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11/18/21
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Obsidian, a single-family community within the Summerlin masterplan in the Las Vegas area, has opened. Geared toward young professional buyers, the collection of 94 single family homes utilizes an efficient footprint to help mitigate high costs in an often-expensive area. Designed by KTGY, the project was built by Howard Hughes and Woodside Homes.
Featuring modern and contemporary designs, the homes range in size between 1.4k sf to 1.9k sf and offer two to three bedrooms across five floorplans. Each home includes at least one office area, a design feature introduced due to the increase in people working from home. Further, the combination of both front-loaded and rear-loaded floorplans creates a diverse streetscape that takes advantage of the existing topography; the result provides unobstructed views of the Las Vegas strip, while also providing private yards where possible. The plans are also a mix of two and three stories tall, delivering living arrangements for the various needs of the target buyers.
The homes are in Summerlin, an amenity-rich area known for its strong schools, outdoor activities and entertainment options. Situated on a hillside site, with the Red Rock Mountains to the West and the Las Vegas Strip to the east, KTGY worked to ensure all homes have unique views.
To emphasize the importance of blending indoor and outdoor living in a small lot design, KTGY maximized outdoor space with a mixture of covered and uncovered areas on multiple levels of each house and most homes have three separate outdoor spaces. Additionally, the homes feature multiple large window assemblies to help make the spaces feel larger.
The various roof styles bring a diverse streetscape to the neighborhood, mixing gables, shed and flat profiles. KTGY incorporated scored stucco, a favorable material for the Nevada climate, to create a horizontal rhythm on some of the elevations as well as masonry accent materials for additional texture and contrast.
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