Featured Projects

clark library

1926; by Robert Farquhar

rose garden tea room

1911; by Myron Hunt

cannon plaza

1930; by Myron Hunt

the linde center

1932; by Mayers, Murray & Phillip

the trust building

1929, by John & Donald Parkinson

EDUCATION & VISITOR CENTER

2015 - Architectural Resources Group

ROSE GARDEN TEA ROOM

Surrounded on all sides by lush gardens, three distinct rooms were created- one for each garden that surrounds the 1909 structure- The Tea Room to the north of the Rose Garden, the Herb room to the east of the Herb Garden and the Shakespeare outdoor pavilion situated within the Shakespeare Garden.

Improvements included bringing the building to 21st-century standards, overhauling the commercial kitchen, constructing a brand new patio (called the Shakespeare Pavilion) and indoor dining area (called the Herb Room), creating a lobby area, and repositioning the building’s entrance.

Rose Garden Tea Room

Huntington Library

san marino, ca

Renovation and expansion to Henry Huntington's 1911 private Billiard and Bowling Alley. Serving English Tea Service in the covered outdoor Shakespeare Pavilion, The Tea Room and the Herb Room.

Lobby Conservatory

Completed: April 2023

Project Cost: $11.2 Million

Contractor: MATT Construction

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REHAB

THE OVERLAND BAR

REDLANDS, ca

Completed: April 14, 2023

Owner: Property One

Contractor: Neffcon

Tenant: Bryan Bruce

Cannon Plaza

Occidental College

los angeles, ca

Conversion of the Taylor Pool into a multi-functional outdoor event space for the College. Fun features include covered pavilion with motorized projection screen and retractable slide-on-wire canopies with festoon lights for evening and daytime activities.

Renderings

Entry

Taylor Pool - Before

Cannon Plaza

Completed: December 2022

Project Cost: $3.5 million

Contractor: Tovey Shultz Construction

THE BARKER BUILDING

722 S. BROADWAY

LOS ANGELES, ca

The 1909 Barker Brothers Building is among the oldest buildings in the Historic Broadway Theater District to be revived and restored.

• Reconstruction of Retail Storefront and Cornice
  
• Seismic retrofit
• Fire/Life/safety upgrades
  

Under Construction

Owner: Satila Studios

Contractor: Baypost Construction

Restoration Contractor: Kaptive Construction & Preservation

Structural Engineer: Charles Tan & Associates

Renovated Main Lobby

Hunter Kerhart photography

Polychromatic tile on entry vestibule

THE TRUST BUILDING

433 SOUTH SPRING STREET

los angeles, ca

Seismic Strengthening, Accessibility Upgrades and Façade Improvements to this historic "Queen of Spring" located in the historic Spring Street district of Downtown Los Angeles. Core & Shell of existing 13-story, 338,000 sq ft. for creative office and retail spaces.

Completed: Spring 2020

Core & Shell Phase

Contractor: Morley Construction

LEED Gold (2020)

2021 USGC - LA Sustainable Innovation Award

Drawing room

New Entry Pavilion adjacent to Library

Completed: January 2018

Construction Cost: $7.8 million

Contractor: Walsh Construction

LEED Silver (2018)

2019 AIA-LA Award for Rehabilitation

CLARK LIBRARY

Seismic Upgrade and Book Storage Expansion to 1926 Historic Clark Library owned by UCLA and houses rare books and manuscripts such as Shakespeare folios and extensive Oscar Wilde collection.

The project entailed seismic and accessibility upgrades, the expansion and modernization of storage, office, and classroom facilities, and the restoration of decorative features.

The scope included a new pavilion that was carefully designed to be compatible with, yet subservient to the 1926 library.-

Seismic strengthening involved center core-drilling of brick to maintain the interior and exterior walls intact.

• 16,920 sq ft. renovation
  
• 430 sq ft new pavilion
  

Stephen Schafer photography

Aerial view of EVC complex

EDUCATION & VISITOR CENTER

Huntington Library

san marino, ca

New entrance complex to world-class Huntington Library. The project consists of six and a half acres of gardens as well as 52,000 sq. ft. of new facilities for lectures, conferences, classes, meetings, and visitor amenities, and 42,000 sq. ft. of underground space for collections and institutional storage.

Completed: April 2015

Project Cost: $68 Million

Contractor: MATT Construction

Savings by Design (2015)

2016 Palladio Award, Traditional Building

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EDUCATION VISITOR CENTER

Sustainability measures include:

• Meets the performance objectives of Southern California Edison's Savings By Design program, using 18% less energy than the current code allows.
• Loggias serve as circulation spaces, minimizing the amount of air-conditioned interior space.
• Windows are shaded by loggias, trellises, and deep wall recesses, reducing the heat load.
• Skylights and windows use energy-efficient glass.
• Air handlers and air distribution systems are energy efficient.
• Day lighting is available throughout the interiors.
• Lighting and light control systems are energy efficient.
• Chilled water is created on site, providing enhanced energy efficiency.
• Plumbing systems are water efficient.
• Water runoff is collected in a system of underground perforated pipes that enables runoff to percolate into the ground.
• Plants in the gardens are low water use.
• Light-colored paving reduces heat absorption in the hardscape areas.

Solar Telescope for sun harvesting

Completed: January 2012

Project Cost: $25 million

Contractor: Del Amo Construction

LEED Platinum (2012)

Los Angeles Conservancy Award for Preservation

THE LINDE CENTER

Adaptive Reuse of the historic Astrophysics Building into the Center for Global Environmental Studies. The 1932 structure designed by Mayers, Murray & Phillip, (formerly Goodhue Associates - the architect responsible for many of the buildings on Caltech's predominantly Mission-style Pasadena campus), now serves as a model of energy efficiency.

Modernization and seismic upgrade of 40,000 sq ft, 2 floors above with 3-sub basements. Linde Center is the first laboratory in the U.S. to receive LEED Platinum certification in an historic building.