LEARNING
“…the inner life needs more than books. It also craves what psychologists call implicit learning: the attainment of insight that occurs when we are not consciously focused on an object of study.” - Herbert Muschamp
Firm Qualifications Koning Eizenberg was established in 1981 by Hank Koning FAIA, FRAIA,LEED, AP and Julie Eizenberg, AIA, with Brian Lane AIA, LEED, AP assuming a managing principal role in 2003. The roots of this influential practice are in affordable housing and community oriented projects. The discipline of tight budgets and hands on pragmatism established the character of the firm. Projects vary in scale from small additions to medium scale projects ($60-$70m and growing), and includes master planning, program development and work across a gamut of building types. This firm appeals to clients and institutions interested in optimizing and rethinking opportunities through a collaborative working-style rather than accepting the status quo. Today, Koning Eizenberg is well known, with over seventy design awards, extensive publication and individual recognition of the principals. The principals leverage this credibility to influence policy, as well as to craft buildings that, by example, raise expectations for design in the public realm. We favor sustainable design strategies that highlight outside spaces and frame activities, people, and the landscape. In all projects we look for opportunities that informally encourage social interaction and support community—as is the case for our Children’s Institute International and Hancock Lofts housing project which transitions gracefully from boulevard to hillside neighborhood. As you will see from these projects, we gravitate to communities where there is opportunity to work with, or create, informal urban space. Working together we can craft buildings that highlight community, open space and sustainable values. We offer extensive programming management and technical experience, which translates into an expeditious working style anchored in strong listening and communication skills and a belief in sharing rather than controlling knowledge. We have successfully developed programs and masterplans for private sector and city clients involving housing, retail, office, recreational, and learning environments. Technical ability in the housing sector is a core strength of our office as evidenced by the innovative and award winning residential projects featured over the following pages. We have designed and/or built over 2,500 units of housing and feel well qualified to assist our clients in the delivery of highly functional environments. As longterm advocates of sustainability we continue to deliver groundbreaking LEED accredited projects like the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh (largest LEED Silver Museum in the US upon completion), Virginia Avenue Park (the first LEED Silver park to be completed in the US), and the award winning Century Building and Bike Center (expected LEED Gold in Pittsburgh). The Children’s Institute Westlake Campus in Los Angeles is projected to obtain LEED Silver certification in early 2011. We have six LEED certified architects on staff and while not all of our projects pursue LEED certification, we design with sustainability in mind.
Architecture is an opportunity to reassess simple pleasures—light, air, view, color, and natural beauty. Our building designs envision relaxed environments supportive of the user’s experience. To each project we bring: Memorable and enduring architecture that is responsive to the personality of its place and its users, and that adds a sense of ease and pride which, in turn, affects long term success.
Connected community places that create opportunities for informal social interaction and encourage pedestrian and bicycle use.
Contextual enhancement that uses the design of buildings to enhance the setting by making coherent outdoor spaces that build on campus master plan goals, respect the architectural heritage and interface well with the adjacent neighborhood.
Sensitivity to contemporary student life by acknowledging the balance of privacy, socialization (at all hours), and safety in both virtual and physical interfaces.
Attention to detail to optimize the efficiency and comfort of small, predominantly shared residential college hall spaces.
Sustainable practices that address resources and quality of life and, where appropriate, are demonstrably integrated to animate the architecture.
Cost effectiveness that optimizes the economies of local building methodology as well as new technologies to parlay limitations into cost effective amenity.
Pragmatism which has earned the firms work the moniker of, “brilliantly sensible,” and anticipates analytical attention to budget, function, durability, code, and constructability.
Timely delivery requiring pre-planning and efficient service from the design team.
