https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1393 en-us jim@jamesgauer.com (James Gauer) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15669 Wed, 25 May 2022 00:07:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15669-belzberg-architects-xoma-hotel-sails-into-mexico-city Shaded by dramatic cantilevered roofs, a house in Phoenix fuses its interior with the surrounding terrain.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14425 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14425-camelback-residence-by-belzberg-architects An entrance pathway is defined by freestanding concrete partitions. Photo © Bruce Damonte Sliding window walls open out to the front garden. Photo © Bruce Damonte Concrete walls provide thermal mass. Photo © Bruce Damonte 2001-house-of-the-month-04.jpg Image courtesy Belzberg Architects In Los Angeles, Hagy Belzberg's home for the USC Shoah Foundation supports personal, scholarly, and public reflection.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13918 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13918-usc-shoah-foundation Elevator doors open directly into the entry hall, with its subdued lighting, digital kiosks, and interactive back wall. Photo © Bruce Damonte Beside this dimly lit space is a bright daylit one—with a suspended “word sculpture” by artist Nicola Anthony—where visitors can access survivors’ stories on video. Photo © Bruce Damonte Textured acoustic material overhead and carpeting underfoot help define work “neighborhoods." Photo © Bruce Damonte Daylight and views balance the emotionally challenging work. Warm oak floors, living room furniture, and textiles from countries represented by USCSF lend the place a homey feel. Photo © Bruce Damonte Daylight and views balance the emotionally challenging work. Warm oak floors, living room furniture, and textiles from countries represented by USCSF lend the place a homey feel. Photo © Bruce Damonte Image courtesy Belzberg Architects A historic medical institution celebrates its centennial with new exhibition and event spaces that wrap sinuously around a camphor tree.

]]> 1506-city-of-hope-kaplan-research-pavilion-belzberg-architects.asp Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7478-city-of-hope-kaplan-research-pavilion City of Hope, Kaplan Research Pavilion The planting of this aromatic camphor tree, estimated to be 100 years old, probably coincides with the institution’s founding. The paired pavilions flanking it have almost topographic facades, as if they, too, are landscape elements. For the City of Hope’s centennial, backlit acrylic plaques on the buildings’ concrete skin cite milestones from its first 10 years.   Photo © Bruce Damonte City of Hope, Kaplan Research Pavilion The facades’ concrete skin, or rainscreen, morphs into seating, and the bench that rings the tree barely touches the ground, protecting the roots.   Photo © Bruce Damonte City of Hope, Kaplan Research Pavilion The rear of the assembly building, sheathed in concrete and weathering steel, opens to a patio and lawn, where a deep overhang shades outdoor audience members or cocktail reception guests. AHBE Landscape Architects surrounded the buildings with native grasses and permeable paving.   Photo © Bruce Damonte City of Hope, Kaplan Research Pavilion The rear of the assembly building, sheathed in concrete and weathering steel, opens to a patio and lawn, where a deep overhang shades outdoor audience members or cocktail reception guests. AHBE Landscape Architects surrounded the buildings with native grasses and permeable paving.   Photo © Bruce Damonte City of Hope, Kaplan Research Pavilion Glazed vestibules link each building’s key programmatic elements: the assembly room and catering kitchen in one; and an exhibition space with its administrative offices in the other.   Photo © Bruce Damonte City of Hope, Kaplan Research Pavilion The flexible assembly room allows for multiple configurations. Sliding glass panels open it to the outdoors. Its ceiling, a stretched membrane with a custom-printed pattern, has an optical effect that recalls the buildings’ sculptural exterior skins.   Photo © Bruce Damonte City of Hope, Kaplan Research Pavilion Image courtesy Belzberg Architects museum-of-the-holocaust.asp Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7865-los-angeles-museum-of-the-holocaust An angled green roof with paths connects the new building to existing circulation through Pan Pacific Park and helps negotiate the transition from a shopping center on one side of the site to the resi Los Angeles Museum of the HolocaustBelzberg ArchitectsLos Angeles, CaliforniaAn angled green roof with paths connects the new building to existing circulation through Pan Pacific Park and helps negotiate the transition from a shopping center on one side of the site to the residential neighborhood on the other sides. The dark metal pillars of an existing Holocaust monument stand at one end of the building.Photo © Benny Chan/Fotoworks Visitors enter the museum by walking down a long concrete ramp that slowly blocks out the sights and sounds of the adjacent park. Los Angeles Museum of the HolocaustBelzberg ArchitectsLos Angeles, CaliforniaVisitors enter the museum by walking down a long concrete ramp that slowly blocks out the sights and sounds of the adjacent park.Photo © Benny Chan/Fotoworks Daylight slides into the museum from the entry ramp and along the edges of walls, creating a dramatic play of darkness and light. Los Angeles Museum of the HolocaustBelzberg ArchitectsLos Angeles, CaliforniaDaylight slides into the museum from the entry ramp and along the edges of walls, creating a dramatic play of darkness and light.Photo © Benny Chan/Fotoworks Belzberg designed the exhibitions using a 'plug-and-play' system of displays that can be easily changed over time. The architect worked with the firm Potion to create the interactive digital content f Los Angeles Museum of the HolocaustBelzberg ArchitectsLos Angeles, CaliforniaBelzberg designed the exhibitions using a 'plug-and-play' system of displays that can be easily changed over time. The architect worked with the firm Potion to create the interactive digital content for the exhibitions. Photo © Benny Chan/Fotoworks Views underneath the entry ramp and through the museum to the other side of the gallery loop help connect later chapters of the Holocaust story (such as the liberation of the concentration camps) with Los Angeles Museum of the HolocaustBelzberg ArchitectsLos Angeles, CaliforniaViews underneath the entry ramp and through the museum to the other side of the gallery loop help connect later chapters of the Holocaust story (such as the liberation of the concentration camps) with the more grim parts of the narrative.Photo © Benny Chan/Fotoworks An outdoor room serves as a memorial for the 1.2 million children killed during the Holocaust. Each child is acknowledged with a hole of a different size and depth punched into GFRC tiles wrapping aro Los Angeles Museum of the HolocaustBelzberg ArchitectsLos Angeles, CaliforniaAn outdoor room serves as a memorial for the 1.2 million children killed during the Holocaust. Each child is acknowledged with a hole of a different size and depth punched into GFRC tiles wrapping around the space. The architects located the memorial near a playground in the park, so the sounds of living children would help populate the space.Photo © Benny Chan/Fotoworks The architects created the curved vertical walls of the 36,000-square-foot museum by spraying shotcrete on metal frames and then troweling it. They used poured concrete only for the floors and roof. Los Angeles Museum of the HolocaustBelzberg ArchitectsLos Angeles, CaliforniaThe architects created the curved vertical walls of the 36,000-square-foot museum by spraying shotcrete on metal frames and then troweling it. They used poured concrete only for the floors and roof. Photo © Iwan Baan Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Los Angeles Museum of the HolocaustBelzberg ArchitectsLos Angeles, CaliforniaImage courtesy Belzberg Architects Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Los Angeles Museum of the HolocaustBelzberg ArchitectsLos Angeles, CaliforniaImage courtesy Belzberg Architects The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar is an institution in a development on the outskirts of Denver in the city of Lakewood, Colorado.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12009 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12009-the-laboratory-of-art-ideas-at-belmar Photo © Joel Eden Photography Photo © Joel Eden Photography Photo © Joel Eden Photography Fourth floor plan Second floor