![Matthew Marks Gallery / ZELLNERPLUS - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/50bd/027b/b3fc/4b60/b100/002f/medium_jpg/EK-LA_Exterior_004.jpg?1414067508)
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Architects: ZELLNERPLUS
- Area: 3000 m²
- Year: 2012
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Photographs:Joshua White Photography
![Matthew Marks Gallery / ZELLNERPLUS - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/50bd/027d/b3fc/4b60/b100/0031/medium_jpg/EK-LA_Exterior_003.jpg?1414067506)
Text description provided by the architects. This is a 3000 square foot, free standing new building for renowned New York art dealer Matthew Marks.
![Matthew Marks Gallery / ZELLNERPLUS - Image 8 of 24](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/50bd/028d/b3fc/4b60/b100/0036/newsletter/EK-LA_Install_002.jpg?1414067513)
The building was conceived as a monolithic, windowless, 70 x 40 x 32 foot white stucco box.
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/50bd/0355/b3fc/4b60/b100/0040/newsletter/detail3.jpg?1414067539)
Its unyielding massing is intended to provide a distinct transition from the highly trafficked commercial strip along Santa Monica Boulevard to the residential district to its south, an area characterized by a series of mid-century two to five story stucco apartment buildings.
![Matthew Marks Gallery / ZELLNERPLUS - Facade, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/50bd/027b/b3fc/4b60/b100/0030/medium_jpg/EK-LA_Exterior_006.jpg?1414067503)
It features a facade embellished with an Ellsworth Kelly sculpture and a 12x4x4 foot opening.
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