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Recognition Competitions
2009 University of Melbourne Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, Finalist 2007 Lake Elsinore Civic Center Competition, Finalist 2006 Cultural District Riverfront Development, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Finalist, 2001 Chicago Public Schools, Winner North Side Campus, Winner 2000 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, invited competition, Winner
Selected Firm Awards
2009 AIA California Council Firm of the Year 2007 Forumfest V, Los Angeles Forum for Architecture & Urban Design Honoree 2006 Firm Sustainable Quality Award, City of Santa Monica 2004 Residential Architect Leadership Awards, Firm of the Year
Selected Project Awards
Hancock Mixed-Use Housing 2010 AIA/California Council Merit Award 2010 International Design Award 2010 Residential Architect Merit Award 2010 Woodworks Award 2009 International Design Merit Award 2005 Honor Award Westside Prize | Mixed Use (In-Process) Century Building and Commuter Bike Center LEED Gold expected 2010 AIA/California Council Merit Award (Building) 2010 AIA/California Council Honor Award (Bike Center) The Santa Monica Village LEED Silver expected 2008 Westside Urban Forum Award: Transit Oriented and Urban Solutions Virginia Avenue Park Expansion LEED Silver 2007 LA Buisness Council Architectural Award, Landscape Architecture 2007 Westside Prize Urban Solutions/Built, Westside Urban Forum Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh LEED Silver 2007 Rudy Bruner Gold Medal Award 2006 National Preservation Honor Award 2006 AIA National Honor Award for Architecture 2006 AIA California Council Honor Award 2006 AIA Los Angeles Honor Award 2006 AIA Pittsburgh Honor Award and Green Design Citation 2006 ID Design Distinction Award 2005 MBA Building Excellence Award for Best Project Over $5 Million 2005 American Architecture Award, The Chicago Athenaeum 2005 AISC Innovative Design and Excellence in Architecture with Steel Merit Award Harold Way Apartments 2004 Residential Architect Merit Award Affordable; 2004 LA Business Council Architectural Award; 2003 AIA/Los Angeles Design Award
Meet the Principals Julie Eizenberg, AIA Principal in Charge of Architectural Design & Master Planning Julie Eizenberg is a founding Principal of Koning Eizenberg Architecture, established in 1981. She brings design vision and leadership to the firm’s wide range of projects and is recognized for her expertise involving cities, non-profit agencies, educational institutions and private developers. Ms. Eizenberg is an astute observer and institutional iconoclast leading investigations that reshape the way we think about the conventional buildings of ever yday living. Under her and partner Hank Koning’s lead, the firm has earned more than 70 awards for their projects, including 25 AIA awards and the AIA California Council Firm of the Year Award for 2009. As a result of her design direction, the firm has won two national competitions— Chicago Public School Northside, and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, which opened in November 2004 to widespread acclaim. Ms. Eizenberg teaches and lectures around the world, is a frequent advisor to the U.S. Mayor’s Institute on City Design and has recently completed a book titled, Architecture Isn’t Just for Special Occasions.
Selected Projects
John Adams Middle School, Santa Monica, CA Wildwood School, Los Angeles, CA Children’s Institute, Inc., Los Angeles, CA Temple Israel of Holly wood, Los Angeles, CA Santa Monica Village, Santa Monica, CA Hancock Mixed-Use, West Holly wood, CA Herb Alpert Educational Village, Santa Monica, CA Virginia Avenue Park Expansion, Santa Monica, CA Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA The Avalon Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA Farmers Market Expansion, Los Angeles, CA
License
Licensed Architect, California, 1994 #25016 Registered Architect, Victoria Australia, 1979
Education
1981 / Master of Architecture II—University of California Los Angeles 1978 / Bachelor of Architecture —University of Melbourne, Australia
Selected Lectures & Teaching Experience
Fall 2010 / Visiting Professor and Lecturer: Washington University in St. Louis June 2010 / Visiting Lecturer: Hangzhou China June 2010 / Visiting Lecturer: Nanjing China March 2010 / Lecturer: Iowa State University, Department of Architecture November 2009 / Lecturer: Tulane University Fall 2008 / Distinguished Lecturer: University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Planning Fall 2008, 2003, 2002 / Lecturer: SCIARC Fall 2005, Spring 2007 / Visiting Critic: Syracuse University School of Architecture 2005 / Thomas Jefferson Visiting Professor of Architecture: University of Virginia School of Architecture 2005 / Meid Mentor Scholar-in-Residence: Mar ymount College Spring 2004, 1999 / Bishop Visiting Professor: Yale School of Architecture 2003 to present / Professional Fellow: University of Melbourne Dept of Architecture, Building & Planning Spring 2002, Fall 1994 / Harvard Graduate School of Design
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Hank Koning, FAIA, FRAIA, LEED® AP Principal in Charge of Technical, Regulatory & Administrative Issues Hank Koning is a founding Principal of Koning Eizenberg Architecture, established in Santa Monica in 1981. His vision and creative thinking have driven the firm’s approach to large-scale and urban design projects as well as the technicalities of smaller projects. He brings thorough material, sustainability, constructability, cost and code knowledge to building and site designs that evolve into sensible and practical solutions which are, at the same time, extraordinar y. Under his and partner Julie Eizenberg’s lead, the firm has earned more than 70 awards for their projects, including 25 AIA awards, and was named the 2004 Residential Architect Firm of the Year. In 1992, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects and, in 1995, became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. A member of the U.S. Green Building Council, Mr. Koning continues to lead the ef fort in integrating sustainable design ideas into quality design for healthy, environmentallyfriendly buildings. His communit y involvement and planning exper tise have been acknowledged in his appointment to the Santa Monica Planning Commission, charged with shaping the future development of the city.
