700 N Alameda St
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 897-3995
700 N Alameda St
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 897-3995
The James Oviatt Building, commonly referred to as The Oviatt Building, is an Art Deco highrise in Downtown Los Angeles located at 617 S. Olive Street, half a block south of 6th St. and Pershing Square. In 1983, the Oviatt Building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is also designated as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.The building is named after James Zera Oviatt (born in Farmington, Utah in 1888) who, in 1909, came from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles to work as a window dresser at C.C. Desmond's Department Store. In 1912, Mr. Oviatt and a colleague, hat salesman Frank Baird Alexander, launched their partnership in men’s clothing as the Alexander & Oviatt haberdashery, at 209 West Fourth Street in downtown Los Angeles. Their 'silent partner' was Frank Shaver Allen, a prominent (and wealthy) architect whose career had been destroyed by a sex scandal several years earlier.During annual summer buying trips to Europe, James Oviatt found stylish clothing to bring back to his prospering Los Angeles store. With the emergence of French Art Deco in the 1920s, Mr. Oviatt found the architectural style that would embody the interior design of his 1928 James Oviatt Building and its penthouse.The Oviatt Building was designed by the Los Angeles architectural firm of Walker & Eisen. Excavation for the Oviatt Building's construction was begun in August 1927; the building was completed in May 1928. Its furnishings included a 12-ton illuminated glass cornice and glass arcade ceiling by architect Ferdinand Chanut and glassmaker Gaëtan Jeannin. René Lalique designed and created the molded glass elevator door panels, front and side doors, chandeliers, and a large panel clock. Many tons of 'Napoleon' marble and a massive, three-faced tower clock with chimes (manufactured by the pioneering electric clockmaker, Ateliers Brillié Frères ) were imported from France.
Synthesis Design + Architecture is a forward thinking and multi-award winning design firm based in Los Angeles, California with architectural licenses in California, Arizona, and Colorado and experience with international projects (Thailand, China, Italy, and the UK). We specialize in producing innovative design work that not only challenges convention through technological, material and computational innovation, but also work that purposefully enlivens the public imagination and makes a case for the role of innovated architecture in our contemporary creative design culture. Our office engages the discipline of architecture through the dual lenses of design and research at the intersection of technology, performance and craft - a territory that we explore through the design of architectural projects of all scales that experiment with computational design processes as a means of investigating the synthetic relationships between form, structure and skin. This creative practice works to expand the historical arc of architectural discourse through the production of original design that connects essential relationships between architecture and technology to the present and the future. By fusing the essential with the experimental the ambition is to exceed the norms of contemporary practice – both in terms of the work’s spatial qualities as well as the work’s value as design research. It is through the integration of experimental research interests with design practice opportunities that our architecture is materialized as both intellectual inquiry and cultural artifact.
NEW THEME, INC. NEW THEME is a Los Angeles based certified green design-build firm known for creating bold, fresh, and provocative designs for small to large scale residential, commercial, and restaurant projects, including modern homes and historic restorations, as well as public and community-based urban projects. Since launching in 2002, the firm has attracted a diverse clientele who value NEW THEME's cohesive approach to design-build architecture. Our recent projects include an urban escape for photographer Jill Greenberg in Hollywood Hills that was featured in the American Institue of Architects (AIA) Los Angeles Fall Home Tour 2011; the NEW THEME GALLERY, a Bauhaus inspired concept store on Melrose Avenue opening in October 3rd; and the design and construction of a new Spanish restaurant for the Knitting Factory located in the NoHo Arts District just opened. Both of these projects are featured in the Los Angeles Times. NEW THEME was also a finalist in the prestigious Restaurant Design Awards held by AIA Los Angeles for their design of Monsieur Marcel's Cafe on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. What makes NEW THEME unique? We deliver: •A full scope of work from strategy to design, to build, live and evolve •Simultaneous consideration of visual, spatial and budgetary needs •Innovative solutions to building and zoning codes •Maximum use of existing materials, energy savings and water efficiency The Founder and Principal of NEW THEME, Beth Holden, is an active leader in her profession and a pioneer in the green building movement. She is a member of The American Institute of Architects, The United States Green Building Council and Build It Green. Beth studied and worked in Los Angeles, New York and Paris. She holds two degrees: Bachelor of Architecture from SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture) and a Master of Architecture from UCLA (University of California Los Angeles). Beth is a Certified Green Builder and holds a California State Contractor’s License # 869869.
