Design Plans Unveiled for Howard Hughes Build

LOS ANGELES—TCA Architects and Equity Residential have unveiled design plans for Altitude at Howard Hughes Center, a luxury 545-unit multifamily complex scheduled to open in 2016. The project is the first residential community at the Howard Hughes Center.

TCA designed the building in a contemporary art-deco style, highlighted by glass towers that anchor each of the property’s multiple buildings. “The architectural styling makes reference to the aeronautical history of Howard Hughes’ brilliant life and career,” Winston Chang, principal of TCA Architects, tells GlobeSt.com. “Corner beacons of illuminated glass recall runway control towers, while canted roofs and projecting canopies are designed to impart a feeling of the thrust of airplane wings. The interiors are designed to maximize daylight, with aeronautical motifs and colorations based upon Howard Hughes historic aircrafts.”