Colorado Court (Courtesy Brooks & Scarpa)

[ Updated 02.08.2011: Added the interview video, a gallery of Scarpa's 502 Colorado project, and more. ]

You know you’ve hit the big time when you’re not only invited to appear on Oprah, but you’re interviewed by Leonard DiCaprio on Oprah. Such is the case with Larry Scarpa, of Santa Monica firm Brooks + Scarpa, who talked to Leo about his former firm Pugh + Scarpa’s  502 Colorado in Santa Monica, which DiCaprio calls the “first green affordable housing project in the country.”

Click through to watch the interview, see the project, and more!