A Community of Friends Wins Two Awards

A Community of Friends won TWO awards in recognition of their Silver Star Apartments at the 2018 Los Angeles Business Council Architectural Awards earlier this month. The multi-family complex won the Housing Award and the Sustainability Award.  Silver Star Apartments broke ground in April 2016 and was completed in June 2017. The 49-unit apartment building is a 100% special needs community for formerly homeless veterans as well as veterans with disabilities.  Notably, Silver Star is the first Zero Net Energy multi-family, affordable housing project in Los Angeles.  The goal of the project is to meet the “Living Building Challenge” – the world’s most rigorous proven performance standard for buildings. 

Other SCANPH members tied to the project were Dreyfuss Construction and FSY Architects. This development was also nominated for SCANPH’s Home Within Reach Awards in 2017.