RECORD talks with Ann Philbin, longtime director of the Hammer who is stepping down next year, and Maltzan, a featured speaker at the upcoming Los Angeles edition of Record on the Road on November 13.
The 98-unit Flor Lofts, dedicated to residents transitioning out of homelessness, fosters a sense of community and well-being though landscaping and communal outdoor spaces.
The Seattle-born architect established the Los Angeles office of Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates in 1986 before branching off in 2004 to start Pfeiffer Partners, with major projects including a renovation of L.A.'s landmark Griffith Observatory.
The Baltimore-born architect was a fixture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles beginning in the 1980s, including as director of its graduate program.
A bicoastal architecture studio finds formal inspiration in California's stringent energy codes, which are intended to make new construction and renovations increasingly sustainable.
With an upper level clad in dark-stained cedar siding and black corrugated metal, the two-story addition contrasts with the predominantly white stucco Spanish Colonial architecture of L.A.'s Silver Lake neighborhood.
