TCA Architects

INTRO

tcaeditor - Dec 07, 2025

Located in the heart of Burbank, “The Media Capital of the World”, Intro redefines modern LA living with a relaxed yet elevated vibe. Spanning eight acres beside the Metrolink Station, this vibrant, transit-oriented development includes 573 residences across two 8-story buildings, complete with ground-floor retail and an expansive amenity program. Highlights include a 1-acre rooftop terrace with panoramic views, saltwater lap pools, rooftop spas, firepits, clubhouses, coworking spaces, a screening room, content lab, and more. Intro is targeting LEED Gold certification and is thoughtfully designed to support both everyday living and creative work. Original design by Urban Architecture Lab, with design modifications and Architect of Record services by TCA.

Sevens

tcaeditor - Nov 27, 2025

Situated on 9.8 acres in Mountain View, California, Sevens is a 716-unit, three-building multifamily “campus-like” community, featuring 572 market-rate residences and 144 affordable workforce housing units dedicated to the Mountain View Whisman School District’s employees and teachers. The development brings people together through thoughtful amenity spaces designed for connection, creativity, and everyday convenience. Landscaped courtyards and pedestrian paseos link a variety of shared and dedicated amenities (including a 3,300 SF ground-floor teacher space) to support a balanced lifestyle. Parking is discreetly integrated into the site through a shared structure, minimizing visual impact while maintaining convenience for residents and visitors. Serving as Architect of Record, TCA advanced the previously entitled design, refining plans to meet updated client programming as well as City guidelines. All three buildings achieved Green Point Rated Platinum certification.

The Tolman

tcaeditor - Nov 25, 2025

The Tolman is a 6-story, mixed-use, wrap project that activates Fremont’s downtown core with new market rate units along with 6,300 SF of retail. Infilled on a former retail site, the project creates new pedestrian walks and courtyards among the new retail and residences, creating a vibrant community that can live, work and play. The modern architecture style has cool crisp stucco colors, with accents of metal and composite woods. The project provides 6,600 SF of resident amenities including a roofdeck, pool and lounge area, BBQ area, test kitchen, meeting rooms, bike shop/storage, pet care, clubhouse, game room, and fitness center.

SDCCD Affordable Student Housing

tcaeditor - Nov 13, 2025

The City College Affordable Student Housing project addresses the need of the San Diego Community College District for affordable student housing. The development replaces a vacant urban block with a 7-story building of 283 units (797 beds). The student housing program offers a mix of unit types including studios, 2-bedroom apartments, and 4-bedroom suites and apartments. Shared amenities that promote socialization and academic support are concentrated on the ground floor; each level shares a laundry room, study space, and vending lounge. The top level features an indoor sky lounge with views of the city. Green street design elements contribute to a walkable community that connects to the adjacent campus. Two courtyards provide outdoor socialization space for the students while indoor ground floor amenities activate the street front. DSA will conduct the plan check review, and the project team is using the informal collaborative process to engage DSA and solicit their feedback during the design and documentation phases.

Agate at Palm Desert

tcaeditor - Oct 01, 2025

Agate at Palm Desert is a garden style 3-story walk-up affordable housing project. 150 units are provided within 8 buildings of two types 12-plex and 23-plex. Each building includes ground floor units with generous covered private patios and the upper levels of central stairways. In addition, a central laundry facility is provided on the ground floor of building #4 to serve the community. The site is entered from Gerald Ford Drive through a vehicular entry with desert landscaping and enhanced paving. Site visitors are greeted with the standalone recreation building containing the leasing offices, mailroom, maintenance area, resident lounge, and resident services. Continuing from the rec building, the resident parking is provided on a continuous looped road, providing easy access to the apartment buildings and creating a buffer zone from the surrounding single family communities and the 10 freeway. The project proposes a parking ratio of 1.8 stalls/unit for a total of 270 parking stalls. Of the provided parking, 150 spaces are provided at carports.

