News from California...

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The latest California News was written in our temporary office “Pod” designed by Frank Gehry for The Massachusetts Institute Stata Center, now under construction.

Photo: arcspace

This year there are more high-profile projects in the design phase or under construction in and around Los Angeles than ever before. Two of the biggest are downtown Los Angeles; Frank Gehry's swooping forms of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, scheduled for completion in 2003, and a couple of blocks away, the soaring Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral, by Rafael Moneo, scheduled for completion October 2002.

Photo: arcspace

Richard Meier & Partner’s Crystal Cathedral International Center for Possibility Thinking in Garden Grove is scheduled for completion in the Fall 2002. The skin will be stainless steel panels.

Model photo courtesy Richard Meier & Partners

And more from Richard Meier and Partners; Construction on the The Painted Turtle for The Hole In The Wall Gang Foundation (Paul Newman's charity group) will begin in Spring 2003 and a 1,700 square foot addition to the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills is in the planning phase.

Michael Maltzan’s design for the new Kidspace children's museum in Pasadena broke ground in December 2001, the Pilibos School Library and Gymnasium, designed by Studio Works, is under construction, and Moore Ruble Yudell Architects design for the United States Federal Courthouse in Fresno is in the construction documentation phase.
Having completed the Diamond Ranch High School in Pomona Morphosis is in the design phase for another school in L.A.'s Exposition Park.

Photo: arcspace

Image courtesy Moore Ruble Yudell Architects

Photo courtesy Morphosis

Alvaro Siza and Frank Gehry began a collaboration on the master plan for a $100-million expansion of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design.
The school moved to the beautiful 175-acre site in Pasadena overlooking the Rose Bowl in 1977. The school’s 215,000-square-foot steel and glass building was designed by Craig Ellwood Associates, with James Tyler as project architect.

Photo: arcspace

Gehry will design a new library and Siza a technical skills building. The project is the first collaboration between the two architects and Siza's only project in the United States. Completion is scheduled for 2005.

Photo: arcspace

Hodgetts and Fung’s recently completed Student Pavilion, with an expansive roof structure, is the first new building of the Master Plan.

Photo: arcspace

While in town Siza met with Patricia Faure, of the Patricia Faure Gallery, to plan for an exhibition of his sculptures.

And Bruce Mau was in town to meet with Frank Gehry on a project for Panama.

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Frank Gehry and Bruce Mau in Santa Monica

In January Eric Owen Moss was appointed the new Director Sci Arc; my old school.
Moss will continue his Culver City based practice that includes 25 employees.
He recently won first place in a design competition for the expansion of the Queens Museum of Art and was also commissioned to submit a project for the $130 million reconstruction and expansion of the Mariinsky Theater in Moscow.

Image courtesy Eric Owen Moss Architects

MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry introduced the design and exhibition program for the new MoMA QNS, designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture, Los Angeles, in collaboration with Cooper Robertson & Partners, at a breakfast meeting at UCLA Hammer Museum in Westwood. The new facility will become the site of the exhibition program when MoMA closes its Midtown Manhattan space to start a major expansion designed by Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi.

Photo: arcspace
MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry, Michael Maltzan and Bruce Mau in the background.

Image courtesy Michael Maltzan Architecture
MoMA QNS roofscape

arcspace will have a full feature on the project before the June 29, 2002 opening.
Maltzan also designed the renovation of the UCLA Hammer Museum scheduled for construction start this year.

And some of the major competition winners were....

Santiago Calatrava’s design for a new cathedral, Christ the Light, to be built in Oakland. The cathedral will have an arched roof that opens and closes like a pair of praying hands.
The Morphosis design for the Caltrans District Headquarters Building downtown Los Angeles and Rem Koolhaas’ radical design, with it’s billowing roof, was the winner of the LACMA competition.
California State University (CSU) named Norman Foster of Foster and Partners as Design Architect for the John Spoor Broome Library on CSU's Channel Islands Campus.

Image courtesy Norman Foster of Foster and Partners

And more to come.....

