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The Standard Downtown LA City / Los Angeles, CA Program / 203 guest rooms, 139,000sf, and 12,700sf parking, adaptive reuse Client / Andre Balazs, Hotels AB Completed / 2012 Awards / 2005 AIA Los Angeles Merit Award 2003 AIA California Council Merit Award 2003 Los Angeles Business Council Architecture Award 2003 Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award 2003 Westside Urban Forum Prize The Standard Hotel used state preservation tax credits to convert the original Superior Oil Co. Headquarters. Existing features—the exterior, front doors, and lobby—anchor the design. To accommodate guest traffic the renovation moved the primary entry to the rear, adding an outdoor lounge and dining area. On the upper floors, deep
office floorplates necessitated extensive reworking and special configuration of the guest rooms. Rooftop, a poolside bar has popularized the concept of the stylish budget hotel and contributed to the revitalization of downtown Los Angeles.
Hollywood Hills Hotel City / Hollywood, CA Program / 84 rooms, 41,000sf, public spaces renovation Client / Adler Productions Completed / 2011 Awards / 2011 Best Western Design Champion 2012 Westside Urban Forum, Retail Design Award This hotel remodel is not for purists but presents a strategy for celebrating and intensifying the vitality of messy urbanism on a budget. In this case, that means accepting a gritty location, two imperfect, mismatched buildings and a glamorized context. The design approach dissolves the line between graphics and architecture to cost effectively create an identity for its location below the “Hollywood� sign and next to the freeway. Work included a number of strategic components from maintenance and paving, to a Klieg light mural and coordinated awnings that
provide shade and also conceal window AC units. Exterior painting includes a striped beach towel inspired pattern for the renewed pool court. Interior work comprises new offices with lobby and reception spaces featuring the owner’s Hollywood photo memorabilia. A new canopy along with reconfigured parking, landscaping, lighting and signage reorients the main entry away from a busy thoroughfare to a tree lined parking court and guest drop off area.
Avalon Hotel City / Beverly Hills, CA Program / 60,000 sq. ft. in 3 buildings Client / Honeymoon Real Estate Completed / 2000 Awards / 2000 Westside Urban Forum Prize This hotel comprised three sites with three buildings that required a coherent identity. All had compromised accessibility, maintenance, and aesthetic issues. When work began in the late 1990s the buildings were long-neglected and the now-popular mid-century modern style had not yet attracted public affection. Nevertheless a very limited budget helped make the case that the strong compositional bones (notably of the curved corner building) were worth reinstating as a jumping off point for design.
Mondrian Hotel City / West Hollywood, CA Program / 16,000 sq. ft. of public space Client / Ian Shrager Hotels Completed / 1996 Awards / 2000 Westside Urban Forum Prize The Mondrian Hotel remodel was a team effort with French designer Philippe Starck for Ian Schrager Hotels of New York. As the executive architect for the remodel of the 16,000 sq. ft. public spaces: our work included lobby, lounge, restaurant, gym, terrace, new pool, and outdoor bar. The compressed twelve-month schedule began with extensive review of existing building conditions and original documentation to trouble shoot structural, mechanical, and electrical requirements of the new design. After a design, documentation and approval period of six months, construction of the $2.8 million remodel was completed in six months to meet the original scheduled opening date.
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Hancock Lofts City / West Hollywood, CA Program / 31 condominiums, 7 affordable studios, 11,600sf of retail space, 156 public parking spaces and 61 residential parking spaces Client / CIM Group Completed / 2009 Awards / 2011 AIA National Housing Award 2010 Residential Architect Merit Award 2010 AIA California Council Merit Award 2010 Woodworks Award 2009 International Design Award 2005 Westside Prize Honor Award A developer/architect team was selected by the City of West Hollywood to develop a city owned site, address a shortage of parking, and flush out a program for housing and retail space through a community process. The design’s non-conventional approach leverages the irregular, sloping lot to reinforce street life as well as create an unexpected roof top open space.
Century Building City: Pittsburgh, PA Program: 61 units at 62,000sf and 6,000sf commercial Client: TREK Development Completed: 2010, LEED Gold Awards: 2012 Urban Land Institute Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence 2012 Builder’s Choice Design and Planning Awards, Merit Award 2010 AIA California Council Merit Award 2010 AIA California Council Honor Award 2010 Pennsylvania Commonwealth Award Conceived of as part of the downtown Pittsburgh Cultural District revitalization program, the adaptive-reuse of the under-utilized Century Building (built in 1907 as offices) and creation of a bike center offer needed prototypes for downtown development. Utilizing historic tax credits, the Century Building is the result of a development
collaboration of 33 corporations, foundations, and individuals and is the first truly mixed-income housing project (40ďż˝ affordable) in downtown Pittsburgh. A ground-level restaurant remains and two floors were renovated for office use by the owner (TREK Development) and other tenants. Unit types and rent-rates are mixed throughout. A geothermal field is located in a vacant easement north of the building that also serves as the site for a bike center. Built from recycled shipping containers, the center provides residents and the public secure, yearround bicycle storage and features a wall graphic that animates the street.
AKA Beverly Hills City: Beverly Hills, CA Program: 88 units, 400,000 sq. ft. Client: AKA/Preferred Hotel Group Completed: in-progress This newly acquired Beverly Hills property will be transformed into an exclusive, contemporary residential oasis in Summer 2012. AKA Beverly Hills will offer 88 spacious one and two bedroom furnished luxury residences, private access bi-level townhomes and stunning Penthouse suites designed for extended stays. The upgraded residential entrance will invite pedestrians and cars onto a shared granite arrival court area. Residences will feature fully-equipped gourmet kitchens, custom furnishings, private balconies and outstanding amenities including a residentsonly garden courtyard with new foliage, seating areas and a trellis for residents to enjoy year round. This premier location is within the well-known Golden Triangle providing walking access to the
world-famous Rodeo Drive, Via Rodeo, and Robertson Boulevard for shopping. Also nearby is a wonderful selection of dining options in Beverly Hills’ business and entertainment areas.
Koning Eizenberg is a collaborative architecture and urban design practice led by Principals Hank Koning, Julie Eizenberg, Brian Lane, and Nathan Bishop. Drawing on the pragmatic and strategic to restructure conventions the firm finds opportunity hiding in plain sight. To its credit, Koning Eizenberg counts more than one hundred design awards, successful national design competitions and worldwide publication including several monographs. In 2009 Koning Eizenberg was selected as AIA California firm of the year and in 2012 the founding principals were awarded the AIA Los Angeles Gold Medal in recognition of their lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture. KoningEizenbergArchitecture
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