Missing Middle

Building a 3 plex or 4 plex is finally becoming more attainable in Austin. Trinity White uses her time spent on the Planning Commission and years of experience with infill to help conscientious developers create the small multi-family housing that is so desperately needed in the path toward affordability for Austin.

With the HOME initiative passed by City Council in the winter of 2023, most residential lots in Austin are now allowed to have 3 homes by right. This means the opportunity for missing middle housing development is now within reach of individual homeowners. Trinity White helps homeowners assess the possibilities of adding more units to their existing lots while respecting the neighborhood scale and aesthetic.

Consultant and Lead Designer
4 SINGLe-FAMILY HOMES

Riverstone LLC, a collaboration between Austin Revitalization Authority and Equidad, hired Trinity White to create a collection of 4 affordable single family homes on a single lot. The homes will be family friendly with the intention to create a complete living space with on site amenities. This project is currently in Schematic Design, expected to be available Jan 2025.

Lead Designer
i99 affordable Printed home competition

ICON, a 3D printing construction company based out of Austin launched a world wide competition for affordable housing using their technology. The Nestor was developed to be a solution for older Austinites on a fixed budget to find community and sustainable living within the urban core. The Nestor prioritizes accessibility, connection to the outdoors and sustainability to create a modular unit that can be applied as a single family or compound.

Consultant and Lead Designer
3-Three story mixed use buildings 

The Chicon Corridor Project will be developed as three three-story buildings located between 13th and 14th Streets on Chicon Street in East Austin. This mixed-use development will focus on creating mixed-income, owner-occupied housing with approximately 45 units; 33 of the units will target households making 80% of the area median income while the remaining units will be sold at market rate. In addition to the home-ownership units, the Chicon Corridor Project will include nearly 90000 square feet of street level retail and office space throughout the 3 buildings. As a collaborator and consultant on this project, I focused on the northern, more residential & traditional of the three sites.

Done in conjunction with H+UO Architects.

Lead Designer
850 SF House

Austin Community Design and Development Center is a non-profit that connects neighborhood organizations with design professionals. The East St. John's neighborhood commissioned this project as part of a revitalization initiative. The scope of this project includes the renovation of the existing house and the construction of a new secondary living structure. Accessibility, affordability, and energy efficiency were the driving concerns in the design and implementation of this project.