Vladimir Radutny Architects has created an apartment block at 2016 W Rice in Chicago that is clad in corrugated steel cladding broken by terraces.
Containing eight apartments, the studio designed the block was to maximise the buildable area while creating homes that had natural light and outdoor spaces.
The 2016 W Rice apartment block in Chicago is clad in corrugated steel
"Tasked with maximising the buildable area, the question was how do we make all of the individual units desirable, regardless of orientation," explained Vladimir Radutny Architects founder Vladimir Radutny.
"Natural daylight, connection to the outside, outdoor spaces and ability to simply open a window for cross ventilation is how we provided that answer," he told Dezeen. The block contains eight apartments
Four duplexes, each with a terrace on the ground floor, were placed on the lower two floors of the block. Above this, the upper two storeys are each divided to create four further apartments.
Vladimir Radutny Architects created two voids on the upper floors that contain terraces and balconies for the second and third-floor apartments and contain fire escape stairs.
All the apartments have balconies or terraces
"The outward appearance of this project is a direct result of the strategic interior planning, with two large cubic voids defining large terraces on the second floor," said Radutny.

"In these voids, the articulated steel balconies and stairs are nested, echoin...