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Urban Operations Skillfully Designs This Los Angeles Home

— November 5, 2018 — Art & Design
Local architecture firm Urban Operations designs and erects this Los Angeles home on a steep hillside. Taking into consideration the difficult terrain, the firm builds a contemporary dwelling that sleekly communicates a sculptural aesthetic. While the abstractness of the building is mainly signaled by its angled walls and chaotic window placement, the "Le Corbusier-influenced roof deck" surely adds a communal component to the space.

The Los Angeles home is located in the Highland Park neighborhood. The all-white building is complex in its design and for its development, Urban Operations employed "strategic hillside engineering with a series of stepped programmatic volumes" that depended on "various code-generated orientations."

The end-design of the Los Angeles home proves to be sophisticated and complete.

Photo Credits: Eric Staudenmaier

Trend Themes

  1. Steep Hillside Architecture — Opportunity for architects and construction companies to design and build innovative homes that integrate with challenging terrain.
  2. Sculptural Aesthetics — Potential for artists, designers, and manufacturers to create visually striking and abstract structures that push the boundaries of traditional architecture.
  3. Communal Roof Decks — Prospects for real estate developers, urban planners, and hospitality industries to capitalize on creating shared outdoor spaces in high-rise buildings and hillside homes.

Industry Implications

  1. Architecture — Disruptive innovation opportunities exist for architects to reimagine the possibilities of designing and building homes on steep hillside terrains.
  2. Construction — The construction industry can explore innovative methods and technologies for building complex structures on challenging hillside locations.
  3. Real Estate — Real estate developers can create unique selling points by integrating communal open spaces, such as roof decks, into urban homes and high-rise buildings.
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