SPRING ARCH TOUR FEST: Barrington1503

Photo Credit: Eric Staudenmaier

Spring ARCH TOUR FEST: Barrington1503

Information regarding the tour will be emailed directly to registrants 24 hours before the event.

The newly completed Barrington1503 coliving project reshapes how thoughtful design enhances community spaces. By carefully structuring a gradient of social engagement, Barrington1503 creates a layered transition between public and private realms. This deliberate approach ensures that personal spaces remain protected while still benefiting from the shared experience of coliving. Barrington1503 not only embraces the promise of coliving but brings it to life with architectural precision, creating a model for 21st-century urban housing that is as functional as it is inspiring.

Tour Led by:

Lorcan O’Herlihy, FAIA – Founding Principal of LOHA

Lorcan O’Herlihy, FAIA, is an architect and urban designer with offices in Los Angeles, California and Detroit, Michigan. As Founding Principal and Creative Director, Lorcan has led Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA] in building a robust portfolio of work rooted in embracing architecture’s role as a catalyst for change. Enacting a powerful alliance of inventive designs with vigorous social ideals, O’Herlihy’s work prospers whether it is supportive affordable housing in South Los Angeles, creative offices, or designing cultural institutions like Chapman University Dance School.

In 2025 LOHA was recognized as Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Company in Architecture (#1) and in 2018 was named the #1 Design Firm in the U.S. by Architect Magazine. In addition to building over 100 projects across three continents Lorcan has been published in over 20 countries and recognized with 200-plus national and international awards, including the 2023 AIA CA Maybeck Award, 2021 AIA LA Gold Medal, Architect’s Newspaper Best of Practice North America Firm Award, the AIA LA Firm of the Year Award, and the AIA California Lifetime Achievement Award.

Architects: Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects

Building Credits:

Integrare Group, General Contractor

Rize Alliance, Client

Labib Funk Associates, Structural

Budlong, MEP

DK Engineering, Civil

LINK Landscape Architecture, Landscape

AIA CES: 1.0 LU|HSW Approved

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will explore coliving as an alternative housing typology and understand the benefits of coliving as an option for student housing.
2. Participants will become familiar with the imaginative ‘social gradient’ strategy incorporated into Barrington1503 which make it a functional coliving project, skillfully balancing privacy with communal living.
3. Participants will explore strategies that maximize fresh air and natural light in a coliving environment without sacrificing resident privacy.
4. Participants will examine strategies that foster community and neighborly interaction among the residents of Barrington1503.
5. Participants will learn how to address potential drawbacks that may arise in coliving and will evaluate measures to address those concerns.

Parking Information:

Street parking only; some spots are metered, please be aware of street-cleaning signage