Selected Projects
John Adams Middle School, Santa Monica, CA John Adams/Santa Monica College Joint-Use Green Fringe, Santa Monica, CA Santa Monica Village, 160 -unit housing, Santa Monica, CA Hancock Mixed-Use, West Holly wood, CA Century Building, Pittsburgh, PA Farmers Market Expansion, Los Angeles, CA Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Standard Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles, CA Avalon Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA Oakwood School Masterplan and Expansion, North Holly wood, CA 5 Recreational Facilities for the City of Los Angeles, CA Simone Hotel (SRO), Los Angeles, CA Mondrian Hotel, Los Angeles, CA Chateau Marmont, Holly wood, CA
License
2010 / Licensed Architect, New Mexico 1982 / Licensed Architect, California, #C13530 1979 / Registered Architect, Victoria Australia NCARB Certificate holder LEED Accredited Professional
Education
1981 / Master of Architecture II - University of California Los Angeles 1978 / Bachelor of Architecture - University of Melbourne, Australia
Selected Lectures and Teaching Experience
Spring 1999 / Bishop Visiting Professor: Yale School of Architecture Fall 1994 / Graduate School of Design, Harvard November 1994 / Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong Lecturer: Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Planning, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988 / University of California Los Angeles
Brian Lane, AIA, LEED® AP Managing Principal Brian Lane is a Principal of Koning Eizenberg Architec ture and has overseen many of the f irm’s award-winning community buildings and housing projects. His experience spans a range of project types for governmental, commercial, non-profit and private clients. Mr. Lane has led much of Koning Eizenberg’s recent affordable housing work and contributes technical knowledge and design experience in the production of multi-unit affordable and market-rate housing – family, lofts, special needs and mixed-use. His visualization and graphics skills, combined with his planning knowledge, have enabled numerous cities and agencies to evaluate planning and urban design strategies. Recently, he has contributed to the dialogue on emerging ordinances that will aid housing production in Los Angeles and is frequently called upon to share his expertise in community forums and public programs.
Selected Projects
Oakwood School, North Holly wood, CA Herb Alpert Educational Village, Santa Monica, CA Children’s Institute, Inc., Los Angeles, CA 28th Street Community Center and Af fordable Housing Trio of Gymnasiums, Pecan, Van Ness & Green Meadows, Los Angeles, CA Kings Road Mixed-Use, West Holly wood, CA Hollywood Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, CA Abbey Apartments, Los Angeles CA Waterloo Housing, Los Angeles, CA Harold Way Apartments, Los Angeles, CA Santa Monica/LaBrea Mixed-Use, West Holly wood, CA Plummer Park Community Center, West Holly wood, CA Farmers Market Expansion, Los Angeles, CA Avalon Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA
License
1989 / Licensed Architect, California #C20717
Education
1990 / Master of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania 1986 / Bachelor of Architecture, Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo National Professional Practice Roundtable member
Affiliations and Forums
2007 / MOBIUS LA Af fordable Housing Panel member 2007 / City of Los Angeles Housing Element Update Task Force, Co- Chair Sustainability Committee 2007 – present / Holly woodland Design Review Board member 2006 / LA Mayor’s Housing Innovations Roundtable Steering Committee 2006 / Dwell on Design, speaker and panel member, “Af fordability and the City” 2005 / Think Locally, Think Creatively, SCANPH panel on new housing ordinances in Southern California 2005 / City Works – Communities Under Construction, and Subdivide and Multiply, jur y and panel 2005 / City of West Holly wood Mixed-Use Ordinance Task Force 2003, 2004 / City of Los Angeles RAS zone and Townhouse Ordinance Task Force 2005-2009 / USC School of Architecture critic
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Selected Projects Koning Eizenberg Architecture is known for its imaginative, site-specific and people-oriented approach to the design of buildings and places of everyday living. Informed by a long-standing commitment to sustainable architecture and strategic innovation tweaking populist conventions, we have set new benchmarks for a range of building types from schools and museums to community places. The following pages feature projects across a range of building types and scales. We are eager to bring our skill set to the University setting and hope the following projects spark your interest.
