The Row at Chastain

The Row at Chastain is a ten-townhouse development on a lot in a high-end pocket of Atlanta. The owner wanted detached units (no shared party walls), elevators in every home, and a design that would carry the address. The land development permit was approved when Studio RNB came onto the project; groundwork and horizontal infrastructure were the next sequence.

Studio RNB acted as Design Architect on the first five townhouses, the row that faces the street. We took the existing schematic intent and reshaped it through concept design, schematic design, design development, and construction documents. The five-unit row was designed and documented for metal fabrication and permitted with the City of Atlanta. The second phase of five units will follow the same design language once the first row clears construction.

The work paired architectural ambition with the practical realities of permitting and fabrication in Atlanta. Metal-fabricated townhouses require a different documentation discipline than stick-built construction: tighter tolerances, earlier coordination with the fabricator, and drawings that read clearly for both the field and the shop. Elevators in residential units add an MEP and structural overlay that has to be designed in from the start, not bolted on later.

The first five units are in fabrication. Groundwork and horizontal infrastructure are being installed on the lot. When the row stands, it will set the design language for the rest of the development.