Our Work

Projects as proof of purpose.

Revamp Durham's work is anchored in a simple question: how can more homes fit into Durham in a way that feels generous, beautiful, and connected to the life already here?

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Dillard Co-Living

Co-living is not for everyone, but it can create a real doorway into Durham for people who want community, lower individual cost, and a neighborhood they could not otherwise reach.

Dillard Co-Living courtyard and exterior seating — Privacy, invitation, and neighborliness all need room.

Why it matters

Renting a bedroom can make Durham achievable while creating stronger networks of daily connection.

Guiding idea

Affordability by design, not as an afterthought.

Spatial idea

Homes should include the room between doors, porches, walks, and shared edges.

Multi-Family

More homes in the same urban context.

Multi-family projects are where density can become civic value: more people near existing streets, services, and neighborhood life, without pretending that every household needs the same footprint.

CityPort exterior in Durham — CityPort helped show how smaller homes can open a lower entry point in a high-quality urban setting.

CityPort shared terrace looking over Durham — Even compact homes need generous places to be outside.

Durham multi-family building from the sidewalk

CityPort story

Micro-condos push affordability through size, layout, and location rather than subsidy alone.

Public value

More homes on served land can support the tax base without extending the street network.

Design test

Compact living still needs light, views, shared outdoor space, and dignity.

Townhouses

Missing-middle homes with outdoor life.

Townhouses can add homes gently, but only if the design earns affection: private entries, layered thresholds, planted edges, and shared courts that help neighbors know each other without forcing it.

Townhouse courtyard with outdoor seating and string lights — The courtyard is not leftover space. It is part of the living experience.

Townhouses with planted street edge — A small project can still contribute to the street.

Why it matters

Townhouses can add housing choice without turning every infill site into a large apartment building.

Guiding idea

Friendly density: more homes, more care, more daily beauty.

Spatial idea

Public, shared, neighbor, private. Each layer should feel intentional.

Small Lots

Scarcity turned into shared value.

A single urban lot can become one expensive home, or it can become several smaller homes on land already served by infrastructure. The small-lot option is about lower entry prices, more homes, and more public value from the same Durham land.

Small-lot homes around a shared outdoor space — Small homes can live larger when the shared outdoor rooms are designed with care.

Small-lot infill homes facing a shared path — More homes, existing streets, and a softer neighborhood scale.

Household value

Small-lot homes can lower the entry point while keeping people close to the same urban context.

City value

More tax base can come from land already served by streets, pipes, parks, schools, and services.

Neighborhood value

Small lots add homes without extending the street network or abandoning human scale.