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Century Building & Bike Center
City
Pittsburgh, PA
Program
61 units, 6,000 sq. ft. commercial space
Client
TREK Development Group
Completion
2010
Awards
2010 AIA Pittsburgh Preservation Award 2010 Pennsylvania Commonwealth Award 2010 AIACC Award
The historic 68,000 sq. ft. (12-story) Century Building in downtown Pittsburgh was built in 1907. This expected LEED gold, adaptive reuse project now houses 61 units of mixed income housing (40% affordable) offering raised platform studios to two bedroom loft units. Amenities include a rooftop patio as well as a community room and gym on the 3rd f loor. The ground level restaurant remains and floors 2 and 3 were renovated and are now used for office use. A Commuter Bicycle Center located on the North easement provides residents and the public secure bicycle storage while animating the street.
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Chicago Northside Public School
City
Chicago, IL
Program
110,000 sq. ft.
Client
Chicago Public Schools, NEA
Competition 2000, 1st Place The Chicago Public Schools held a national competition to bring creative space to public schools. The competition required the creation of a school for 800 pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade children, incorporating small school philosophy, sustainability, and Universal Design accessibility. This winning design features five clusters of classrooms which form “learning neighborhoods.� With an indoor play space and an outdoor discovery area, a strong indoor/outdoor connection fosters intramural and neighborhood social interactions and a holistic approach to learning.
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Oakwood Elementary School: Playspace City
Los Angeles, CA
Program
12,000 sq. ft. performing arts/gymnasium facility
Client
Oakwood Elementary School
Completion
2007
The Oakwood Elementary School playspace comprises a 6,650 sq. ft. gym and 2,570 sq. ft. multi-purpose space with three potential stage areas for various performance and rehearsal needs. Vertical lift doors open the multi-purpose space to the outside. While on the inside, a Skyfold door suspended from the ceiling between the building’s two principal spaces allows for acoustical and visual separation. Support spaces include offices, bathrooms, kitchenpantry, and basement level storage. The building incorporates many sustainable features, notably a geothermal water source heat pump system. Polycarbonate exterior panels maximize day lighting and sustainable finishes and ventilation ensure a healthy indoor environment.
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Children’s Institute Inc.
City
Los Angeles, CA
Program
47,000 sq. ft
Client
Children’s Institute, Inc.
Completion
2010
The adaptive reuse of three industrial buildings created the headquarters for a non-profit organization that assists children and families exposed to violence. The campus is split by an alley with the north site focusing on preschool and early childhood services and the south site anchored around a community center offering educational programs (art, technology, nutrition, and after-school) as well as counseling services. Therapy rooms are dispersed around community spaces to make visits an everyday, rather than clinical, experience. These innovative strategies deinstitutionalize the services’ traditional delivery and build trust in a neighborhood in need of both counseling and community programs. A key part of the process was re-thinking program organization to reveal opportunities for community engagement and encourage a supportive, problem-solving environment.
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Green Meadows Gymnasium
City
Los Angeles, CA
Program
10,435 sq. ft.
Client
City of Los Angeles
Completion
2006
Awards
2006 Merit Award from the Concrete Masonry Association of California and Nevada
This gymnasium, located in a well-used neighborhood park in South LA, provides a full-court gymansium with bleacher seating, bathrooms, storage, kitchen, and classroom and of fice space. The folded masonry walls dampen interior sound reverberation and also strengthen the 8-inch block wall sufficiently to avoid the addition of thickened structural piers which would otherwise be required. There are cost savings and added value elements of the unexpected form: the interior is naturally lit by a skylightpunctured shed roof and North facing clerestory windows. It is passively cooled with operable louvres and is designed for LEED certified equivalence.
