This is how Olaf Gipser had the idea for a wood-hybrid building with greened facades. Altogether, the building comprises 29 individually designed flats and six commercial units. The apartments ...

The apartment units in these buildings usually run on either side of the corridor that connects the two stairwells, which means the typical unit gets natural light from only one direction.

Developers have started to transform a former ConocoPhillips and BP office tower in Houston’s Energy Corridor into a 311-unit apartment building ... and to improve lighting to living rooms ...