Hiro | Mountain View, CA

On Middlefield Road in Mountain View, an approximately 3.81-acre site sits next to the Mountain View Buddhist Temple, a neighbor that calls for new development with a respectful, human scale. Prometheus envisioned a residential community of 75 homes that would add housing while keeping the calm, landscaped character the setting invites.

Rather than one large structure, the plan distributes homes among three residential buildings, each a three-story Type VA walk-up with slab-on-grade garages, alongside a one-story amenity building. Organizing these pieces across the site meant shaping a central spine and outdoor spaces that tie the buildings together, and one residential building incorporates a tuck-under lounge area. BDE Architecture worked with Prometheus to balance density, parking and open space into a cohesive whole, completed in 2022.

Today residents enjoy a leasing center and tea room, a fitness facility with a yoga room, a residents' lounge and an outdoor pool. Extensive landscaping wraps the buildings, with a focus on the central spine and the pool area beside the amenity building, giving the community a green, restful setting.

Address: 761 W Middlefield Rd, Mountain View, CA 94043

Client: Prometheus

Number of Units: 75

Construction Type: VA

Year Completed: 2022

Photographer: Isabelle Eubanks

Modern apartment complex with balconies, a swimming pool, sun loungers, umbrellas, and trees under a clear blue sky.
Modern apartment building with large windows in a sunny outdoor pool area featuring lounge chairs, seating, and barbecue grills.
A covered outdoor patio with a wooden ceiling, white support columns, and modern outdoor furniture including chairs and a firepit. There is landscaping with green plants, rocks, and a tree in the background.
Modern house with large windows and a swimming pool in the backyard, illuminated outdoor fire pit, lounge chairs, potted plants, and trees at dusk.
Modern building with large glass windows and a sloped roof, illuminated from inside, with trees and rocks in the landscaping around it, during early evening.
Modern residential apartment building with large windows, balconies with wooden railings, and surrounding landscaped garden with a curved concrete walkway, various plants, trees, and purple flowers.
Ceiling with wooden panels, black lines, and hanging spherical light fixtures in a modern interior.
A swimming pool with lounge chairs and umbrellas in front of modern apartment buildings with balconies.
Interior of a modern building featuring light wood paneling, decorative wooden dividers, potted plants, and a stairway visible in the background.
Modern reception or lounge area with wooden wall panels, a black coffee table, a gray sofa, potted plants, books, and a light-colored area rug.
Modern indoor lounge area with light gray armchairs and small black side tables near large glass sliding doors opening to an outdoor patio with chairs and tables, bright sunny day outside, wooden bookshelf with decorative items and plants, and overal
Modern kitchen with white cabinets, stainless steel refrigerator, microwave and oven, open shelving, black faucet, white subway tile backsplash, plant in a white pot, and large windows with a view of buildings and trees.