9920-9922 JEFFERSON

Culver City, CA

Client:

Abraxis Bioscience, LLC  

Area:

Building 1 (existing): 55,509 sf 
Building 2 (new): 17,000 sf 

Total Lease Space:

72,509 sf

Storage/Warehouse:

8,250 sf

Total Project Area:

80,759 sf

Parking:

Handicap – 8 stalls
Standard – 61 stalls
Compact – 144 stalls

Status:

Construction Documents

9920 Jefferson will provide Culver City, CA with much-needed ‘creative office space.’  Dating from 1962, this steel-framed, reinforced masonry manufacturing building is being renovated and designed for re-use as professional and/or scientific offices.  VTBS is providing Architectural Services to include the design for upgrades, alterations and improvements to the existing building, one element of which, will involve removing areas of the second floor framing to allow a natural light atrium at the first floor level.

Taking advantage of the balance of the existing lot, VTBS has conceived a radiant new office building, designed to complement the existing structure yet vitalize the project with a modern image. The new building will be four stories in height with a usable roof terrace and constructed with a cast-in-place concrete first floor with three steel frame floors above.

Abraxis Bio Science plans to develop a new, approximately 25,250 sf Office Building, located behind but on the same site as their existing manufacturing building in Culver City, CA.  The new building will be four stories in height with usable roof terrace and constructed with a cast-in-place concrete first floor with three steel frame floors above.

Building One:

Existing reinforced masonry structure to remain.  Remove and replace existing windows, install new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems to the structure as required.  Replace roofing and add skylights.  Remove areas of the second floor framing to allow natural light into the first floor below.  (remove 2,001 sf of existing floor area) Replace and add landscaping to the site.

Building Two:

The addition of a new three-story, 17,000 sf (14,999 sf of new floor area and 2,001 sf of existing area removed from the building) steel framed structure over a new 8,250 sf (existing floor area from parking area) one-story concrete structure.

CATALYST POST SERVICES

Burbank, CA

Client:

Catalyst Post Services

Area:

6,400 sf

Status:

Completed, November 2011

Design Services:

Full Design Services

Project Delivery:

Third Party G.C.

In converting the existing Office & Print Shop into a state-of-the-art editing equipment rental and post-production space servicing the entertainment industry, VTBS provided Client-requested space planning and revisions and developed the exterior elevations and finishes to enhance the overall image and identity of the existing structure.Interior remodeling involved the design of four edit bays, a conference room, offices, and a Great Room with informal seating, conference area, water feature, TV, pool table, etc.  Further utilization of the interior space included incorporating interior stair access to the second-floor loft space and developing the loft area as an open storage space and recreation area with the potential for future development.Exteriors included beautifying the entrance with updated windows and stone siding to provide customers a welcoming atmosphere and designing a parking layout to maximize the on-site parking.

One element of the approach to develop the Tenant Improvements for LEED Certification “Silver” included the investigation and proposal of locations for solar applications on the existing roof deck with a “green” rooftop seating area.

Eva Varro Boutique

Santa Monica, CA

Client:

Eva Varro Designs

Sales Area:

740 sf

Status:

Completed, August 2010

The renovation of the Santa Monica Place mall offered clothing designer, Eva Varro, the opportunity to showcase her boutique fashion.  Located in the enviable position of one floor directly above Tiffany’s, overlooking the open courtyard of the mall, the design for the store needed to respond to the elegant up-scale surrounding businesses and yet provide a current and contemporary storefront to attract a large economic range of shoppers.VTBS provided full interior and exterior architectural services including floor design, dressing rooms, display opportunities, paint and textile selection and storefront facade.

Blvd. 6200

Hollywood, CA

Client:

The Clarett Group

Lot Size:

7.2 AC

Density:

3.6 FAR – 139 du/ac
Units from 540 sf to 1,100 sf

Retail:

175,000 sf

Apartments:

1042 units, 950,000 sf

Total:

1,125,000 sf

The design reaches back to the 1930’s Hollywood heyday and the period of streamline-modern design.

“The horizontal line is expressive of the style of today. It expresses speed in locomotion and stability in Architecture”
– quoted from the 1930’s

CARLTON COURT

HOLLYWOOD, CA

Client:

McCormack Baron Salazar &
Hollywood Community Housing Corporation

Area:

1.68 Acres

Lot Area:

42,994 sf

Buildable Area:

33,096 sf

Units:

61 Townhomes & Flats
100% Affordable

Development Cost:

$10,878,000

Completed:

December, 2000

This 1.68-acre site was assembled by CRA/LA, and developed by McCormack Baron Salazar and the Hollywood Community Housing Corporation.  Carlton Court was the first project built by McCormack Baron Salazar as part of the Hollywood Western Masterplan.   Carlton Court provides affordable family housing, adjacent to the MTA Red Line Subway Station, within the 500-unit transit village masterplanned community.

