Project Details
- Project Name
- Canyon Drive (Completed)
- Location
- California
- Architect
- Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects [LOHA]
- Project Types
- Multifamily
- Project Scope
- New Construction
- Size
- 12,000 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2021
- Shared by
- Madeleine D'Angelo
- Project Status
- Built
This project was selected as a Merit winner in the 2021 Residential Architect Design Awards, Multifamily Housing category.
"Though unconventional, the unique design reinvents the typology of the dense, small-lot house.” —Juror Ingrid Spencer
Canyon Drive, a multifamily housing development by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects, rises like five swelling white caps amid the palms south of Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills. Designed with the city’s tight housing market and the 2005 Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance in mind, the project creatively explores the outer limits of a small-footprint typology. Beginning with the maximum allowable envelope, the design tilts exterior walls at different angles away from the lot lines, creating five unique, light-filled residences that assume the form of expanded A-frames. The project deploys a simple and curved panelized system for its exterior wood frame, deftly providing privacy from neighbors, and mirrors itself internally with elegant, white-ribbed rooms illuminated by glazed curtain walls. A cedar-clad first-floor exterior housing a two-car garage warms the structure. To maintain density, the design swaps traditional yards for rooftop decks with views of LA. The results are single-family homes that are cohesive but maintain their individuality.
PROJECT CREDITS
Project: Canyon Drive, Los Angeles
Client: Leeor Maciborski
Architects: Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects. Lorcan O'Herlihy, FAIA (principal-in-charge), Brian Adolph (project director), Noelle White, Nick Hopson (project leads), Cameron Overy, Chris Gassaway, Leo Yu (project assists)
Architect of Record: Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects
Landscape Architect: LINK Landscape Architecture
Interior Designer: DISC Interiors
Structural Engineer: Amir Pirbadian
M/E/P Engineer: IMEG Corp.
Civil Engineer (Design): VCA Engineers
Civil Engineer (Tract Map): WestCon Engineering
Geotechnical Engineer: Geocon West
Construction Manager: Dasher & Tabata
General Contractor: Sapphire Construction
Size: 12,000 square feet
Materials and Sources:
Appliances: Bosch, Miele
Ceilings: Painted Gypsum Board, Painted Decorative Poplar Beams
Exterior Wall Systems: DensGlass Sheathing, Tyvek Wrap, Atas International Metal Façade Panels, Standing Seam Metal Façade Panels
Flooring: White Oak Wood Flooring, Imported from Belgium
Glass: Arcadia Storefront System
Gypsum: Sheetrock Brand
Insulation: Owens Corning Batt Insulation
Masonry/Stone: Counter Slabs and Stone Tile from Arizona Tile
Metal: Atas International Metal Façade Panels, Standing Seam Metal Façade Panels
Millwork: White Oak Cabinets
Roofing: Polyglass APP Modified Bitumen Membrane
Site/ Landscape Products: Ficus Trees, Cast Concrete Pavers
Structural System: Wood Shear Walls, Steel Beams at Cantilever
Wallcoverings: Atas International Metal Façade Panels, Standing Seam Metal Façade Panels
Windows/Curtainwalls/Doors: Milgard Windows, Arcadia Storefront System