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COPYRIGHT 2006 Hanley-Wood, Inc.
multifamily
merit
orange grove, west hollywood, calif.
pugh + scarps
santa monica, calif.
although Orange Grove looks nothing like the pitched-roof bungalows that surround it, a judge pronounced it "a good neighbor."
Pugh + Scarpa achieved that quality by creating bold, glassy bays and large balconies on the street facade and by breaking the building into two different human-scale parts. Although the five units are market-rate, the designers took a page from their affordable housing projects. "We were trying to get as much volume as we possibly could and lots of natural light without breaking the bank," says Lawrence Scarpa, AIA. Spans are limited so that conventional framing could be used, and interiors occupy one...
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