3101 West Coast Highway, Newport Beach, Californian Real Estate, CA Mixed-Use Project, USA Architecture Photos
3101 West Coast Highway in Newport Beach
27 Apr, 2022
Design: ShubinDonaldson
Location: Newport Beach, California, USA

Photos: Benny Chan
3101 West Coast Highway, CA
Located at Mariner?s Mile in Newport Beach, 3101 West Coast Highway is a renovation and adaptive reuse of a 4-story Cape Cod-style building from the 1980s into a modern articulation of the marine coastal aesthetic

Situated on a concrete podium 6? above West Coast Highway, this project creates a modern aesthetic by removing existing embellishments to enhance the clean and timeless geometry of the gabled roofs, all while staying within compliance with the Coastal Commission?s strict reframing constraints.
The existing dormers were demolished to create inset terraces providing tenants with fresh air, natural light, and unobstructed bayside views.

Removing floor slabs enable double-height spaces while opening-up bayside gable walls with floor-to-ceiling curtain walls create transparency from the street to the bayside. Tenant spaces were also demised in a north/south direction to provide all tenants with bayside views throughout the building.

The bayside connection was shifted from walking through a parking garage to utilizing a public plaza, encouraging pedestrian traffic along the waterfront. The existing stairs and boat ramp were demolished and replaced with an ADA-accessible ramp that winds around...