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Step Up on 5th, designed by Pugh + Scarpa, is a bright new spot in downtown Santa Monica. The new building provides a home, support services and rehabilitation for the homeless and mentally disabled population. The new structure provides 46 studio apartments of permanent affordable housing. The project also includes ground level commercial/retail space and subterranean parking. Read the rest of this entry »

Architectural Designed | XTEN ARCHITECTURE
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Openhouse from XTEN ARCHITECTURE who shows us simplicity and minimal design can create an interesting built environment. Here is from the architect;

The Openhouse is embedded into a narrow and sharply sloping property in the Hollywood Hills, a challenging site that led to the creation of a house that is both integrated into the landscape and open to the city below. Retaining walls are configured to extend the first floor living level into the hillside and to create a garden terrace for the second level. Steel beams set into the retaining walls perpendicular to the hillside are cantilevered off structural shear walls at the front of the site. Lateral steel clear spans fifty feet between these beams creating a double cantilever at the leading edge of the house and allowing for uninterrupted views over Los Angeles. Front, side and rear elevations of the house slide open to erase all boundaries between indoors and out and connect the spaces to gardens on both levels. Read the rest of this entry »

This designed from Steven Holl Architects won both award from 2 continents include AIA NY Architecture Honor Award, USA, 2007 and RIBA International Award, UK, 2007. Wow Read the rest of this entry »