MINNEAPOLIS: The top 10 multigenerational apartment housing complexes which opened in 2014, have been nominated for a Global Award. All have been shortlisted on the basis that they sought to reorganise and improve the conditions in which we work and live.

The housing complex ‘Dwellings in Toulouse’ is conceived as a collection of four detached buildings, with the intent of reducing the site’s scale to one which is appropriate as a domestic setting. Designed by Spanish firm Mateo Arqitectura, the structures are unified as a set through their exterior finishes and the articulation of balcony forms, but also distinguished through nuances based on their unique parameters. The facades have been planned to express particular craftsmanship in brick – with varying patterns of light and dark tones – as well as wood…

This trend is covered in detail in the Seniors Housing Trends Text Book Series