Whisman at the Sevens

tcaeditor - Sep 20, 2025

Located in the heart of the Bay Area’s vibrant tech and creative corridor, Whisman at The Sevens delivers 144 thoughtfully designed moderate- and low-income workforce housing units dedicated to Whisman School District teachers and staff who struggle to find affordable homes locally. As Architect of Record, TCA refined and advanced the previously entitled design, updating plans to align with current client programming needs and evolving City guidelines. The architectural expression emphasizes a balanced interplay of vertical and horizontal elements, with massing that steps down to three and four stories to respect the surrounding neighborhood scale and seamlessly integrate the community into its residential context. Whisman achieved Green Point Rated Platinum certification.

CASPIAN

tcaeditor - Sep 18, 2025

Caspian is the gateway site into the Brooklyn Basin master plan located at Embarcadero and Brooklyn Basin Way. The building is broken down into multiple facades inspired by the Oakland Estuary and surrounding industrial maritime facilities, with the facades relating to each other to create a cohesive design. On Brooklyn Basin Way the retail takes priority with grand corners, deep recesses and rich materials to break down the street wall into a pleasant pedestrian environment. Bike facilities located on Embarcadero, help activate the street and encourage residents to use the new bike lanes connecting to the rest of Oakland. Multiple breaks; step downs and set backs scale down the size of the project. Large courtyards and roof decks provide ample outdoor space as well as view terraces. Facing the freeway, the nautical theme is played up with dramatic angles reminiscent of a ship’s bow which landmarks the entire Brooklyn Basin master plan.

Evermont

tcaeditor - Sep 16, 2025

Evermont is a TOD mixed use development, with 118 family affordable units, and 62 homeless supportive senior units, above 50,000 sf of ground level retail and restaurants, along with a metro on-site job training office, and residential health services. The project is located near transit for ease of commute, and in a neighborhood with a strong need for housing in South Los Angeles. The multi-generation living, along with community service retail and restaurants, help to create a vibrant and safe community within the neighborhood. At the ground level, the retail and restaurants fronts onto a public pedestrian plaza, which becomes an active community gathering space for the neighborhood. The plaza has a much wider presence along Vermont Ave assisting with articulating the long urban edge while maintaining connection to the boarding school, the 6,000 SF restaurant fronting the garage and the retail anchor. Evermont’s façade is planar with strategic ‘carve-outs’ to allow for light into interior courtyards and provide an opportunity for a material and massing break. The project achieved LEED Gold certification.

NALIKO

tcaeditor - Sep 15, 2025

Nāliko is an innovative development that unites contemporary architecture with traditional Hawaiian design. As the first wrap type of its size on O‘ahu, the project reflects a thoughtful integration of building and environment. Anchored along a community walking path, the design opens outward to create an active pedestrian experience. Landscaping and programmed activities flow seamlessly from the path into the site, connecting with interior amenity spaces. Efficient double-loaded corridors frame both public and private courtyards, fostering connection and retreat. The architecture celebrates Hawaiian vernacular traditions while embracing modern construction techniques. TCA’s Interiors Studio is leading the interior design for the project, ensuring a cohesive vision inside and out.

SACRAMENTO BEE

tcaeditor - Sep 13, 2025

The Sacramento Bee redevelopment brings townhomes and single-family homes to neighboring sites in the heart of Sacramento. The North site consists of 60 three-story townhomes with tuck under garages, both conventional and tandem, on the West portion of the site. Additionally, there are 61 two- and three-story single-family homes with conventional side-by-side garages on the East portion of the site. The South site consists of 48 three-story townhomes with tuck under garages. Adjacent to the 23rd Street Station of the Gold Line, this transit-oriented development is a stop away from the R Street Market and dinning. The project offers a walkable, for-sale residential community that contributes to the creation of a thriving urban village around the R Street Corridor. The three-story buildings line the urban street edge and feature ground floor patios that activate the street. The ground floor is clad in brick, reinterpreted in a more modern façade, which both anchors the architecture and provides a common material that was used in the original Sacramento Bee building of the site. TCA served as design architect through entitlement.