When architects talk about the quality of the amenity of residential projects, did you ever wonder what exactly they meant?

The dictionary definition of amenity is:

A desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place.

It’s not a bad start, but it certainly doesn’t begin to describe the types of features or facilities considered when designing for good residential amenity, or describing it as such.

Note: We’ve been making some tweaks to our website and have now included a Grey Matter section.

You can find this essay in the new section HERE.