March 25, 2002





		kk Letter		Features
		News from California... Photo: arcspace The latest California News was written in our temporary office “Pod” designed by Frank Gehry for The Massachusetts Institute Stata Center, now under construction. Photo: arcspace This year there are more high-profile projects in the design phase or under construction in and around Los Angeles than ever before. Two of the biggest are downtown Los Angeles; Frank Gehry's swooping forms of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, scheduled for completion in 2003, and a couple of blocks away, the soaring Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral, by Rafael Moneo, scheduled for completion October 2002. Photo: arcspace Richard Meier & Partner’s Crystal Cathedral International Center for Possibility Thinking in Garden Grove is scheduled for completion in the Fall 2002. The skin will be stainless steel panels. Model photo courtesy Richard Meier & Partners And more from Richard Meier and Partners; Construction on the The Painted Turtle for The Hole In The Wall Gang Foundation (Paul Newman's charity group) will begin in Spring 2003 and a 1,700 square foot addition to the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills is in the planning phase. Michael Maltzan’s design for the new Kidspace children's museum in Pasadena broke ground in December 2001, the Pilibos School Library and Gymnasium, designed by Studio Works, is under construction, and Moore Ruble Yudell Architects design for the United States Federal Courthouse in Fresno is in the construction documentation phase. Having completed the Diamond Ranch High School in Pomona Morphosis is in the design phase for another school in L.A.'s Exposition Park. Photo: arcspace Image courtesy Moore Ruble Yudell Architects Photo courtesy Morphosis Alvaro Siza and Frank Gehry began a collaboration on the master plan for a $100-million expansion of Pasadena's Art Center College of Design. The school moved to the beautiful 175-acre site in Pasadena overlooking the Rose Bowl in 1977. The school’s 215,000-square-foot steel and glass building was designed by Craig Ellwood Associates, with James Tyler as project architect. Photo: arcspace Gehry will design a new library and Siza a technical skills building. The project is the first collaboration between the two architects and Siza's only project in the United States. Completion is scheduled for 2005. Photo: arcspace Hodgetts and Fung’s recently completed Student Pavilion, with an expansive roof structure, is the first new building of the Master Plan. Photo: arcspace While in town Siza met with Patricia Faure, of the Patricia Faure Gallery, to plan for an exhibition of his sculptures. And Bruce Mau was in town to meet with Frank Gehry on a project for Panama. Photo: arcspace Frank Gehry and Bruce Mau in Santa Monica In January Eric Owen Moss was appointed the new Director Sci Arc; my old school. Moss will continue his Culver City based practice that includes 25 employees. He recently won first place in a design competition for the expansion of the Queens Museum of Art and was also commissioned to submit a project for the $130 million reconstruction and expansion of the Mariinsky Theater in Moscow. Image courtesy Eric Owen Moss Architects MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry introduced the design and exhibition program for the new MoMA QNS, designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture, Los Angeles, in collaboration with Cooper Robertson & Partners, at a breakfast meeting at UCLA Hammer Museum in Westwood. The new facility will become the site of the exhibition program when MoMA closes its Midtown Manhattan space to start a major expansion designed by Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi. Photo: arcspace MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry, Michael Maltzan and Bruce Mau in the background. Image courtesy Michael Maltzan Architecture MoMA QNS roofscape arcspace will have a full feature on the project before the June 29, 2002 opening. Maltzan also designed the renovation of the UCLA Hammer Museum scheduled for construction start this year. And some of the major competition winners were.... Santiago Calatrava’s design for a new cathedral, Christ the Light, to be built in Oakland. The cathedral will have an arched roof that opens and closes like a pair of praying hands. The Morphosis design for the Caltrans District Headquarters Building downtown Los Angeles and Rem Koolhaas’ radical design, with it’s billowing roof, was the winner of the LACMA competition. California State University (CSU) named Norman Foster of Foster and Partners as Design Architect for the John Spoor Broome Library on CSU's Channel Islands Campus. Image courtesy Norman Foster of Foster and Partners And more to come..... March 25, 2002