Here are some photos I took last week in Birmingham's Glen Iris neighborhood. Located southwest of downtown adjacent to UAB, Glen Iris is one of Birmingham's earliest suburban areas--today part of the city proper. It wanders up the northen face of Red Mountain and is home to an amazing collection of turn of the century American Arts and Crafts architecture. Much of the area is ripe for renovation and redevelopment, and things are starting to happen. My firm is currently designing a project to that will add 31 homes on vacant land adjacent to George Ward Park along the neighborhood's extreme western edge (which is why I was over there taking photos in the first place). I've lived in Bham for seven years and hadn't been to Glen Iris until two weeks ago...I am so impressed! I can promise you the neighborhood is one it's way back...there will be more development and restoration coming soon!
Here are some images of the historic stuff we are using as inspiration for the new homes we are designing:
amazing brick detail on this chimney:
a plug for my project
Here are some images of the historic stuff we are using as inspiration for the new homes we are designing:











amazing brick detail on this chimney:


a plug for my project
