Single-family apartment building and method of constructing the same

Abstract

A building is comprised of first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments each comprising a first floor, a second floor, and a third floor. The first floor comprises a plurality of private parking garages associated with the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments, respectively. The second floor, disposed above the plurality of private parking garages, comprises first living spaces coupled to the plurality of private parking garages via a first plurality of stairwells, respectively. The first living spaces also comprise a plurality of kitchens, a plurality of bedrooms, and a plurality of common areas, respectively. The third floor, disposed above the second floor, comprises second living spaces coupled to the plurality of first living spaces via a second plurality of stairwells, respectively, the second living spaces being lofts. A roof is disposed directly above the third floor.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A building comprised of first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments each comprising:
 a first floor comprising a plurality of private parking garages associated with the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments, respectively;   a second floor, disposed above the plurality of private parking garages, comprising first living spaces coupled to the plurality of private parking garages via a first plurality of stairwells, respectively, the first living spaces comprising a plurality of kitchens, a plurality of bedrooms, and a plurality of common areas, respectively; and   a third floor, disposed above the second floor, comprising second living spaces coupled to the plurality of first living spaces via a second plurality of stairwells, respectively, the second living spaces being lofts, with a roof being disposed directly above the third floor.   
     
     
         2 . The building according to  claim 1 , wherein the lofts are first lofts, the second living spaces including second lofts, respectively, that are smaller in square footage than the first lofts and disposed above the first lofts. 
     
     
         3 . The building according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of private parking garages each accommodate two automobiles. 
     
     
         4 . The building according to  claim 1 , wherein the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments each comprise a first end wall, a second end wall disposed on an opposite side of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments from the first end wall, a third end wall, and a fourth end wall disposed on an opposite side of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments from the third end wall, wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments further include an entry door disposed in the second end wall and the plurality of bedrooms disposed along the fourth end wall. 
     
     
         5 . The building according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments each comprise a first end wall, a second end wall disposed on an opposite side of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments from the first end wall, a third end wall, and a fourth end wall disposed on an opposite side of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments from the third end wall, wherein the first plurality of stairwells of the first and third single-family apartments are disposed along the third end wall and the first plurality of stairwells are disposed along the first end wall of the second and fourth single-family apartments, and the second plurality of stairwells of the first and third single-family apartments are disposed along the first end wall and the second plurality of stairwells of the second and fourth single-family apartments are disposed along the third end wall. 
     
     
         6 . The building according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of plurality of common areas disposed proximate to the second plurality of stairwells. 
     
     
         7 . The building according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of kitchens are disposed proximate to the second plurality of stairwells, respectively. 
     
     
         8 . The building according to  claim 1 , wherein the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments are corner apartments, the building further comprising a plurality of additional apartments of a same configuration as the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments and disposed between the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments. 
     
     
         9 . The building according to  claim 8 , wherein the plurality of additional apartments are twenty-eight (28) additional single-family apartments. 
     
     
         10 . The building according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments includes an elevator that extends from the first floor to the third floor. 
     
     
         11 . The building according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments each comprise a first end wall, a second end wall disposed on an opposite side of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments from the first end wall, a third end wall, and a fourth end wall disposed on an opposite side of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments from the third end wall, wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments further include a balcony disposed along the second wall and proximate to the first living spaces. 
     
     
         12 . The building according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the first apartment and the third apartment share a first end wall disposed between the second living space of the first family apartment and the second living space of the third family apartment; and   wherein the second apartment and the fourth apartment share a second end wall disposed between the second living space of the second family apartment and the second living space of the fourth family apartment.   
     
     
         13 . The building according to  claim 1 , further comprising an atrium that is disposed between the first apartment and the third apartment, and between the second apartment and the fourth apartment, the atrium extending from a first end of the building to a second end of the building. 
     
     
         14 . The building according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments comprise a first end wall, a second end wall disposed on an opposite side of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments from the first end wall, a third end wall, and a fourth end wall disposed on an opposite side of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments from the third end wall, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments provide for an unobstructed line-of-sight from the second end wall to the lofts. 
     
     
         15 . The building according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments comprise a first end wall, a second end wall disposed on an opposite side of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments from the first end wall, a third end wall, and a fourth end wall disposed on an opposite side of the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments from the third end wall, wherein a distance between the first and third end walls is 12 feet and a distance between the second and fourth end walls is 45 feet 4 inches. 
     
     
         16 . A method of constructing a building comprising a first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments, the method comprising:
 constructing a first floor comprising a plurality of private parking garages associated with the first, second, third, and fourth single-family apartments, respectively;   constructing a second floor, disposed above the plurality of private parking garages, comprising first living spaces coupled to the plurality of private parking garages via a first plurality of stairwells, respectively, the first living spaces comprising a plurality of kitchens a plurality of bedrooms, and a plurality of common areas, respectively;   constructing a third floor, disposed above the second floor, comprising second living spaces coupled to the plurality of first living spaces via a second plurality of stairwells, respectively, the second living spaces being lofts; and   constructing a roof directly above the third floor.   
     
     
         17 . The method of constructing a building according to  claim 16 , further comprising constructing an atrium between the first apartment and the third apartment, and between the second apartment and the fourth apartment, the atrium constructed to extending from a first end of the building to a second end of the building. 
     
     
         18 . The method of constructing a building according to  claim 16 , wherein the lofts are first lofts, the method further comprising constructing the second living spaces to include second lofts, respectively, that are smaller in square footage than the first lofts and disposed above the first lofts. 
     
     
         19 . The method of constructing a building according to  claim 16 , further comprising constructing the plurality of private parking garages to each accommodate two automobiles. 
     
     
         20 . The method of constructing a building according to  claim 16 , further comprising:
 constructing the first apartment and the third apartment to share a first end wall disposed between the second living space of the first family apartment and the second living space of the third family apartment; and   constructing the second apartment and the fourth apartment to share a second end wall disposed between the second living space of the second family apartment and the second living space of the fourth family apartment.