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[span class="a_textBold"]Metro Hollywood Mixed-Use, Los Angeles, by Kanner Architects[/span]
This project, a refreshingly attractive low-income housing development, contains 60 units, most of which are two- and three-bedroom apartments situated above 10,000 square feet of retail space and a child-care center and built over a subway station. The project also exceeds state energy codes by 20 percent and lines up its large courtyard with the existing courtyard of its neighbor, thus creating a greater open space for both buildings. Overall, the project is colorful, uplifting, and compatible with the design of the subway station below. To help protect residents from the sounds from the street and the trains below, the architects placed the windows strategically in vertical and horizontal patterns. Jury members admired the benefits of this project saying it is "lively, sustainable, and a great example of being active and playful!"
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