windows. The intent is to focus the multiple -pane design <br />detail on those units closest to Southcenter Blvd. Units 3 and 5 towards the back of the project will <br />not have the multiple pane windows. Trim will be added around all windows on both the duplex <br />and the triplex. The east elevation of Unit 4 lacks a window pattern and could include more <br />windows to match the design character of the rest of the development. Staff recommends a <br />condition of approval to require additional windows on the second story of the east elevation of <br />Unit 4. Staff shall take into consideration the floorplan of Unit 4, and the location of additional <br />windows with respect to privacy. <br />Building Massing <br />The building modulation proposed is different for each townhome unit. This helps to create visual <br />interest on the building exterior and to reduce the mass of the duplex and the triplex structures. <br />JR Page 9 of 15 04/16/2014 <br />W: \Users \Jaimie\BOULEVARD TOWNHOMBS \SR L13 -0063 PL14 -001 BoulevardTownhomes 4- 13- 14.doc <br />13 <br />