828 Brannan St is a mixed-use development with five levels of market rate housing over one level of basement parking. The ground floor features residential lofts facing a courtyard, while a commercial space will occupy the corner.
Architect: Kava Massih Architects
Location: San Francisco, CA
Status: estimated completion 2021
Octavia Boulevard was a competition submittal for adjacent parcels in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco.
Parcel R: affordable housing for moderate/low income residents centered around shared resources, including a rooftop garden with a water collection tank.
Parcel S: micro-unit efficient living for residents centered around modular design.
Parcel T: active senior living centered around a residential community services, including a wellness center and club house.
Architect: Kava Massih Architects
Location: San Francisco, CA
Aliso Apartments is a market rate, mixed use development located in the Arts District of Los Angeles, directly adjacent to Sci-Arc. The building consists of 472 live/work units in five distinct buildings. A central paseo bordered by artist lofts runs through the site from north to south, while retail spaces are located along the street frontages. Resident amenities, including a fitness center and community pool, are located on a partially raised podium.
Architect: Kava Massih Architects
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Status: completed June 2019
photo by Cesar Rubio, via Kava Massih Architects
photo by Cesar Rubio, via Kava Massih Architects
video by Milender White
L Seven Apartments is a whole city block of market-rate apartments located in the SoMa district of San Francisco. The mixed-use development consists of 410 units spread across eight buildings. Internal alleys run through the project, while a cafe and public park anchor the corner of 8th Street and Ringold Alley.
Firm: Kava Massih Architects
Location: San Francisco, CA
Status: completed July 2017
photo by Bruce Damonte, via Kava Massih Architects
photo by Bruce Damonte, via Kava Massih Architects
308 N 74th Street is a mixed-use development in the Greenwood-Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle. The project proposes (2) live/work units and (3) townhouse units adjacent to a frequent transit corridor.
Architect: H+dlT Collaborative, llc
Location: Seattle, WA
Status: completed 2018
Live/work elevation
Site Analysis diagram
Views & traffic diagram
photo by NWMLS
Preparation of a streamlined design review packet for 2708 Franklin Ave E, a proposed development of (4) townhouses in the Eastlake neighborhood of Seattle.
Architect: H+dlT Collaborative, llc
Location: Seattle, WA
Status: completed 2018
Timber in the City was a competition to design a mid-rise, mixed-use complex in Red Hook, NY, featuring construction systems that make use of the performance characteristics of wood technologies.
This design featured a biomimetic approach with construction assemblies that react to and adapt to nature.
In collaboration with: Dinesh Perera, Katie Handy, Tiffany Gong
Location: Red Hook, NY
Ashland Family Housing is an affordable housing development that provides 85 apartment units centered around an interior courtyard. Amenities include a computer center, laundry facilities, and onsite resident support programs. The project's location next to a new youth center creates an opportunity for linking services to the transition aged foster youth who will occupy the buildings.
Firm: Kava Massih Architects
Location: Ashland, San Leandro, CA
Status: completed 2016
This project is a renovation of an existing marketplace to close off current breezeway due to client needs and weather issues. Glass is proposed to preserve transparency and large sliding doors to maintain maximum openness.
Architect: Kava Massih Architects
Location: Berkeley, CA
Status: schematic design
The Lawrence Station project consists of 328 units of market-rate rental housing. Parking will be available in the basement and on the ground floor, where it will be surrounded by slightly raised residential units. Two separate courtyards are located on the second floor, connected by a bridge of shared amenities. The main entrance is in the form of a public plaza at the southeast corner of the site.
Architect: Kava Massih Architects
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Status: planning entitlement
Graphic layout and standards for a collaborative proposal by Mass Urban and SIM-P on behalf of the Redstone Townhomes Neighborhood Association (RTNA).
Firm: Mass Urban
Custom standing station outfitted with shelving, divider panel, monitor arms, and lamps. Part of a prototype order for a large tech office space. Tops cut from 3form chroma and divider panel from Corian.
Firm: Swerve Co.
Furniture layout and proposal for a large tech office space. Custom furniture included sit/stand stations, conference tables, couches, as well as panel dividers.
Firm: Swerve Co.
Location: Mountain View, CA
Furniture layout and installation for the Center of Independent Living at the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley, CA. Custom furniture included tech stations tied together to form a spine down the space.
Firm: Swerve Co.
Location: Berkeley, CA
Status: completed 2010
Custom credenza station outfitted with two drawers and center shelving. Tops cut out of 3form chroma.
Firm: Swerve Co.
Status: completed 2011
