Elleven South – Los Angeles, California
Services Employed: Architectural Design, Interior Design, Sustainable Design, Master Planning, Graphic Design
CLIENT: The South Group
CLIENT GOAL: Take the developer’s success in Portland’s Pearl District to the central business district of Los Angeles, a large, open, and under utilized area that had seen no new housing in 20 years.
DESIGN RESPONSE: Located on the corner of 11th Street and Grand Avenue, this 397,000 square foot, mixed-use residential project incorporates lessons learned in Portland, but is designed for an LA sensibility. Starbucks is the anchor retail tenant, part of 5,800 square feet of ground floor retail activates the street edge. Four townhouses face 11th street and are designed to accommodate “live-work” units, adding additional pedstrian-level vitality to the area. One hundred seventy two “loft-style” residences and a terrace garden, including some private terraces, are located on the third level above retail and parking. Floor to ceiling windows in all units provide spectacular views of downtown. Elleven, Phase I of a three-phase project, sold out in just 2 days, well before construction was complete.
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: Certified LEED Gold, the first LEED Gold Condominium building in California
Quote from the jury of the LA Business Council’s Los Angeles Architecture Awards, which Elleven won: "Elleven is a 10 - elegant, exciting, modern architecture. Elleven is the first ground up residential project in downtown in 20 years, and the first downtown residential building to be certified as LEED Gold."
WINNER: 37th Los Angeles Business Council Architecture Awards, Winner 2007 Best Multifamily High-Rise
WINNER: Gold Nugget Award of Merit, Best Mixed-Use Project 2007
Visit the Elleven website: http://www.elleven-south.com/
