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Architects: Charles Rose Architects
- Area: 24000 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Sika, Duratherm Windows , Price Beams, Solar Wall, Zahner
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Professionals: GroundView, LLC, Richmond So Engineers, Nitsch Engineering
John Olver Transit Center / Charles Rose Architects
West Coast Modernism: LA's New Class of Single Family Homes
Los Angeles is a city of dreams. Known across the United States and the world, L.A. embodies both freedom and experimentation, defined as much by its freeways as its diversity. It is also a city of houses. Single-family homes cover almost half of Los Angeles, and as the city continues to evolve, architects have explored new ideas on modernity and daily life through the single-family typology.
Around 10 million people live in L.A. County, and Los Angeles itself has become one of the world's most ethnically diverse cities. The built environment reflects the nature of its residents, home to some of the most iconic residential and cultural architecture in the world. Los Angeles has its own dose of Lautner, Schindler, Wright, and Neutra. It's a city that has long embodied multiplicity and progressive forms, from the Eames House and Gehry's Residence to the iconic Stahl House. Through the lens of photographer Julius Shulman, many homes came to represent not only new residential styles but also the postwar culture of Southern California.
Caltech Chen Neuroscience Research Building / SmithGroup
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Architects: SmithGroup
- Area: 150000 ft²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Terrazzo & Marble
Flexform's Versatile Furniture Enhances Projects Worldwide
Architectural design of a space and the furniture chosen to fill it can work together to define a room's function, set a certain vibe, and make a statement. While an architect or designer may want specific furniture to create a certain look at the time of design completion, versatility is also important over the course of a building's life. Not only do the needs of building programs and inhabitants shift over time, but owners of commercial and public spaces often want the ability to react to both aesthetic and social trends to keep up-to-date.
What is ETFE and Why Has it Become Architecture's Favorite Polymer?
Until recently, the architecture world largely viewed plastic polymers as inferior building materials, handy for wipe-clean kitchen surfaces, but not practical in full-scale building applications. But with technological innovations driving material capabilities forward, polymers are now being taken seriously as a legitimate part of the architect’s pallet. One of the most widely-used of these materials is a fluorine-based plastic known as ETFE (Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene). Brought into the public consciousness thanks to its use on the facade of PTW Architects' Water Cube for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, architects are now realizing the film’s capabilities to express a new aesthetic and replace costlier transparent and translucent materials. Its most recent and spectacular public appearance was on the 120-foot telescopic shell of The Shed, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group in New York City.
Renovation of Beverly Center / Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
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Architects: Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
- Area: 220000 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: 3M, Pilkington, Sto, Assa Abloy, DuPont, +22
Brucato House / Martin Fenlon Architecture
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Architects: Martin Fenlon Architecture
- Area: 2200 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Boise Cascade, Hardy Frame, Kohler, Oldcastle APG, Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, +1
Scarpa + Brooks Explore How Architecture Can Shape Memory
Why do we remember buildings, locations, and experiences? Even a place visited in our childhood can conjure emotions that make an impact on us through the memories they create. Angela Brooks and Larry Scarpa explain that the work of Brooks + Scarpa Architects aspires to make a lasting impression out of even a brief encounter. “We try to leave something behind,” says Scarpa, “something ingrained in people’s memory that sticks with them.”
The Annex / Martin Fenlon Architecture
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Architects: Martin Fenlon Architecture
- Area: 620 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Western Window Systems, VELUX Group, Coulson, Hardy, Lithonia Lighting, +2
The Rainbow Bridge / SPF: architects
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Architects: SPF: architects
- Area: 10800 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Carl Stahl, B-K Lighting, Drinking Fountain, Flouronar, Lumenpulse, +3
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Professionals: Hood Design Studio, Arup
Morgan Phoa Library and Residence / Zoltan E. Pali + SPF: architects
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Architects: SPF: architects, Zoltan E. Pali
- Area: 3300 ft²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Alkco, Arktura, Tiella, USAI, Zumtobel
Yin-Yang House / Brooks + Scarpa Architects
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Architects: Brooks + Scarpa Architects
- Area: 4700 ft²
- Year: 2011
Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center / HOK
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Architects: HOK
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Terrazzo & Marble, Hahn Lamellenfenster, Hess Lighting, Insight, Tecno Spa, +1
2802 Pico Housing / Moore Ruble Yudell
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Architects: Moore Ruble Yudell
- Area: 42263 ft²
- Year: 2014
Pico Place / Brooks + Scarpa Architects
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Architects: Brooks + Scarpa Architects
- Area: 38250 ft²
- Year: 2013
Green Dot Animo Leadership High School / Brooks + Scarpa Architects
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Architects: Brooks + Scarpa Architects
- Area: 53500 ft²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Lutron, Del Rey, Nationwide Industries, SONOS, Timely Industries
Muenster University Center / Charles Rose Architects Inc.
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Architects: Charles Rose Architects Inc.
- Year: 2009