Hollywood, CA
Program: A 110,000-square-foot, 20-story residential tower with 67 live-work lofts and a fitness center on the mezzanine. Floors two through sixteen have four units each, floors seventeen through nineteen have two, and the twentieth floor features a single penthouse unit. New construction at the base of the tower creates space for three restaurants.
Design concept and solution: In transforming a 1960s office tower—the tallest high-rise in Hollywood—into lofts, the architects wanted to show off the building's steel structure by contrasting it with clean new finishes. Leaving the stairs and elevator core intact, they gutted the interior and reskinned the exterior in a transparent glass curtainwall. The new facade hovers just beyond the steel beams, forming a clear glass box that reveals the tower's internal structure. On the north and south walls, ten-story billboards pop out from the exterior, adding square footage (and privacy) to the bedrooms behind them, and creating balconies for those just above. On the interior, Kanner fireproofed the steel structure and painted it gray. White gypsum board walls and dropped soffits play up the contrast between the dark steel and the light dwelling space: the rooms appear to float against a recessed backdrop.
Architect:
Kanner Architects
1558 10th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Tel: 310-451-5400
Fax: 310-451-5440
Location: Hollywood, CA
Completion Date: March 2010
PeopleOwner: CIM Group Architect: Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: (Registered Architects include: Stephen Kanner, Melanie Kao, Carol Templeton, Allan Dietel, John Mebasser) Interior designer: Engineer(s): Civil: KPFF Consulting Engineers MEP: DesignBuild Consultant(s) Lighting: Acoustical: Other: General contractor: West Builders Photographer(s): |
ProductsStructural system Exterior cladding Metal/glass curtainwall: Doors Sliding doors: Firecontrol doors, security grilles: Hardware Hinges:Ives Exit devices: Monarch Pulls: Schlage Neptune & Elan Interior finishes Paints and stains: Paneling: Plastic laminate: Special surfacing: Floor and wall tile: Resilient flooring: Armstrong Carpet: Mohawk Durkan “Merit” Lobby Lighting Conveyance Plumbing Add any additional building components or special equipment that made a significant contribution to this project: Acousticork wood flooring underlayment (Units) Mondo Ramflex fitness room flooring Terrazzo by Corradini per custom mix (Lobby and entry steps) Walls – Exterior Metecno API prefinished insulated corrugated metal panels (Retail building East wall) Walls – Interior Veritas resin panel (Mailbox wall accent) Forms & Surfaces Savannah ribbed stainless steel panels (Elevator cabs) Door Mechanical Furnishing Window Washing Roof Titan standing seam cool roof (Retail parapet) Columns Removed column finishes from existing concrete columns (Lobby thru 2nd flr) and applied light sandblast for exposed concrete finish PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATIONS / GREEN ASPECTS:
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