Evening courtyard scene with string lights, contemporary outdoor lounge seating in red and green, mature trees, and grilling stations in a modern apartment complex. Twilight view of a resort-style pool courtyard surrounded by modern apartment buildings, featuring colorful lounge chairs, green umbrellas, and water fountains in the shallow end. Ground-level view of the entrance to the Artisan apartment building, with modern architectural details, flower beds, and a bold black and white ARTISAN sign. Covered apartment balcony with outdoor wicker lounge furniture and modern decor overlooking a contemporary residential complex with clean architectural lines. Stylish indoor resident lounge featuring a pool table, modern seating, bar area with stools, flat-screen TV, and high ceilings with contemporary lighting and artwork. Color-coded aerial site plan of a mixed-use development showing residential buildings, commercial areas, green spaces, a pool courtyard, and parking zones, all interconnected by roads and sidewalks.

Twickenham Square

Twickenham Square is Huntsville, Alabama’s first major urban mixed-use redevelopment—a $100 million project transforming 14 acres into a vibrant hub serving the city’s historic neighborhoods, downtown core, and nearby regional medical center. Anchored by an urban-format grocery store, the development features 56,000 sf of retail space that supports a new hotel, a five-story medical office building, and 250 residential apartments.

Designed for walkability, the district includes tree-lined streets, safe crosswalks, and dynamic storefronts that create a lively, pedestrian-friendly atmosphere.

Smith Gee Studio led the Master Planning for the project and served as Design Architect for the retail buildings and grocery store. The studio also designed Artisan, the multi-family component of the development, and served as Architect of Record. Artisan includes two apartment buildings, a structured parking garage, and 8,000 sf of ground-floor retail.

Year:

2014

Location:

Huntsville, AL

Architect:

Smith Gee Studio

Client:

Bristol Development Group

Services:

Architect of Record, Interior Design, & Master Planning