TCA Architects

REATA

TCA Architect - Mar 02, 2023

Located in Laguna Hills, Reata is designed in a “Spanish Revival” style, taking influence from Southern California’s historical architecture. The project is the centerpiece of the city’s Urban Village Specific Plan and fundamental to the design is the connection of pedestrian access to the neighboring Oakbrook Village Shopping Center. The project includes a 10,000 square-foot space called the Village Green; aiming to provide a vibrant, pedestrian-oriented atmosphere. The retail awnings and storefronts along the ground level are designed to help reduce the scale of the building along the pedestrian frontages, while allowing for views into public areas of the building. The tower elements anchor key corners and cantilevered balconies provide relief and texture, working to further break down the scale of the massing. The project has 289 dwelling units consisting of 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom units; each featuring private balconies and decks looking outward over the densely landscaped site or over one of the four courtyards.

ANTON PORTOLA

TCA Architect - Feb 23, 2023

Anton Portola is an affordable community consisting of 12 three-story apartment buildings with a total of 256 apartment units in Irvine, CA. Additional buildings on the site include a leasing and recreation building, central laundry and maintenance building, carports, and trash enclosures. The site plan for Anton Portola is designed around two large open greens that are centered within the community. The first is used as the main recreational area with the communities’ pool. The second houses a large play area and a shared laundry facility. The residential homes all work around these two areas, enhancing views and helping to keep eyes on the neighborhood. The homes are two and three stories in height and are based on an early California theme. Massing steps down at the buildings edges to help break down scale. Garages are tucked into the building and hidden from view along drive courts.

BOARDWALK

TCA Architect - Jan 25, 2023

The Boardwalk is a mixed-use community that fulfills the City of Huntington Beach’s goal to connect several disparate parts of the community surrounding its developing Town Center in a new walkable neighborhood. The 12-acre site replaces a defunct Levitz furniture warehouse and parking lot with 487 market rate and affordable apartments as well as 14,500 square feet of commercial space. TCA worked with Huntington Beach City staff and the newly adopted Beach Edinger Corridors Specific Plan to introduce pedestrian-oriented streets, a public park, and retail plazas to the infill site. The Boardwalk was TCA’s first High-DEF product designed to maximize efficiency, lower construction cost, and separate parking garages as well as courts from the pedestrian-oriented streets. The custom-designed all wood-framed mixed-use buildings supports the City’s regional mobility goals by placing unique urban living near existing office, retail, and public transportation. The Boardwalk is a LEED Silver-certified project.

EL MONTE VETERANS VILLAGE

TCA Architect - Jan 20, 2023

El Monte Veteran’s Village is the San Gabriel Valley’s first supportive housing community focusing exclusively on Veterans. TCA utilized the HighDEF product to reach the ideal density and provide a design program compatible with the client’s goals. The project came with an allocation of vouchers that provided financial assistance for housing costs and support services through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Through a redevelopment-funded City of Industry allocation, Los Angeles County committed over $2 million in gap funding to the project, in addition to the project based vouchers. The project combines an array of sustainable technologies across the board and exceeds California’s Title 24 Energy requirements by over 24%. In addition to the sustainable features of the building, the property includes an edible garden, fruit tree orchards and on on-site composting facility to process yard waste. El Monte Veterans Village is a GreenPoint Rated project.

LINCOLN PLACE

TCA Architect - Jan 12, 2023

Lincoln Place is currently the largest apartment community in the United States to be entirely HUD financed. The community is a historical rehabilitation of 696 existing apartment units (40 buildings) plus 99 new apartments (18 buildings) within the 35-acre apartment community. Initially developed as a result of the housing shortage of World War II, the original project was built in 1951 and was at the time the largest apartment project west of the Rockies. It was designed by African-American architect Ralph A. Vaughn, a onetime senior set designer at MGM and son of prominent Chicago architect, Roscoe Vaughn, with a “Garden City Movement” planning philosophy in mind. TCA helped restore Lincoln Place to its original luster using many of the original materials during the rehab. The new buildings, leasing office and 6,500 square foot recreation facility were all designed as a nod to the original mid-century style and create a cohesive community in the city of Venice.

