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Los Angeles and much of California face a deepening housing crisis, manifested most visibly by people experiencing homelessness. One of the primary drivers of street homelessness is the cost and speed of building large-scale, attractive, convenient, safe housing. Cost and speed similarly negatively impact the creation of sufficient housing stock to prevent people from falling into homelessness. Urban Awnings, a new typology of housing, is one solution to these challenges.

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Envisioned by the development firm Gilmore Associates in partnership with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (UBC) and award winning Architecture firms, Urban Awnings reimagines affordable accommodation and housing for those most in need in Southern California and beyond.  The partnership combines each entity’s expertise in architecture, building technologies, construction, and knowledge of civic processes in order to build this new housing.  This housing typology will simultaneously provide architecturally unique structures, adaptable to numerous geographic locations while focusing on areas that offer a community feel for residents within the context of our region’s varied lifestyles.

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The UBC built prototypes of the housing at its International Training Center in Las Vegas where in February 2020, a large delegation of Los Angeles elected and other officials visited. The officials left very impressed with the product, with several members of the Los Angeles City Council expressing interest in creating such communities in their districts.

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New Housing Typology

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EMERGENCY SETTLEMENT

It is a cost-effective solution that provides fast, inexpensive transitional living space and services to those currently living on the street.

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Adaptive reuse

It allows for the conversion of existing warehouses and other large structures into housing utilizing green technology.

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communities

These ground-up developments consist of multiple structures integrated as fully functioning communities and provide protection from weather fluctuations.

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Urban Awnings Progressive Architecture Award

Urban Awnings was recognized with an Honorable Mention in the 68th Annual Progressive Architecture Awards and featured in the March 2021 issue of ARCHITECT magazine.

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Bold Solutions to L.A.’s Homeless Crisis. Urban Awnings featured in this article in Los Angeles magazine on October 1, 2020.

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TEAM

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TOM GILMORE

chief executive officer

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charles shumaker

general counsel

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ryan eddy

chief oeprating officer

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fernando dutra

executive VP of development &

building operations

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rob jernigan

executive VP of design

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theresa kwang

chief financial officer

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kevin murray

executive VP of strategic planning

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email: reddy@gilmoredev.com

phone: (213) 622-4949

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