Stepped Terrace Massing Shapes Mid-Rise Housing at 10915 West Strathmore Drive in Westwood

Construction is nearing completion at 10915 West Strathmore Drive, where a new mid-rise residential building introduces a terraced architectural form to a hillside site in Westwood. The project, known as The Mark at Los Angeles, is organized as a podium-style structure whose upper levels step back to create outdoor spaces while reducing the visual impact of its seven-story height.

Rather than presenting a uniform vertical facade, the building’s massing is broken into a series of setbacks that follow the slope of the site. These setbacks are used to form terrace decks at multiple levels, allowing outdoor space to be distributed throughout the building rather than concentrated solely at the roof. The approach creates a layered profile that softens the transition between street level and the upper floors.

10915 West Strathmore Drive via LOHA

The development contains 37 apartments arranged across seven stories, with unit sizes ranging from two- to five-bedroom layouts. In total, the project includes 166 bedrooms, a configuration that reflects a high-density residential program accommodated within a mid-rise envelope. Five of the apartments are designated as very low-income units, incorporated into the overall building through density bonus incentives rather than separated by massing or location.

Architectural plans prepared by LOHA depict a contemporary exterior clad in fiber cement boards and corrugated metal panels, materials used to reinforce the building’s segmented form. Window groupings and balcony placements align with the stepped massing, emphasizing horizontal breaks created by the terraces and setbacks.

At the base, the podium structure consolidates parking and building access, allowing the residential floors above to remain visually dominant along Strathmore Drive. By using setbacks, terraces, and changes in facade depth, the project manages its scale on a constrained urban site while introducing usable outdoor space into the residential layout.

When fully completed, the development at 10915 West Strathmore Drive will add a terrace-oriented mid-rise apartment building to Westwood, demonstrating how stepped massing can be used to integrate density, outdoor space, and topography within a compact footprint.

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