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26th Street Housing Residential

October 19, 2008
Project Specs

26th Street Housing
Santa Monica, California
Kanner Architects

the People

Architect
Kanner Architects
1558 Tenth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Tel: 310-451-5400  Fax: 310451-5440

Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit
Carol Templeton, AIA, LEED AP: Project Architect (registered architect)

Ken Vermillion: Project Manager (not registered)

John Mebasser: Senior Architect (registered architect)

Architect of record:
Stephen Kanner, FAIA

Engineer(s):
Structural and Civil:
Reiss, Brown, Ekmekji

M/E/P:
Storms & Lowe

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
Troller Meyer Assoc.

Acoustical:
Veneklasen Associates

General contractor:
Louis Laxineta,  Alpha Construction Co.

Photographer(s)
John Linden, 818-888-8544

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
Autodesk

 

the Products

Structural System:
Wood Framing
(TJI Structural Framing)

Exterior cladding
Masonry:
CMU Walls: Angelus 8x8x16

EIFS, ACM, or other:
Hardy Panel; HPDE Decking Plastic Lumber    

Roofing
Built-up roofing:
4 ply modified bitumen roofing system over wood framing

Metal:
Flashing: 0.38-mm Bonderized Galv. Steel

Other:
White Gravel

Windows
Aluminum:
Storefront System: Custom, Design-build, extruded aluminum units with clear coat mill finish and a tested STC rating of 33 or greater.

Glazing
General:
1” Insulated with low-E coating.

Spandrel Glazing:
¼” monolithic with custom color.

Translucent Glass:
Factorlite

3/8” Acoustic laminated glazing WITH STC RATING of 37.

Doors
Entrances:
1¾” Solid wood flat front with matte stainless viewer and paint finish

Wood doors:
Hollow core hardboard w/paint finish except: Bathroom: solid core hardboard w/paint finish

Sliding doors:
Fleetwood clear anodized aluminum dual glazed with low-e coating

Upswinging doors, other:
Garage Rolling Grille Door: Raynor #N40-GSA Face Mounted Door

Hardware
Locksets:
Schlage entry lock and single-cylinder dead bolt

Hinges:
Hager; brushed stainless steel

Interior finishes
Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
Armstrong European Contemporary “Shasta”

Paints and stains:
Dunn Edwards Low VOC

Special surfacing:
Kitchen Countertops: Wilsonart

Floor and wall tile:
Kitchen/Bathroom Ceramic Tile: Dal Tile #0700 Mellow
White 4x4 with matte finish

Carpet:
Mohawk Aladdin #7538 Coastal Charm

Furnishings
Fixed seating:
Benches: Forms + Surfaces foundation bench

Other furniture:
Bike Rack:
PW Athletic #1602-05 with powder coat finish

Child Play Area Rubber Surface:
RecWest TuffTurf tiles

Planters:
Dura Art Stone Classic Square

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
Halo

Downlights:
Stonco

Task lighting:
Halo

Exterior:
Halo

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators:
Otis

Plumbing
Low Flush toilets and Low-Flow shower heads

Fittings:
Delta

Fixtures:
American Standard

Add any additional building componentst:
Stair Tower: Perforated Metal:
McNichols Airline [68% open area] with Electro-Galvanized finish

Sarah Amelar is a Los Angeles–based Contributing Editor at Architectural Record.