Broadwood Terrace
Los Angeles, CA South Los Angeles
- Client : Retirement Housing Foundation
- Cost : $28.5M
- Size : 87,700 SF / 89 units
- Completion Date : 2015
BEYOND THE STATS
- Broadwood Terrace, an affordable senior housing proect located at 50th and Main Streets in Central Los Angeles, is close to shopping, medical facilities and public transportation.
- Common areas including a community room, craft room and library/computer room are placed around a central courtyard, a focal point of activity which features generous landscaping, a large shade tree, and checkerboard and shuffleboard areas.
- The site was originally zoned for commercial use, but with City Council support, KFA was able to get it rezoned for residential use.
- The massing of the building is broken up into a series of framed boxes created through overhangs and vertical fins. The frames capture a variety of materials including cement board lapped siding and exterior plaster.
Watts Towers
Watts Towers needs no description. Just go. And you can even take the Blue Line to get there—it’s less than a quarter mile from the 103rd St. Station.
1765 E 107th St, Los Angeles, CA 90002
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