TCA Architects

THE CAMDEN

TCA Architect - Jun 25, 2024

Located on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, The Camden offers a sophisticated respite from the energetic Hollywood lifestyle. Four stone clad towers provide simple yet elegant massing framing street-adjacent elevated courtyards that allow residents to engage with the neighborhood. The first floor entry lobby provides street-level activation and connects to a 39,000 square foot Equinox fitness center. The site once held the first production building for the fledgling Paramount Pictures. As a nod to the site’s history, the base of the building’s four towers, include a public art wall with interpretative life-size iconic Hollywood characters. Aimed at young entertainment professionals living and working in Hollywood, the 287-unit elegant residential community blends chic apartment living with the hospitality of a boutique hotel. The community offers residents 24-hr concierge service including custom “life-style packages” where residents receive premier access to Hollywood’s hottest restaurants, nightclubs, entertainment venues, spa services and more. The amenity program includes movie-screening lounge, clubhouse, pool/spa and multiple themed outdoor courtyards. “The hub,” is a unique double-height lounge that connects large indoor-outdoor spaces with a gourmet kitchen, living room, and study. The pool courtyard provides entertainment and relaxation with private cabanas, daybeds and an outdoor movie screen. The Camden is a LEED Silver-certified project.

The Camden Interiors

tcaeditor - Jun 20, 2024

The Camden is a 287-unit luxury apartment community located in Hollywood, California. Interior design was provided by New York-based Interior Designer Mark Zeff. TCA provided all Construction Documentation (CD’s) for all interior design; including leasing office, lobby, community amenity spaces and units.

MODERA RINCON HILL

TCA Architect - Jun 15, 2024

Modera Rincon Hill is a 14-story, 180 unit apartment community that sits at a key hilltop intersection in the Rincon Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. The project, along with the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific building across First Street, bookends a major departure gateway from San Francisco to the Bay Bridge. Like the Sailors’ Union, the building massing is composed of an assemblage of discrete masses. The stepped 5 to 7 story podium is clad in precast concrete, again in acknowledgement of the Sailors’ Union. It employs projecting bay windows, a cornice, and deeply inset openings. The light and glassy 14 story tower faces First Street, a section of it extending to ground and incorporating the main entry. The Lansing Street frontage faces the narrow pedestrian/auto “shared street,” with a smaller scale residential focus employing townhouse- style stoops in a manner sympathetic to traditional San Francisco residential architecture.

G12

TCA Architect - Jun 13, 2024

G12 reflects the rapidly transforming Los Angeles South Park neighborhood. The design was inspired by the neighborhood’s shift from commercial to mixed use. At the corner plaza, intersecting architectures reflect two of the area’s existing block building typologies. G12’s narrow facade mimics the exposed side of the neighborhood’s commercial buildings, with random patterns of various-sized windows. At the corner plaza, contrasting materials of grey aluminum panels and white cement panels reinforce the notion of intersecting architectures. This intersection also contributes to a reduction in scale consistent with the neighborhood. An atrium space links the second-floor courtyards with a hotel-like entry lobby, providing natural light and landscaping, which terraces down the volume into the first floor. A double-height, concrete-framed second floor accommodates mezzanine units with generous views towards the courtyards and outdoor amenity spaces. A top-floor sunning deck with a sculptural frame provides dramatic city views.

The Promenade at Rio Vista

tcaeditor - Jun 12, 2024

Utilizing the same documentation standards for new construction helped complete plan check in one re-submittal. Built in 2002, this sprawling mixed-use complex located in Mission Valley, CA needed a comprehensive overhaul to the common and leasing areas. The renovation included updates to leasing, clubhouse, club room and fitness. In addition, TCA converted an empty retail shell into a new pet spa amenity. TCA worked closely with the ownership team to provide general code review, project documentation, consultant team coordination, agency processing and services during construction.

