Blue Star Corner Green, LEED, Market Rate, Townhouses
Emeryville, California

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Blue Star Corner is the first multi-family attached housing in California to be certified for the U.S. Green Building Council's pilot LEED for Homes program, which sets green standards for residential building.

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A trip to Amsterdam where we saw these new "canal houses" inspired the developer to re-interpret this high density, but individual, housing typology.

Blue Star Corner's townhouse rows face each other across intimate shared courtyards.

Four distinctive buildings house 20 unique townhomes.

"1% for Art" in the form of stainless steel gimbaled bird houses by artist Walter Craven (www.blankandcables.com).

View from roof of neighboring 1500 Park Lofts building.

Mews landscaping sketch.

Centrally located in the heart of Emeryville's historic Park Avenue District, Blue Star Corner is 20 original homes that bring the best of loft and townhouse living into one innovative home. These New Urban Homes are the latest evolution in modern design, comfort, and urban access.

Landscaped site plan by CMG.

The entertainment room.

A built-in padded relaxation nook is ideal for reading or movie-watching.

Seen from below the entertainment loft, the double-height living room features a towering window and flexible shelving.

Convenient amenities in the garage keep the kitchen uncluttered.

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awards

Merit Award: Bay Area Regional Design Awards, Exceptional Residential
East Bay Chapter, American Institute of Architects
Citation Award: Excellence in Architecture
San Francisco Chapter, American Institute of Architects

publications

New Urban Mews
East Bay Urban Living Home Tour
Dutch Crunch
S.F. Joins the Green Trend

project details

Client

Holliday Development

Architect

David Baker + Partners

Landscape Architect

CMG Landscape Architects

Lighting Designer

Xanders Design Group

Structural Engineer

Tipping Mar + Associates

Contractor

Bjork Construction

Civil Engineer

Sandis

project data
Blue Star Corner		20307
Halleck Stret + Sherwin Avenue
Emeryville, California
Completed July 2007
number of units
1 bedroom		16
2 bedroom		4
total		20
density ratios
project sf		30,582
site sf		20,082
acres		0.46
total bedrooms		24
bedrooms/acre		52
units/acre		43
parking
total		27
spaces/unit		1.35
type		private

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Blue Star Corner Green, LEED, Market Rate, Townhouses Emeryville, California