A presentation to the Santa Monica Architectural Review Board reveals a new look for a proposed multifamily residential building across the street from the Water Garden.

The project at 1655 26th Street, is proposed by Culver City-based KSM Associates Inc. Plans call for clearing all existing improvements to make way for the construction of a new eight-story building featuring 401 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments above 1,820 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and semi-subterranean parking for 444 vehicles.

View looking southwest from PennsylvaniaAC Martin

A project application indicates that 41 apartments to be set aside as affordable housing at the moderate-, low-, and very low-income levels in exchange for density bonus incentives.

AC Martin remains the designing the proposed development, which has ditched the streamlined-modern inspired facade seen in an initial application in favor of a more contemporary look.

Aerial view looking eastAC Martin

"The principal building concept features multiple volumes and different façade planes defined by changes in architectural expression, material and color to create some variation and visual interest," reads a staff report. "A three-level base of concrete and glass lends a floating appearance along the street facing facades while the solid upper levels come down to the ground on interior elevations."

The proposed development would rise across the street from a site at 1633 26th Street where AC Martin is working with Mill Creek Residential on plans for a similar multifamily residential complex.

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