TCA Architects

THE ROYCE AT PARK PLACE

TCA Architect - Feb 25, 2024

The Park Place masterplan includes more than 105 acres of office, retail, restaurants, and residential housing in various typologies. The Royce has a unique campus environment with extensive on-site retail, amenity spaces and now, residential living in the city of Irvine. Two separate sites bring a total of 786 apartment homes ranging from studios to 3 bedroom floor plans and offer roof top decks, private pools, fitness facilities and various other community spaces for residents enjoyment.

HANOVER GRAND

TCA Architect - Feb 20, 2024

In the city of Los Angeles, located at the gateway on Grand Avenue from the commercial Banking District into the predominantly residential South Park District, this city block serves as a transitional site to tie these two districts together. At the street level, the residential entry is defined by an atrium court that helps engage the street. The leasing office and residential amenities are all oriented to this court enhancing the pedestrian vitality. Continuing down the street, the colonnade defines the location of live/work units, providing a brief respite from, yet direct link to, the sidewalk. The colonnade then terminates at a gate leading to a final street level experience which is a linear court with residential units and a resident-only outdoor amenity space – back-dropped by a piece of the existing urban fabric. Additional amenities include a fitness facility, clubroom, business center and movie screening room as well as roof top Sun Deck, Wine & Dine Deck and corner Skyline Deck. Materials are used deliberately to reinforce the transitional nature of the site using polished stone (Banking District), wood accents (Residential District) and brick that was salved from the former building on site to respect the history and vitality of the neighborhood.

BOARDWALK

TCA Architect - Feb 20, 2024

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.

ALTITUDE

TCA Architect - Feb 05, 2024

Altitude at Howard Hughes is comprised of two separate sites within Howard Hughes Center containing a total of 545 luxurious apartments designed for contemporary living in Los Angeles, CA. The architectural design reflects the aeronautical history of Howard Hughes with sweeping roof forms, canopies which recall airplane wings, and towers of glass at important intersections to establish a campus feel and presence. Each project site contains a full host of amenities, including fitness facilities, lounges, courtyards, business centers, and grand entertainment rooms. Unit types include studios, one bedroom units, and two bedroom units.

LAKEMONT ORCHARD INTERIORS

tcaeditor - Jan 30, 2024

Nestled in between Cougar Mountain and Lake Sammamish, Lakemont Orchard represents a modern expression of a lakeside cabin. Inspired by its natural surroundings, Lakemont Orchard offers a warm, inviting environment for residents to call home. Light woods mixed with plaid textures and pops of color create a sense of peaceful charm.

Harvest in Tracy

tcaeditor - Jan 15, 2024

Harvest in Tracy brings 304 two-story apartments across 86 buildings with a variety of styles, including, flat, carriage, and townhome. The site design is loaded with amenities including a resort-style pool with cabanas, top-of-the-line fitness center, bocce and basketball courts, a designer clubhouse, conference room and business center, community garden plots and edible community garden, and an on-site dog park and spa.

Original design and entitlement by KTGY, with Architect of Record services by TCA.

Santa Ana Vision 100

tcaeditor - Jan 05, 2024

At the heart of Orange County lies the Civic Center in Santa Ana, surrounded by a rich and diverse history in downtown Santa Ana. Recent years have witnessed a remarkable rejuvenation of the area, marked by new infrastructure, development initiatives, and the ongoing construction of a train line connecting Garden Grove to the Santa Ana station. However, the Civic Center itself, with its mix of city, county, state, and federal properties, presents a unique challenge due to complex ownership arrangements. These convoluted property lines have posed a significant obstacle to cohesive design, resulting in a lack of unified vision for the center of the Civic Center.

Recognizing an opportunity to harmonize the various property interests and leverage underutilized land, the City of Santa Ana embarked on a mission to forge a unified design concept. TCA was entrusted with the task of delineating this vision within a tight three-week timeframe. The goal was to create compelling graphics and a video flythrough to present to the Santa Ana City Council in a private session.

In record time, TCA developed preliminary sketches outlining a master plan concept centered around a centralized plaza/park, serving as a focal point for all Civic Center uses. Integral to the plan was the construction of a new Santa Ana City Hall, necessitating the decommissioning of the existing facility, which had reached the end of its serviceable life. Through strategic restructuring of parking agreements and land allocation, new parcels would be unlocked for residential, hotel, and convention center developments.

This bold and vibrant concept has generated considerable momentum and sparked numerous discussions within the community, signaling a promising future for the Santa Ana Civic Center as a thriving hub of activity and innovation.

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2600 TELEGRAPH

tcaeditor - Jan 01, 2024

2600 Telegraph is an 8 story, all-electric apartment community in Oakland’s Arts District. This market-rate community contributes to the much-needed housing in Oakland. The project is a 5-level Type IIIA over 3-levels of Type IA podium. Resident amenities include a hospitality lobby, fitness center, co-working spaces, pet spa, club room, bike storage and repair station, and roof deck overlooking Oakland and San Francisco skyline. To maximize density the project is using two innovative technologies: a Cross Laminate Timber (CLT) floor assembly and Tandem Puzzle Lifts. The CLT floor assembly reduces the floor assembly thickness by 5” allowing the project to achieve 8 levels and stay under the Highrise code and allow a greater clear height in the units. The Tandem puzzle lifts turn 60 tandem parking spaces into 150 spaces that can be directly accessed. The project is targeting LEED Gold equivalency in line with Grosvenor’s ESG guideline.

HANOVER OLYMPIC

TCA Architect - Nov 25, 2023

Hanover Olympic is a 263 unit urban community located in the South Park district in downtown Los Angeles. The aesthetics are contemporary and upbeat with a staccato rhythm in deference to the great jazz history within the adjacent historic core. Two grand architectural gestures are designed into the facades, each composed of metal panels and glass, marking the key entries while also adding a dynamic element to help enliven and activate street life.

THE CORE SCOTTSDALE

TCA Architect - Nov 20, 2023

Sunrise Commons is a 282 residential unit community located along Hayden Road on the site of an old vacant automobile dealership in Scottsdale, Arizona. The site was divided in half by the 55 DNL line established by the local Airport Authority. The intent of the project was to rezone the existing Airpark Mixed Use site, to an Airpark Mixed Use Residential classification. The campus provides two uses: a new church facility along the northern side of the 55 DNL line and a residential community along the southern side of the 55 DNL. The campus provides a shared point of access off of Hayden that aligns with North 84th Street. Parking for the residential site was contained to an above grade parking structure that is hidden from view by four levels of residential units. The upper most level of the parking structure contains a pool recreation amenity taking advantage of local views. The fitness, club room and leasing facilities are located within the building with easy access to the pool deck.