Article source: Patrick Tighe Architecture

The design challenge of this project—the first all-affordable mixed-use development in West Hollywood and the first designed and completed according to the city’s new Green Building Ordinance—was to fit the desired 42 accessible units on a 13,000-square-foot site and within a 50-foot height limit. The design used minimal exterior setbacks and reversed the typical unit layout—locating the bedrooms along the interior building courtyard and the living areas on the street side—to capitalize on views and natural light.

Image Courtesy © Art Gray Photography

• Architects: Patrick Tighe Architecture
• Project: Sierra Bonita Housing
• Location: West Hollyood, California, U.S.A
• Photography: Art Gray Photography
• Engineer Structural: Gilsanz Murry Steficek
• Landscape Architect: AHBE Landscape
• Owner: West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation.

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