How an old Denny's transformed into a vibrant hub for unhoused L.A. families

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Kadre Architects transforms unused into vibrant transitional housing for homeless families across Los Angeles on shoestring budgets.

The firm’s latest project converts a former Denny’s into a colorful community center serving families at a nearby converted motel.

Founded by Nerin Kadribegovic, a Bosnian refugee, the practice emphasizes design that brings dignity and hope to vulnerable communities.

On a stretch of Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills, where cars whip by at 50 miles per hour and the Valley’s landscape of parking lots, fast food chains, office blocks and strip malls feels particularly drab, a once-abandoned Denny’s resembles a fractured art piece, with its metallic wh