https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1311 en-us Founded in 1925, the Claremont Colleges occupy a connected series of leafy, low-rise campuses about 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles.

]]> claremont-university-campus-center.asp Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7389-claremont-university-campus-center LTL adapted a maintenance building at the edge of Claremont’s campus into an administrative center. A 740-foot-long cedar screen defines the building entrance and weaves inside to frame a reception area and café. LTL adapted a maintenance building at the edge of Claremont’s campus into an administrative center. A 740-foot-long cedar screen defines the building entrance and weaves inside to frame a reception area and café. While the original 42,000-square-foot maintenance building (shown here) wasn’t particularly pleasing to the eye, reusing it was a major aspect of the sustainability strategy. The cedar screen creates a new image. The cedar screen is embedded with LED lights, which are illuminated at night. Recycled plastic baffles form a cloud ceiling throughout the building. Skylights provide natural illumination until the evening, when dimmable fluorescent lights gradually get brighter. Artist Jason Krugman designed a “digital garden” made of over 6,000 motion-detecting LED modules that shift from blue to green and surround the central core. Image courtesy Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects Image courtesy Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects The ubiquitous “Keep Austin Weird” movement seems more defined by what it’s against — big-box stores, Mediterranean-style buildings, Hummers — than what it’s for.

]]> arthouse.asp Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7375-arthouse-at-the-jones-center The front facade engages the street with its open lobby, anamorphic sign, and large second-floor window that doubles as a projection screen. Laminated blocks of glass are lodged into the masonry of the south and east walls. The glass transmits some light but not the sun’s heat. Traces of the building’s past life — frescoes and ceiling trusses — were kept in the single-volume second-floor gallery, and a 16,000-pound movable wall was added to create a white-box exhibition space if needed. Behind the central stair, a more traditional gallery space was inserted, as well as a visual arts room. The lobby’s sitting area is dominated by a stacked-felt sofa and the lower portion of the central stair, which is made of precast concrete planks. The upper stair is composed of 21 L-shaped ipé treads, each 500 to 700 pounds. Photo courtesy Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects Photo courtesy Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects Image courtesy Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects NYC architects export their speculations to suburban Pennsylvania.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12433 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12433-nazareth-house Image courtesy Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Image courtesy Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Image courtesy Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Image courtesy Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Image courtesy Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis