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70 / BUILDING DIALOGUE / March 2020 steel and broad-form concrete that is then layered with warm wood tones, a monochromatic color palette and flooded with day- light that creates a bright, contemporary space. The two buildings kind of play off of each other nicely.” The U, The Squiggle’s Kink & The Townhomes Milo consists of two separate buildings, a U-shaped structure with 302 units that range from micro to three-bedroom units, along with 17 walkup townhomes and flats that screen the park- ing garage and overlook a pedestrian park that connects 1oth and 11th avenues. Milo rents range from around $1,300 to just under $4,000. Luxury, after all, has a cost. The main building anchors the north end of the community along 11th Avenue and faces the newly created Hale Park to the south in a very welcoming way, its “arms” open and inviting. “We wanted to do something that opened itself up to the park and to the community,” says Cannon. “While at the same time be- ing respectful of the scale of development adjacent to us to the North.” Milo’s pedestrianwalkthroughs and smaller masses at its perim- eter, alongwith street-front entrances and stoops, give it a residen- tial feel and more of a pedestrian scale, which softens its stance. The massing on a nine-story apartment building can be daunt- ing, but Cannon and his teammade design choices which further eased the scale. The skin on levels one and two is an Echelon CMU block and on the upper levels of the west side of the main build- ing – referred to as the squiggle – you see white stucco while the rest of the U’s upper floors is tan brick. Large Andersen windows lighten up the Milo both inside and out. / Milo /