Architecture

Located within the Hollywood community of the Los Angeles area, this new mixed-use development is proposed to be a seven-story building and will include 276 residential units - 13 of which would be affordable housing for ‘very low income’ households - in addition to approximately 24,000 SF of neighborhood-serving commercial retail and restaurant spaces and 312 parking spaces. Alternatively, an approximately 27,000 SF grocery store could be constructed in lieu of the proposed retail and restaurant uses and 318 parking spaces.

This 115-unit mixed-use project, located in Culver City at the prominent intersection of Washington and National Boulevards, is one of the City’s first approved transit -oriented developments. Featuring 44,000 SF of retail on the ground floor, Access is the first of the “catalyst” projects to spark development along the new Metro rail line.

This market-rate project includes a street-level public plaza that is significant to the planning of the community. In addition to the high-level amenities offered to the residents, it received LEED Silver certification. Sustainable features of the integrated building design outperform current energy cost savings requirements by over 29%. Some of these features include cool roofs, stormwater infiltration planters and photovoltaic panels.

Currently under construction and located directly adjacent to the forthcoming Metro Station at Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, Wilshire La Brea seeks to blend the boundary between residential and hospitality by combining the lifestyle of a 125-key boutique hotel and an attitude-enriched 121 branded residential enclave. 

It is designed as an eight-story podium-style building with five-levels of Type III over three-levels of Type I construction with subterranean parking levels. While the retails on pedestrian-friendly street level are easily accessibly for public users and residents alike, spacious areas of the upper floors provide outdoor amenities including rooftop pool, bar, cabanas and lounge areas that take in the views in all direction from the site. 

Designed in collaboration with design architect, Morris Adjmi Architects, the building is intended to pay homage to the cherished Art Deco architecture found in the surrounding area in a contemporary fashion.

One Metro West is a mixed-use community that brings multifamily residences, creative office space, retail, a park, and an event plaza to Costa Mesa. Located on 15 acres in the northwest corner of the city, adjacent to the 405 Freeway, this development will become the new northern gateway to Costa Mesa.

1,057 residential units distributed across three buildings with distinctive architecture feature an “Equinox”-style 24/7 fitness center, yoga and aerobic studio and wellness room with oxygen stations and cryotherapy, multiple rooftop amenity terraces and open spaces for recreating and lounging. Three resort-style, saltwater swimming pools, including a rooftop junior Olympic-sized pool, all with spas and cabana areas are positioned throughout the master plan. The project also features a 1.7-acre park and event plaza designed to hold intimate musical performances, outdoor theatrical productions, community-sponsored meetings and celebrations. A 25,000 SF “jewel box” creative office with a roof garden and event space within the park is complimented by 6,000 SF of specialty retail.

The architectural character of One Metro West is designed to be timeless. As the project endures, the natural weathering, evolving landscape growth and resident adaptations will rusticate and naturally reveal the true nature of the building – improving the project and community over time. Key components of this elegant but contextual-based design are its clean lines, natural materials and complementary color palettes. The interplay between indoor and outdoor living is witnessed in its variety of social gathering places and roof top terraces. The architecture, location and programming of the spaces invites both the employee or resident to explore the surrounding area, while still creating an intimate place to work or call home.

The Jordan Downs Area H development proposed by Bridge Housing consists of the construction of 80 affordable dwelling units within the Jordan Downs Specific Plan Area in South Central Los Angeles. The Irving Gill influenced, five story podium building will feature a combination of unit plans ranging from one- to four-bedroom units arranged around two large courtyards with passive and active uses for children and adults. The new development will replace substandard residential units built in the early 1940’s and will provide an updated and safe environments for families and young adults in the area.

‘The Brine,’ named after a pickle factory that was previously on the site,  will occupy two-thirds of a block in East LA and will be comprised of multiple buildings. Along with the relocation and re-purposing of three historically significant structures to be used as a pediatric clinic and single-family dwelling units, the five-story building includes 97 units of permanent supportive housing, a manager’s unit, facilities for a social services provider, local grocery store, health clinics, medical offices as well as a separate at-grade two-story parking structure. 

With several significant goals in mind, our design aspires to create a safe and secure residential environment for a wide range of community members in critical need of housing in the Northeast Los Angeles while providing commercial and industrial spaces to improve local economy and workforce, especially for the local residents.   

The amenity-rich development of Elements consists of 1,600 apartment homes and 17,000 SF of retail space on a 23-acre in-fill site. The architectural concept was to take “elements’ found in nature and develop a series of design vocabularies related to building massing, use of color, materials and textures. Inspired by the elements: wood, metal, earth, water and fire, the resulting architectural styles complement each other for design continuity yet contrast nicely to help break down the scale of the overall community. Featured in the current images is Phase I of a five-phase development.

This 400,000 GSF tower, located in the financial district of the city, serves as corporate headquarters for one of Singapore’s leading residential real estate developers.

Located on a very restricted urban site, and surrounded by high rise structures, typical floor plates are only 12,000 square feet. The tower includes two floors of executive penthouse apartments and a corporate conference center. To maximize lease depths and floor efficiencies and capitalize upon significant but limited views, the elevator core is offset to the rear of the site. The design includes raised floors for flexibility in accommodating telecommunications and computer equipment.

To create a landmark image at the street level, the 33-story tower is raised 15 meters above the streetscape, allowing for a main lobby of monumental proportions, surrounded by a tropical garden at the street level with a lower level link with the adjacent subway station. An auto parking facility for 200 cars is located above the lobby and forms a base element to receive the tower building.

The top of the tower is capped by an illuminated lantern to create a dramatic, glowing landmark in the Singapore evening skyline.

Union Bank Plaza was the first project within the Bunker Hill development area and is located on an approximately three acre site immediately adjacent to the Harbor Freeway. The tower is a 42-story structure and is positioned on a landscaped plaza which has been developed on top of a four level parking structure housing 1,100 cars. This plaza is extended by a bridge over Figueroa Street, to the plaza of the Bonaventure Hotel to the east.

The building itself contains 590,000 net rentable square feet and the total gross square footage is approximately 1,240,000.

The basic building system is a rigid frame, steel structure with exterior columns at 14 feet centers and a cellular steel floor with concrete fill. This was the first building within Los Angeles to use all interior stairways, providing a more efficient net usable area per floor, and utilizing an off-site central power plant.

The distinctive facade achieves its architectural unity through use of bronze colored, solar glass window wall, recessed approximately four feet within the framing system and utilizing horizontal sun control louvers. All exterior offices are afforded excellent views of the attractively landscaped plaza, Bunker Hill and the City of Los Angeles from Mt. Baldy to the sea.

The design for Chico State's Sutter Hall employs a “village” concept throughout the site. The proposed design engages two legs of the existing Whitney Hall to create a dynamic and diverse experience for students living in both buildings. The new building creates a vibrant courtyard, giving students who live on the site a unique sense of place. The first-floor program – dining and housing support – promotes the use of the courtyard as a spillover space for interior program functions and provide a variety of programmable uses for the courtyard. The site is a popular pedestrian circulation route for students traveling from University Village Housing north of the main campus to the academic core, so the large number of students traveling through the courtyard will charge the space with varying degrees of activity.

The building massing is developed around the concept of a butte. By acting as a “butte” to Whitney Hall, the building gradually steps up in elevation from the southwest to the northeast corner. Varying the massing softens the impact of the building on the adjacent two-story structures, while maximizing the number of beds on the site.