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John Adams Middle School
City
Santa Monica, CA
Program
12,000 sq. ft. new, 4,000 sq. ft. renovation, 50,000 sq. ft. landscape
Client
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Completion
Expected 2011
Award
2009 Westside Urban Forum Award
This upgrade project for a 900 student middle school harnesses sustainabilit y objectives to address resources and provide a demonstrable armature for learning. The approach favors form and place-making that demonstrates environmental principles, inspires curiosity and learning, encourages community, engagement and reinforces lessons learned by highlighting nature. The three new key elements comprise: A. An entry sequence including an attendant’s office and photovoltaic shade canopy. B. Nine classrooms with outdoor breakout spaces and distinctive solar chimneys that provide summer comfort without AC. C. The green fringe—a rustic drought tolerant shady setting at the edge of the playing fields.
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Virginia Avenue Park
City
Santa Monica, CA
Program
A significantly renovated and expanded 9 acre park including 25,000 sq. ft of improvements
Client
City of Santa Monica
Completion
2005
Award
2006 US Green Building Council LEED-NC v2 Silver 2006 Municipal Award of Merit, US Green Building American Public Works Association—Southern California Chapter Project of the Year Award
T h e e x p an d e d an d re n ov ate d p ar k has h e lp e d to uni f y an ethnically-diverse neighborhood. Renovated warehouses and a refreshed 1960s community building introduce progressive ideas about form and ornament while providing spaces for children, teens, families, and seniors. Facilities include art rooms, movement spaces, a computer lab as well as fields, basketball courts, play equipment, and an interactive fountain outside. Virginia Avenue Park was the first park to be certified LEED silver in the country as achieved by onsite water management, adaptive reuse of buildings, daylighting, and sustainable materials.
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Plummer Park: West Hollywood Community Center City
West Hollywood, CA
Program
7,500 sq. ft. remodel, 12,000 sq.ft. new construction
Completion
2001
The city originally proposed to renovate its existing community center at Plummer Park for senior use, while adding a separate teen facility nearby. However, community discussions favored the creation of a single inter-generational facility in the original building, which would allow more flexible programming and promoted inclusivity. The faux Spanish roof, an existing shortcoming, became the springboard for a new identity that stretched and re-cladded the rigid gables into a seemingly free-form canopy that extends some 320 feet, sheltering the whole facility. The building plan is a scribble of loosely organized courtyards, entries and key spaces that create a deliberate informality. Shaded courtyards, arbors, and tinted glass reduce heat gain while skylights provide daylighting. The parking lot features light-colored, permeable paving and a tree canopy to reduce the heat island effect.
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Materials Research Laboratory: University of California, Santa Barbara City
Santa Barbara, CA
Program
25,000 sq. ft.
Client
University of California, Santa Barbara
Completion
1996
The Materials Research Laboratory at UC Santa Barbara (designed in association with Reid & Tarics Associates) represents an innovative effort in the sciences to facilitate interdisciplinary research. Program requirements included flexible laboratory space (NMR, chemistry, etc.), faculty and student offices, conference rooms and meeting spaces. The program was configured to enhance opportunity for collegiality and reinforce campus urban design objectives.
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The Village
City
Santa Monica, CA
Program
160 units, 189,000 sq. ft
Client
The related Companies of CA, City of Santa Monica, Community Corporation of Santa Monica
Completion
Projected 2013
Awards
2008 Westside Urban Forum Award
Koning Eizenberg was one of three firms collaborating on the masterplan and design of The Village in Santa Monica’s Civic Center. The project includes market rate and affordable housing, artists’ housing, retail, infrastructure, and public open space. Planning strategies addressed traffic, density, height, and open space to converge into an innovative solution revolving around a “living street.” The linear configuration organizes housing types into distinct neighborhoods, taking advantage of the irregular sloped site. The Village transforms the original Civic Center concept into a more neighborly and sustainably responsive masterplan, bridging between the grain of the adjacent residential neighborhood and the larger scale of the Civic Center buildings. The project is slated for a LEED Silver rating.
