Lake Anne House

Grimm + Parker initially prepared a feasibility study for renovating the existing buildings, however, along with the Enterprise Community Development and non-profit Fellowship Square and Bozzuto Construction, it was determined that constructing a new replacement building was the best approach.

Grimm + Parker devised a creative master site plan to develop a new high-rise, while leaving the existing buildings in place to minimize impact to the existing residents and best utilize the entirety of the site. The new building used Hambro concrete-and-steel construction and was built while residents remained in their homes in the existing Lake Anne I + II , without displacement, only moving once when their new home was completed.

The covered Parking Garage has a public art component incorporated into its screening, which underwent extensive community engagement. The Terrace Courtyard above the Garage combines accessible retaining wall seating with elevated resident garden planters, while the elevated courtyard height puts the residents above the street noise for a quiet experience and view to the lake.

The main lobby is well designed to provide spaces for multiple uses for small seating groups and larger seating activities. As the building meets the street, it presents itself as a quiet welcoming to the Lake Anne community, across the street from both the Lake Anne Plaza and the lake itself, where people of all ages live, work, and play.