Barbara Bestor, Blackbirds houses, evening view from the street towards Los Angeles Downtown
The houses are under 585 square meters and are built around a living street: a central courtyard that comprises both landscape and parking areas, as well as serving as the stage for larger community functions and play. Blackbirds is an experimental urban living where community, native landscaping, and design encounter, to obtain a higher quality of life within an urban context.
Blackbirds housing, Los Angeles, USA
Program: housing units
Architect: Barbara Bestor, Bestor Architecture
Completion: 2017