Yale Mixed-Use is located on a busy thoroughfare and serves as a gateway into the City of Santa Monica. The long building is a simple massing comprised of a rhythmic system of openings that activate the facade for both vehicular and pedestrian passerby. 

50 residential units are provided with over 12,000 sq ft of commercial space along the boulevard. A large void is introduced to break up the massing in the form of various outdoor spaces both private and shared. The courtyard is internal to the building and serves as a social space from which all units are accessed. The tiered garden terraces expand the outdoor spaces both actual and perceptual. A grand rooftop terrace offers tremendous views of the Santa Monica mountains to the North and the Pacific to the South. 

The building is set back from the street (at grade) along the boulevard allowing for an enhanced pedestrian experience. A row of slender round columns are located at the ground level distanced at an ordered cadence that becomes more playful and eccentric as they approach the busy corner of Santa Monica Blvd and Yale.

The material palette is a reserved palette consisting of various metals panels of white. Various textures and transparencies elevate the surfaces.  The white building is complemented with exposed concrete, glass, steel and ample gardens of green.