The Adria

The Adria is a 10-story luxury multi-unit residential building that was designed to provide 85% of the 207 units with an open and striking view of Lake Monona.

Its unique design includes a rectangular base for the three levels of underground parking and first floor. At the second floor, the structure shifts to an angle to maximize lake views for tenants. The shift to an angled building at the second floor required a 40-inch, second-floor transfer slab.

The significance of the concrete structure is honored throughout the units’ interior design. Observers can see round columns through the windows of the corner units ascending from the second floor to the tenth. And four-foot-wide square columns are exposed within the units, with one side exposed in a bedroom and the other side exposed in the living room. The angled structure, clean white metal panels and over 32,000 square feet of windows in the units set The Adria apart in the skyline.