Highland Park hillside Multi-Family

Design Progress on our brand new multi-family in Highland Park!  The fourplex design takes advantage of a beautiful, hillside site in the middle of the Highland Park-Garvanza HPOZ (historic district). Our design draws inspiration from the neighboring, historic 1907 “La Paloma Residence,” paired with classic California Architecture by Maybeck, Greene & Greene, Irving Gill, R.M. Schindler, Neutra and Buff & Hensman.

The historic lot is just 35 feet wide so had to get creative!   Not much room for conventional landscaping - so we went vertical with monumental trellis work.  The post and beam trellis steps up the hill and accentuates the massing while supporting beautiful vines. 

Spanning the eras, we see a unique California through line of indoor-outdoor garden living, residential human scale, natural light, use of natural materials, post and beam construction and the ever-wonderful bungalow court.