The project consists of 61 townhomes and flats, providing housing to very low income families. Carlton Court Apartments offers a combination of 2,   3 & 4-bedroom units with a community room, landscaped courtyard, health & fitness center, and day care center.

In 2010, a 30kW photo-voltaic system was installed on portions of the roof as part of the original sustainable design strategies, to cover the common area load, with financial support from the federal Solar Incentives Tax Credit and local solar incentives.

LA BREA GATEWAY

LOS ANGELES, CA

Client:

Holland Partner Group

Lot Size:

2.28 Acres

Area:

153,965 sf

Units:

179 Rental Apartments

Unit Mix:

30 Studio Apartments
85 1-bedroom Apts.
43 2-bedroom Apts.
21 3-bedroom Apts.

Unit Size:

550 sf to 1,292 sf

Retail:

33,500 sf

Parking:

473 Stalls

Status:

In Construction

La Brea Gateway is a mixed-use project consisting of multiple lots fronting on La Brea Avenue and Willoughby Avenue in the City of Los Angeles. Two, three and four-story buildings with 179 living units over ground-floor retail will provide the community with much needed multi-family housing and connect a predominantly industrial area to the adjacent single-family neighborhood.

In addition to the retail space, the apartment building will provide approximately 6,850 sf in recreation facilities and a 1,000 square foot leasing office. Substantial parking is provided for residents in two subterranean parking levels while the retail space will be served by two above-grade parking levels./blockquote>

PICO SEPULVEDA

West Los Angeles, CA

Client:

Casden Properties

Lot Size:

6.52 Acres

Area:

518,764 sf – Residential
266,800 sf – Retail
Total Area: 785,564 sf

Units:

538 Market-Rate & Affordable Residential

Parking:

2,029 Stalls

Status:

Entitlements

Revitalizing this freeway-adjacent site through the demolition of an industrial cement and stone yard, the Project’s 538 apartment units, including an ‘affordable’ component, will be contained in four separate towers built above a podium deck consisting of two levels of commercial retail uses and five levels of subterranean parking.

At the southern portion of the Project, the Expo Line station will be located on the right-of-way owned by the MTA.  The Project is designed as a transit-oriented development that will fully maximize the potential synergies between neighborhood-serving commercial uses, larger retail uses, a wide range of housing options, and pedestrian, bus, and light rail transit in the Los Angeles’ housing-impacted Westside.

VTBS DENVER ARCHITECT’S STUDIO

Denver, CO

Client:

Van Tilburg, Banvard & Soderbergh, AIA

Area:

3,746 sf

Status:

Occupied, September 2008

VTBS Architects is located at the Blake Street Terrace office building in the historic LODO (lower downtown) district of Denver, CO, one block from Coors Field.  The Tenant Improvement of the space allows for a contemporary and comfortable workspace.  Included in the design are a formal conference room, informal meeting room and stations for up to 15 design employees.

Ambassador Campus

Pasadena, CA

West Campus:

Site Area:

32.8 AC

Building Area:

1,403,000 sf

No. Units:

725 Units

Density:

22.1 du/ac (1 FAR)

East Campus:

Site Area:

13.1 AC

Building Area:

1,077,000 sf Residential
43,000 sf Commercial

No. Units:

790 Units

Density:

60.3 du/ac (2 FAR)

Development Total:

Site Area:

45.9 AC

Building Area:

2,480,000 sf Residential
43,000 sf Commercial

No. Units:

1,515 Units

Typologies:

Type I:

Single-family detached 4-7 du/ac

Type II:

Mansion 2-4 plex 10-12 du/ac

Type IIIa:

Row Houses w/Dir. Garage 12-16 du/ac

Type IIIb:

2,3 & 4-Plex Courtyard Homes over Podium 20-32 du/ac

Type IVa:

Multi-family Courtyard Homes over Podium 40-55 du/ac

Type IVb:

Multi-family Courtyard Homes over Podium 45-70 du/ac

Type Va:

Multi-family or Seniors  65-110 du/ac

Type Vb:

Luxury Lofts 65-80 du/ac

This 48-acre site in West Pasadena is a portion of the land deeded to the Indiana pioneers of 1874. Since that time, the site has been host to small farms and gardens, opulent resorts and mansions, neglected rooming houses of the Great Depression, a liberal arts institution of higher education, and “the Carnegie Hall of the West”, Ambassador Auditorium.

Today, the Worldwide Church of God, owners of the property for the past fifty years, is partnering with VTBS to envision a residential community within the campus boundaries that will place 1,500 new families within walking distance of downtown Old Pasadena shopping and entertainment district.

The plan aims to provide quality Affordable and Senior Housing that blends appropriately with the surrounding neighborhoods by using an eclectic mix of Abstract, Historical and Evolving Contemporary styles. The new design, which has been developed in close consultation with the citizens of the surrounding community, is dedicated to preserving the campus’ significant historical structures and maintaining its stunning gardens, fountains, and waterways; features that have contributed to Pasadena’s reputation as the “City of Gardens”.

