Elements
Irvine, California
The amenity-rich development of Elements consists of 1,600 apartment homes and 17,000 SF of retail space on a 23-acre in-fill site. The architectural concept was to take “elements’ found in nature and develop a series of design vocabularies related to building massing, use of color, materials and textures. Inspired by the elements: wood, metal, earth, water and fire, the resulting architectural styles complement each other for design continuity yet contrast nicely to help break down the scale of the overall community. Featured in the current images is Phase I of a five-phase development.