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Hancock Lofts
City
West Hollywood, CA
Program
38 units, 31 condominiums, 7 affordable studios, 11,600 sq. ft. of retail space, 156 public parking spaces and 61 residential parking spaces
Client
VCIM Group (with City of West Hollywood for public parking)
Compeletion 2009 Awards
2005 Westside Prize Honor Award Mixed-Use 2009 International Design Merit Award 2010 Woodworks Award 2010 Residential Architect Merit Award 2010 AIA CC Merit for Architecture
A developer/architect team was selected by the City of West Hollywood to develop a cityownedsite, address a shortage of parking, and flush out a program for housing and retailspace through a community process. The design’s non-conventional approach leveragesthe irregular, sloping lot to reinforce street life as well as create an unexpected rooftopopen space. Public parking is located underground while residential parking loops upand over street level housing to place an active use along the side street. Architectural expression is rooted in sustainable strategies. All units are cross ventilated and slidingwood screens are used to shade boulevard flats and moderate the level of engagementwith the busy street below.
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Harold Way Apartments
City
Hollywood, CA
Program
52 units, 47,284 sq. ft.
Client
Hollywood Community Housing Corp.
Completion
2003
Awards
2004 Residential Architect Merit Award 2004 LABC Architectural Award 2003 AIA Los Angeles Citation Award
Economy, safety, cleanliness, and community inform the design of these affordable housing units. Trees anchor a large courtyard, a social space that includes a laundry and barbeque pits. The zig-zagging center building clad in wood battens with vines defines the courtyard in a casual way. Cross-ventilation precludes air conditioning, and recycled building materials include the composite wood used to face balcony balustrades.
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University of Melbourne Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning City
Australia
Cost
$110 M AUD
Client
University of Melbourne
Competition 2009 Finalist This competition called for a new 180,000 sq. ft. building to house architecture, building, planning, and landscape architecture for approximately 1,900 graduate and undergraduate students and 150 full-time staff. The competition sought to create an active and collegial research environment that brought together staff and students to exchange knowledge and engage in debate. We designed a student-centric environment that focused on a strong studio culture with a high degree of public visibility. The facility was to be equipped with the most advanced technologies to nurture strong staff-student relationships and support research endeavors. Above all, the project was designed to change as the faculty continues to develop its research. Current research focuses on several key themes, including sustainable built environments; urban futures with focus on housing, transport, and communities; design, technologies, management and practice; and built environment history, theory and social critique in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Abbey Apartments
City
Los Angeles, CA
Program
115 units, 51,230 sq. ft.
Client
Skid Row Housing Trust
Completion
2009
This oddly shaped site provides affordable housing for homeless and mentally ill individuals. Program features include: efficiency units, lounges, shared kitchens, and space for support services. A central outdoor social space establishes a sense of community for “first step of f the street ” residents. Passive shading, cross ventilation, and exterior circulation reduce energy use. The ground floor activates the sidewalk with a lobby, social services offices and conference spaces. The entry is articulated by a large vertical opening featuring an angled corner as if pulling a curtain aside and welcoming guests. KEA designed and fabricated a small sculpture known as the “asterisk” that is placed above the opening. It casts a playful shadow and represents an iconic welcoming “porch” light above. Window graphics add accent color, character, and ornament to lighten up the urban scene of “skid row.”
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Landmark at Santa Monica and La Brea City
West Hollywood, CA
Program
219 units, 53,000 sq. ft. retail
Client
Combined Properties, Inc.
Completion
Designed 2006
The City of West Hollywood solicited proposals from developer/ architec t teams to create a signature mixed use residential development at the Eastern gateway to the cit y. One of two finalists, this proposal organized two residential towers over retail and green screened public courtyards. Restaurants and community spaces anchor the North end while the “gateway� corner supports major retail and is highlighted by an array of glowing projecting frames. The frames would be powered by photoluminescent material that absorbs light during the day and converts to light energy at night.
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28th Street Apartments
City
West Hollywood, CA
Program
49 units, 38,000 sq. ft. new construction and renovation
Client
Clifford Beers Housing, Inc.
Completion
2013
Designated as Los Angeles Cultural Monument #851, this YMCA building was originally designed by Architect Paul Williams in 1926. It was one of Williams’ first residential/community projects. The project will follow Secretary of Interiors Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitation. Working with our consultant; Historic Resources Group and Los Angeles Planning Department Office of Historic Resources, careful consideration is being given to the scale, materials, and features of the building renovation and addition to retain and enhance its historic character and relationship to the neighborhood. Both new and old housing units will have kitchens and baths. New amenities feature a courtyard, roof garden, and housing common room. The ground floor has office space for community groups and a restored gymnasium.
