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Evenfall

A 38-floor tower on the old harbor, drawn as 112 houses stacked. In progress for Orrin Vale.

A slim tower with lit balconies stands over the old quay at dusk. Pale houses with tile roofs line the water on both sides.Concept image
From outside: Evenfall at dusk

The brief

Orrin Vale asked us for a tower in a town of four-floor houses. It would stand on the quay, at the north end of Bollard Row. It had to hold 112 homes.

We had never drawn a tower, and they knew that. They wanted a building where each home felt like a house, and where the ground floor still belonged to the quay.

Client
Orrin Vale
Floors
38, with homes on floors 3 to 38
Homes
112
Height
443 feet to the roof
Site
The north end of Bollard Row, on the harbor
Status
Sales are open. The first owners are due in 2029

  • Site plan

    A site plan with the sea on the left. The tower stands on its stone base by the promenade. The town's tiled roofs fill the right side.

    Site plan

    The tower stands on the quay. Its long sides face the sea and the hill.

The idea

We drew it as houses stacked, not as one block cut into pieces. The floor is slim, with round corners, so no home is left at the back. Every one has a front on the sea side.

The base is a stone arcade, as tall as the old quay houses beside it. From the promenade you see a row of arches. The tower begins above them.

Near the top, the tower steps back three times. Each step leaves a planted terrace, and the top grows thin against the sky. We found the right steps by cutting the model, floor by floor.

  • Plan

    A plan of floor 12, with the walls drawn in red. Four homes sit around the core, and a balcony runs all the way around.

    Typical floor

    A typical floor has four homes. Each one has a front on the sea side.

  • Plan

    A plan of floor 31, with the walls drawn in red. Two homes share the floor, and a planted terrace wraps around it.

    Crown floor

    Near the top, a floor has two homes and a planted terrace.

  • Section

    A cut through the tower from north to south. The stone base is at the foot. Floors of homes rise above it, and the top steps back.

    Long section

    The cut runs from north to south. It shows the stone base, 36 floors of homes and the roof pavilion.

Sun study

Follow the sun

In the morning the tower's shadow lies on the water. By evening it reaches the foot of the hill.

JUNE 78°SEPTEMBER 55°DECEMBER 31°THE SUN AT ITS HIGHEST. SOUTH IS ON THE RIGHT

What will be built

Evenfall is still on paper. The design was fixed in 2026, building starts in 2027, and the first owners are due in 2029.

What will stand there is set. A stone base holds the arcade, with a long pool on its roof. Above it are 36 floors of homes, with deep balconies edged in bronze. A glass pavilion and a second pool sit on the roof, open to all who live there.

  • The stone arcade at the foot of the tower, lit from inside at dusk. Trees and street lamps line the promenade.Concept image
    From outside: The arcade on the promenade
  • The tower in late sun, seen across the water. It rises far above the tile roofs of the old quay, with green hills behind.Concept image
    From outside: Evenfall from the water
  • The whole tower, seen from below. Its balconies rise floor by floor into a blue sky. Pale houses with tile roofs stand at its foot.
    From outside: Evenfall from below
  • The top of the tower at dusk, seen from the air. A lit pool, sun beds and a glass pavilion sit on its roof. Tile roofs and dark hills lie behind.
    From outside: The crown at dusk
  • The top of the tower at sunset, high above the sea. The low sun lays a bright path across the water. A pool and a glass pavilion sit on the roof.
    From outside: The roof at sunset

  • Elevation

    The tower seen from the sea. It rises far above the low tiled houses along the water, and its top steps back.

    West elevation

    The sea side. The balconies here are 8.5 feet deep, the deepest on the tower.

  • Detail

    A detail of a balcony edge, cut through. The slab is filled in red, and a thin rail post stands at its outer end.

    Balcony edge

    The edge of a balcony: the slab, its bronze edge and the glass rail.

Credits

  • Developer: Orrin Vale (Sample). Halyard Studio drew the plans for Evenfall. It is the new tower by Orrin Vale.

From the journal

  • October 27, 2026

    A tower drawn as houses

    We had never drawn a tower. So we drew Evenfall the only way we knew: one house at a time. By Imre Castellan (Sample)

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