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Is this LA home’s architecture the key to increasing housing supply in expensive cities?

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Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA) designed Canyon5, a five-unit housing structure located near Los Angeles’ Beachwood Canyon. - Here And Now Agency
The property was developed in response to the city’s Small Lot Subdivision Ordinance in 2005 which encourages the construction of smaller more affordable homes built on smaller lots in an effort to increase density and provide more affordable housing stock in an unaffordable market. - Here And Now Agency
The structure was divided into five separate units with exterior walls tilted away from the lot’s border at different angles. - Here And Now Agency

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Interior Design
Structural Engineers
Amir Pirbadian, Inc.
MEP Engineers
Civil Engineers
VCA Engineers, Inc, WestCon Engineering
Landscape Architect
Client
Leeor Maciborski

As a way of addressing the low stock of housing in Los Angeles, Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects designed and built five units on a single lot demonstrating the potential of mul

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