Formosa Modern 4 Storey Multi Family House by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects

Formosa the modern multi family house designed by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects, this house was built in 16,000 square feet areas consist of 4-storey with 11 unit multi-family housing. Located in the heart of West Hollywood this house takes what would be the internalized open space of the courtyard and moves it to the exterior of the building to create a park which occupies approximately one third (4,600 sf) of the project site.

Formosa 1140 contains withing its own genetic code the imprint of a larger urban design that will offer some kind of public space back to the city and in so doing, distribute a patchwork of parks across Los Angeles formidable grid.