GRAND PRIZE – CARBON CHALLENGE

Baltimore, MD  |  APA Design Competition

For the Carbon Challenge, designers were asked to create an infill development of eight new rowhouses on a vacant block in Baltimore’s Oliver neighborhood, and to test their work against software that analyzed the design’s total carbon footprint.  

Phillip Jones’s winning entry combined stabilized rammed-earth party walls with engineered wood framing to create a new take on traditional rowhouse construction. The result was energy-efficient, midsized homes with ample daylight, generous rooms, and modern amenities such as open stairs and walk-out roof decks.