General Suburban Updates and Rumours

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There's another small townhouse project planned for 7 Morrison Road, just next to Grand River Hospital and the CP railroad tracks. 16 units in total.

Exterior stairs 

At least the Montréal ones have some character.

Would be curious to get your thoughts on the correct treatment for the stairs in this context, I did a quick google for Montreal stacked towns but didn't see a real consistent treatment in what was, admittedly, a pretty cursory review. 

Is it simply the provision of an overhang? I would think that doesn't accomplish a whole lot for snow/rain in any sort of windy conditions and I'm not sure pushing them into the building envelope is an option given my understanding of the building typology. 

The one with stairs leading all the way to the "second" floor seems a bit silly on its face, without understanding the relationship between floors, and it's odd to see the inclusion of garages with this typology. I honestly think the best solution for parking on these types of projects is to keep it on the surface. Maybe one day we will live in a world where we don't need the parking but that ain't KW2023.