Interiors by Mannigan Design

NewPark Place Master Plan

tcaeditor - Jun 11, 2024

In 2018, the NewPark Place Specific Plan was green lit with the ambitious goal of revitalizing the NewPark Mall. Brookfield stepped up to the challenge, acquiring the mall and enlisting TCA to spearhead the master planning process. Over several years of collaboration, TCA worked closely with Brookfield Residential and Retail to forge a new vision for the area. Out of the original 1,030,000 square feet of mall space, approximately 430,000 square feet are slated for demolition, including anchors like JC Penny, Burlington, Inline Shops, and Sears. In their footprint, a fresh 220,000 square feet will be dedicated to a new Costco and a Retail co-working center.

The southern parking lots of the mall will undergo a transformation, making way for five new residential developments – three wrap and two podium structures – delivering a total of 1,519 units and accommodating roughly 2,800 residents who will support both existing and revamped retail spaces. Careful attention has been paid to vehicular circulation and service access to both retail and residential parcels. A key element of the plan introduces an activated retail/residential street, fostering a walkable and interactive environment with parks, plazas, and commercial outlets.

To address the reduction in retail square footage, parking will be replenished through the construction of two proposed podium structures. Convincing the city of Newark about the merits of this concept was crucial, so Brookfield entrusted TCA to create an experiential video fly through showcasing the new vision, emphasizing connectivity, retail offerings, and the residential master plan. The master plan was met with enthusiastic approval, signaling the transformation of a struggling mall into a dynamic and thriving concept.

Currently, TCA is focused on designing the first phase of residential development, which will comprise of 319 units.

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NEWPARK PHASE A

tcaeditor - Jun 10, 2024

Phase A, is a 7-story mixed-use wrap of 319 units and approximately 3.5K SF of retail lining the mall entry. This first residential phase of the NewPark Place Specific Plan aims to create a regional destination and vibrant urban place in the City of Newark. The underutilized surface parking of a dark anchor store is replaced with residential mixed-use to support a thriving neighborhood and retail center. A part of TCA’s 42-acre master plan, Phase A serves as a “gateway” for the district and overall NewPark Place Specific Plan, to support a thriving neighborhood and re-power the mall itself as a vital economic engine for the City.

BLU 2

tcaeditor - Jun 10, 2024

Blu phase II is located in Laguna Niguel, approximately 7 miles from the ocean on a major thoroughfare near The Shops at Mission Viejo regional mall, Mission Viejo Hospital, Soka University of America and Saddleback College. For a City that hasn’t seen any new apartment construction in 22 years, TCA worked with The Picerne Group to establish relationships with the City of Laguna Niguel as well as adjacent land and building owners to collaborate on the development of the Blu Podium and Wrap projects, totaling 425 units.

BLU

TCA Architect - Jun 05, 2024

Situated on a difficult hill site facing the Oso Creek Channel in the city of Laguna Niguel, the completed podium site rises above the future wrap site allowing for views of the hills of Ladera Ranch to the East. The main courtyards of both buildings, which contain the pool and resident amenity areas, open toward the view. The architecture is contemporary in nature, with pops of accent colors and enhanced materials at building corners and key architectural elements.

ONE UPTOWN NEWPORT

TCA Architect - May 14, 2024

The two buildings front Jamboree Road and act as the first phase and public face of the Uptown Newport Planned Community. Borrowing from the language of beach homes, the architecture is contemporary in nature, using classic “beachside” building materials of painted shingle siding, sand-colored stone, and warm wood accents in a clean and modern fashion. The buildings have iconic corner elements that mark the main entries into the community, and step down in mass where they meet at the center Pedestrian Paseo. This allows for large pool decks that open eastward toward the San Joaquin Marsh, the hills of Turtle Ridge, and provides views of Saddleback Mountains. A pedestrian bridge connects the two pool decks allowing for connection of each sides’ amenity spaces. A retail component is located at the main community entry at Jamboree along Uptown Newport Drive, as well as the leasing offices of both buildings, working to create a connection to the active public environment. Ground-level residential units fronting Uptown Newport Drive have a direct connection to the public sidewalk via patios and stoops, further accentuating the pedestrian nature of the community.