RoTo Architects was founded in January 1992. It was an outgrowth of another practice, Morphosis, that I had started with a close friend, in 1975, and continued working with until the end of 1991. The body of worked produced during that period is well published. We started a practice and with some other friends, started a school, SCI-ARC. This partnership was very productive in many ways, teaching, researching, designing, and building. The new practice’s mission has been continuity from past to present, while integrating a teacher-practitioner’s expanding field of trans-disciplinary interests, within and beyond architecture. In particular, our investigations are informed by the dynamic relationships of conservation and change, socio-cultural evolution of the city, the simultaneity of process, order, and unity, and the symbiotic coupling of society, environment, and economy. The broadest question framing these investigations and directing the design research is, “what is the architectural equivalent of this?”
LOC is the Los Angeles architecture practice of Ali Jeevanjee and Poonam Sharma, whose award-winning design has been widely published and recognized for its implementation of sustainable design principles.
Ziese Architecture, Inc. is an innovative architectural design firm that specializes in commercial, residential and institutional design services. Ziese Architecture is well-versed in alternative sustainable design techniques such as rammed-earth, adobe, straw bale, rain and gray water harvesting systems, adaptive reuse and various other environmentally-sensitive building methods. Call for appointment.
Shimoda Design Group is an Architecture and Design studio in the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles.
One California Plaza – wieżowiec w centrum Los Angeles (Kalifornia). Wchodzi on w skład kompleksu California Plaza (pozostałe części to wieżowiec Two California Plaza i Hotel Omni). Budynek wzniesiono w latach 1983-1985 i pełni on funkcję biurowca. Wieżowiec posiada 42 piętra i wznosi się na wysokość 176,2 m.Zobacz też lista najwyższych budynków w Los Angeles lista najwyższych budynków w Stanach ZjednoczonychLinki zewnętrzne Strona o wieżowcu na skyscraperpage.com
Sparano + Mooney Architecture is a full-service design firm, with offices located in Los Angeles, California and Salt Lake City, Utah, offering comprehensive architectural and planning services to civic, municipal, institutional, and private clients. The firm celebrated a decade of design leadership in 2007 and continues to cultivate a culture of excellence in design and client service as core values. The firm draws inspiration from the rich and timeless modern traditions in architecture, and creates warm and inviting environments that respond to contemporary conditions. Exceptional architectural solutions are consistently developed through a balance of aesthetic and technical innovation delivered through an effective project management process. SMA's award-winning work has been widely recognized, and has been featured in exhibitions and publications around the world. Recent publications include A+U (Tokyo), Bawvelt (Berlin), World Architecture (London), Hinge (Hong Kong) and L’Arca (Milan). The practice uses a research-based conceptual design approach, developing architecture that reflects an area of study unique to each client’s vision while carefully considering the site, program, cultural and community contexts. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited team is committed to providing energy efficient and environmentally responsible green design solutions.
Los Angeles Union Station is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, replacing La Grande Station and Central Station. Approved in a controversial ballot measure in 1926 and built in the 1930s, it served to consolidate rail services from a number of railroads into one terminal station. Conceived on a grand scale, Union Station became known as the \"Last of the Great Railway Stations\" built in the United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Today, the station is a major transportation hub for Southern California, serving almost 110,000 passengers a day. Three of Amtrak's long distance trains originate and terminate here: the Coast Starlight to Seattle, the Southwest Chief to Chicago, and the Sunset Limited to New Orleans. The state-supported Amtrak California Pacific Surfliner regional trains run frequently to San Diego and also to Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo.
Purpose: 1) To restore landscape to its natural beauty while living within our water resources. 2) To prepare the next generation with the technical and business skills necessary to lead the transition to a sustainable economy.
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