Keith Rivera, AIA, Selected Housing Experience

Portland Courtyard Housing Competition-Honor Award, Portland , OR
This winning submission proposed six design principles as the basis for family-friendly infill housing: Fee Simple Ownership, Neighborhood Compatibility, Open Space Hierarchy, Security / Privacy, Affordability by Design and Sustainability. 2007.

Olive Street Residences, Santa Barbara, CA
Five three-story, two-bedroom town homes forming a central shared court. The design is scaled to form a transition between the commercial and residential zones it borders. 2007.

Mayfair Live/Work, Ventura, CA
Urban infill containing 18, three story, two bedroom town homes with ground floor flex live/ work spaces on .4 acres. Varied massing, an urban streetscape and craftsmen detailing respect its transitional downtown setting. Schematic design & design development. Completed 2006.

Atlantic Ave. Work-force Housing, Long Beach, CA
Infill workforce housing that incorporates 45 two and three-bedroom town homes in a series of urban courtyards which recall the architecture of Irving Gill. Schematic design. 2006.

Playa Vista 425, Los Angeles , CA
The Promenade 425 forms 69 loft-style flats and townhouses around a large, landscaped central courtyard, all over a basement-parking garage. Schematic design through entitlements. 2005.

Yanonali Court, Santa Barbara, CA
A mix of one to three bedroom town homes linked by common courtyard open spaces and a central shared court, all scaled to fit within a sensitive residential neighborhood context. Schematic design. Under construction.

The Villas, Santa Barbara County, CA
Sixteen infill residences grouped around a central community green on 1.5 acres. The one to four bedroom units include six affordable homes, all with private entries, patios and rear yards. Schematic design through entitlements. Completed 2007.

622 Anacapa, Santa Barbara, CA
Downtown mixed use containing 5-townhomes with work at home spaces, 7,000 sq. ft. of commercial space and 2 penthouse flats. Schematic design through entitlements. Completed 2005.

Chapala Lofts, Santa Barbara, CA
Urban mixed use containing 17-loft style flats, 10,000 sq. ft. of commercial space and a 33 space parking garage. Schematic design & design development. Completed 2002.

6th Street Live - Work , San Francisco, CA
Nineteen live-work lofts on a South of Market urban infill site. Schematic design through construction documents. Completed 2001.

West Oaks Family Apartments, Santa Rosa, CA
A 53-unit affordable housing development for Burbank Housing Development Corporation. Schematic design through construction administration. Completed 1999.

City Mews, San Francisco, CA
24, three and one half -story wood frame townhouses in San Francisco’s SOMA district. Schematic design through construction administration. Completed 1997.

Round Walk Village, Petaluma, CA
A 129-unit affordable housing development for Burbank Housing Development Corporation. Construction documents through construction administration. Completed 1996.

(Partial List of Housing Experience)