City of Los Angeles Launches $100,000 Low-Rise Housing Competition


Design: AGILITY. Image © Charles Young

Design: AGILITY. Image © Charles Young

The City of Los Angeles has launched a $100,000 housing design challenge for low-rise developments. The competition asks architects and landscape architects to imagine “appealing and sustainable” models of low-rise, multi-unit housing. Organized by the Mayor’s Office and Chief Design Officer Christopher Hawthorne, the initiative aims to create new paths to home-ownership and housing affordability in Los Angeles.

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