325 Westlake Residence Tour

The 325 Westlake construction site was especially of interest to me because the first floor will act as a facility for Mad Art which works with emerging artists. I also really liked that for that first floor, original masonry will be left exposed. I personally enjoy the aesthetic of exposed brick, and I’d imagine that it also helps cut costs. I would say that the most important idea of this project is working with what is available. For 325 Westlake, though, this isn't so much an idea as a necessity. In some apartments, for example, one of the tower’s support beams cuts through the exact spot where a kitchen counter needed to go. This problem had been solved, which shows that even if the problem itself can’t be fixed or altered, there is always a creative solution to work around it.