Architects and engineers from HOK / Vanderweil showcased their creativity and sustainable design expertise with a winning net zero building retrofit design in Metropolis magazine’s Next Generation® Design Competition 2011.
Cesar Pelli celebrated a milestone for the Red Building as the long-awaited final building of the Pacific Design Center nears completion. The Red Building is the third building of the landmark West Hollywood showroom-and-office complex whose design and construction span nearly 40 years.
The complex sits atop a standard 7,500 sf corner lot at the intersection of Broadway Avenue and 14th Street in the Broadway Commercial District (BCD) with the main entry off Broadway Avenue.
This residential project is located on 15 acres of land several miles outside of Palm Springs, CA in the Mojave Desert. The architects’ approach was to minimize environmental and ecological impacts while still meeting the objectives of the client’s brief.
Designed for a young couple with two children, the house addresses the formal and informal needs of the family while taking advantage of the Southern California climate and views.
Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, California – design by Fentress Architects – SCRM La Jolla: Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine building.
An international team led by London based artist Peter Fink (Form Associates) and lighting designer Mark Major (Speirs + Major) in association with Buro Happold in Los Angeles has been announced as the winner of the largest interactive green energy lighting project in North America.
Important to the client is that the house runs as efficiently as their own business. thus they emphasized the need for the integration of intelligent and sustainable building systems into their home.
The Resnick Exhibition Pavilion, a key feature of LACMA’s ongoing Transformation, offers a major expansion of the museum’s exhibition space and further unifies the western half of the museum’s twenty-acre campus.
Safe Trestles, California bridge – design by dan brill architects – Trestles Bridge California, Architecture for Humanity contest, US competition design
In a coastal city best experienced outside, the new Santa Monica Place takes the mall out of the mall and keeps with the city’s outdoor orientation and intimate scale. By removing the roof and gutting its interior, the project extends the vibrancy of Third Street.
The state-of-the-art facility will include two surgery rooms, consult room, reception, private surgeon’s office, business office, staff room and x-ray area.
Thirty-four years ago the City of Orange’s Holy Family parish and church were upgraded to Cathedral status. By Papal decree the Diocese of Orange separated from Los Angeles and came into its own.
Sitting upon a stone plinth, the 60’ long residence appears partially buried into the hillside. The longitudinal form optimizes the site’s canyon and city views to the southeast.
Tucked away on the other side of the hill, a clean, modern 10,000-square foot home contains two main floors and a basement, a grand lawn, infinity pool, and spectacular view of the Los Angeles basin below.
CO Architects continues its restoration, renovation, and modernization of the venerable Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) with an innovative expansion and re-imagination of the institution’s North Campus, which dates back to the 1920s.
Bicoastal, cutting-edge architecture firm Pugh + Scarpa has just completed a new 12 unit Mixed-Use, LEED “Platinum” (pending) building in Los Angeles.
The building is an urban infill, market-rate mixed-use housing. The main architectural feature of this project is the building’s owner-controlled operable double façade system.
Faculty, students collaborate on performance site for Herb Alpert School of Music. The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music has a new performance space in the courtyard of the Schoenberg Music Building on campus.
The sign is an image of Hollywood and an industry of entertainment. The sign is placed beautifully in the Hollywood Hills, and from the sign you have one of the best views of Los Angeles.