ARIVA

TCA Architect - Jan 10, 2023

Ariva Apartments is Phase 2 and 3, located within the master-planned community that occupies the former site of General Dynamics-Convair’s missile plant. Ariva offers one- and two-bedroom units that feature quartz countertops, washers and dryers, private terraces, and views of the two-acre Centrum Park. The project is a four story Type V construction over two levels of Type I parking garage and brings 253 units to the San Diego Spectrum Center. The two buildings are located east of the yet-to-be-built Ariva Way and south of Lightwave Avenue in the city of San Diego.

888 SAN MATEO

TCA Architect - Dec 20, 2022

The project is located on an unusually narrow 3.08 acre site located at the southeast corner of Peninsula Ave and North San Mateo Drive. The site includes 2 residential buildings, totaling 4 stories in height and provides 155 studio, one and two bedroom units ranging from 590 – 1,070 square feet above a subterranean garage. The project is LEED Platinum and includes green features such as a self-service bike repair facility, on-site transportation outreach coordinator, informational kiosk and on-site sales of BART Clipper cards. A landscaped plaza with public art is located at the corner of North San Mateo and the property is within walking distance to the Burlingame Caltrain Station as well as bus route 292 which includes transportation to San Francisco. Parking was subterranean plus surface level.

Picerne Lomita

tcaeditor - Sep 26, 2020

Picerne Lomita was the first large development to be approved in a city that has not seen development in years. It will bring the first luxury apartments to the City of Lomita and serve the growing population that wants to live and work in the South Bay area. Situated on a major intersection, the project had to contend with a corner gas station and limited access. The project is designed to look at the “long views” of the hills beyond the gas station. The enhanced materials were placed on the project to bring visual attention to the top levels and major corners of the project, again drawing your eyes away from the existing context. The south facing main courtyard is designed with resort style pool and spa, with an adjacent clubroom and fitness amenity space. A business center and golf simulator are also available to the residents. The roof top deck looks down at the courtyard as well as the views beyond.

The Galloway

TCA Architect - Jul 31, 2020

Designed within the Hacienda Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) guidelines, The Galloway is a TCA High-DEF product located adjacent just south of the Pleasanton BART station in Pleasanton, CA. The Galloway provides 255 units and 5,700 square feet of retail in a three and four story building configuration. Live/work lofts, stoops and ground level patios will line the street side and activate the sidewalk. Networks of walkways and public sidewalks will connect to a large open space in the center of the site for community events. A public plaza located on the corner of the site, enhances the community by providing a safe and enjoyable space for pedestrians on their way to the BART station.

DOMAIN SAN DIEGO

TCA Architect - Jun 01, 2020

Domain San Diego is an ultra-modern, high-density apartment community designed to meet the needs of the young professionals and students of San Diego’s growing Millennial population. The luxury for-lease community offers 379 apartment residences in two separate, four-story buildings over two levels of basement garage offering 750 secured parking spaces. As a critical design element targeting the project’s young professional demographic, the property features a 5,500-square-foot recreation/leasing building that offers an expansive pool area with cabanas, a spa, barbeque pits, waterfall and trellises that take advantage of the area’s temperate weather, creating lush landscape. The two-story clubhouse also features a fitness center and makes use of reclaimed teak flooring throughout and a glass wall with outdoor decks overlooking the pool scene. With more than 12 floor plans to choose from, ranging from studio to two bedroom residences, Domain’s interior’s reflect a refined modern influence that is the preference of today’s young professionals, offering: private patios and balconies; modern, stainless steel appliances; granite counter tops; large and luxurious oval tubs; and floor to ceiling windows in select units.