CLASSICS @ HERITAGE PARK & ERAS SCHOOL

Culver City, CA

Client:

Braemar Urban Ventures, 
The Lee Group & ERAS
(Educational Resource and Services of Culver City)

Area:

9 Acres

Units:

57 Single-Family Homes

Winner of the 2000 Gold Nugget Award of Merit for Best Residential – Residence 2 and  2000 Gold Nugget Award of Merit for Best Residential – Residence 3.

Formerly the site of the Studio Drive-In Theatre in Culver City, CA, this redevelopment project includes the masterplan for fifty-seven single-family homes, a community park and a school for children with learning disabilities, over 9 acres.  VTBS designed 3-bedroom and 4-bedroom detached homes ranging from 1,880sf to 2,180sf in a variety of cottage, craftsman and Mediterranean styles.  Additionally, VTBS designed the 45,000 sf ERAS Center (Educational Resource and Service) Headquarters, school facilities and a community park on the remaining site.  ERAS provides education training and other services for developmentally disabled children and adults.

ERAS CENTER SCHOOL

EDUCATION FACILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED
CULVER CITY, CA 

Area:

45,000 sf

VTBS designed the 45,000 sf ERAS Center (Educational Resource and Service) Headquarters, school facilities and a community park as part of a masterplanned community with single-family homes, a community park and school over the 9-acre site of the former Studio Drive-In Theatre in Culver City, CA.  ERAS provides education, training and other services for developmentally disabled children and adults.

PUEBLO DEL SOL

Los Angeles, CA

Client:

McCormack  Baron Salazar,
The Related Companies & The Housing Authority of Los Angeles

Total Area:

46.17 Acres – Includes:
Residential, School, Streets &  Retail 

Net Residential Acres:

25.92 Acres 

Community Park Area:

8.5 Acres

Density:

12.5 du/ac Single-Family

Residential Net Density:

18.09 U/A

Pueblo Del Sol is a 46-acre mixed income village masterplan for a parcel that was formerly a 1940’s East Los Angeles public housing site once deeply troubled by gang activity and neglect.

The residential component is comprised of 470 mixed income housing units; 377 for-rent apartments and 93 for-sale townhouses, flats and single family detached homes.  The 1.5-acre community park includes a facility with a ­­­fitness center, pool, and a neighborhood services building with a computer lab.

The two community centers provide onsite after-school programs, job training and general social services.  The new masterplan surrounds an existing elementary school and is just north of an existing commercial area.

Pueblo Del Sol is served by the MTA light-rail Pico/Aliso Gold Line station.  The residential neighborhood is walkable, connected to transit, linked to existing street patterns, and secure-without the use of gates and barriers.

Pueblo Del Sol was developed with the HUD HOPE VI grant program, and the sale of $52 million dollars of private equity raised through Low Income Housing Tax Credits.

VTBS Architects provided masterplanning services for this project, as well as full architectural services for Vista Del Sol, the affordable for-sale phase of the overall project.

Product Mix:

377 rental apartments (900-1,200 sf) (2-, 3- & 4-bedroom)
93 for-sale attached houses (3 & 4-bedroom) 

Affordable:

227 units – 30% AMI
150 units – 60% AMI 
93 units – 27 of the for-sale units reserved for former residents 

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE THOUSAND OAKS

THOUSAND OAKS, CA

CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

Client:

Continuing Life Communities

Site:

65 Acres

Units:

251 Independent Living Units
72 Villas
48 Garden Terrace Apts.
32 Assisted Living Units
48-Bed Skilled Nursing Fac.
16-Bed Dementia Facility

Status:

Multi-Phased
Completed, 2007

Construction Cost:

$85 Million

2008 Gold Nugget Award of Merit
Best Senior Housing

The Continuing Care Retirement Community embodies an “age in place” philosophy, accommodating residents in a variety of living arrangements.  These include 250 independent living apartments in three-story buildings, 48 garden apartments in two-story buildings, and 72 single-story villas in the hills at the edge of the campus, for a total of 370 units.  A 90,000 sf health care center includes a 45-bed skilled nursing facility.

Buildings are sited around courtyards of varying size and character connected by walkways.  Arcades and trees offer shade; a lake, koi ponds and fountains, tranquility.   Plentiful active recreation amenities include a swimming pool and spa, bocci ball, golf and tennis facilities, and an 8,200 sf recreation building.  A 33,000 square feet Commons Building contains a 280-seat dining facility, a library with fireplace and beam ceilings, drinking establishment, card and billiard rooms among numerous congenial gathering, activity and entertainment spaces for residents and their guests.

Planning the 65-acre site required consideration of 25 acres of land that was to be left as natural riparian corridor. Walking trails allow residents to enjoy the natural setting of forested creek beds and mountain vistas.