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Los Angeles Farmers Market: North Market City
Los Angeles, CA
Program
90,000 sq. ft. new construction
Owner
A.F. Gilmore Co
Completion
2002
Awards
2003 Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence 2004 Los Angeles Business Council Architecture Award
Part of the larger original historical Farmers Market site, this standalone, three story mixed-use building (lower) incorporates ground level retail over an underground parking garage capped by two floors of offices. Designated as a city cultural site, the Market was more significant as a site of experience than the architecture—a collection of small vendors housed in an ad-hoc farmyard style. In 1998, plans to build an adjacent shopping center – The Grove – set in motion a complementary master plan for the Market. Centered on reviving and enhancing the historic property, the plan also facilitated pedestrian traffic between the two developments, while providing easy surface parking tor market patrons.
North Maket
Historic Adobe
Parking Clock Tower
Historic Farmers Market
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Austin Children’s Museum
City
Austin, TX
Program
35,000 sq. ft.
Client
Austin Children’s Museum
Completion
Expected 2012
The Austin Children’s Museum values children’s questions, thirst for knowledge, and love for learning as the basis for a creative, inventive, competent, contributing, and scientifically literate society. The new 35,000 sq. ft. facility will stand 50% larger than their current location. The design focuses on maintaining the Museum’s values while accommodating interior and ex terior exhibits, courtyards, and other public spaces. The building provides a community based “cornerstone” to the large new Mueller neighborhood context.
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Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
City
Pittsburgh, PA
Program
80,000 sq. ft. expansion and remodel
Client
Museum
Completion
2005
Awards
2006 AIA National Honor Award 2006 AIA California Council Honor Award 2006 AIA Los Angeles Honor Award 2006 AIA Pittsburgh Honor Award & Green Design Citation 2006 ID Design Distinction Award 2005 MBA Building Excellence Award: Best Project over $5m 2005 AISC IDEAS Merit Award, Cool Space Award 2005 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
The Museum and its exhibits provide an interactive experience designed to appeal to all ages. A new entr y and exhibition space connect a national register 1890s post office with a 1939 planetarium, highlighting the t wo historic stone landmark s with a contrasting steel and glass-framed space, wrapped in an ”articulated cloud” of translucent 5” hinged plastic flaps that move in the wind. When completed, the Museum was the largest Silver LEED museum in the country, featuring adaptive reuse, recycled materials, and passive shading.
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Temple Israel of Hollywood
City
Hollywood, CA
Program
94,500 sq. ft. mixed use masterplan and phased development
Client
T.I.O.H.
Completion
The masterplan was completed in 2008 & Phase I is in process
Established in 1946, Temple Israel is located in a dense Hollywood neighborhood. Anchored by a historically significant sanctuary, the new masterplan proposes to invigorate the campus with 94,000 sq. ft. of new buildings, including a chapel in-the-round, a library, expanded elementary and pre-schools, a teen center, a social justice center, expanded offices, and underground parking. Various construction phasing strategies have been studied and evaluated in order to minimize disruption to the existing and operational pre-school and congregation.
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The Standard Downtown LA
City
Los Angeles, CA
Program
203 guest rooms, 139,000 sq. ft., 12,700 sq. ft. parking
Client
Andre Balazs/Hotels AB
Completion
2002
Awards
2005 2003 2003 2003 2003
AIA Los Angeles Merit Award AIA California Council Merit Award Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award Los Angeles Business Council Architectural Award Westside Urban Forum Prize
The Standard Hotel used state preservation tax credits to convert the original Superior Oil Co. Headquarters. Existing features such as the exterior, front doors, and lobby anchor the design. To accommodate guest traffic, Koning Eizenberg 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. On the rooftop, a poolside bar has popularized the concept of the stylish budget hotel and contributed to the revitalization of downtown Los Angeles.
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Avalon Hotel
City
Beverly Hills, CA
Program
60,000 sq. ft. in 3 buildings
Client
Kor Group
Completion
2000
Awards
2000 Westside Urban Forum Prize
This hotel is comprised of three separate buildings, all which required a coherent identit y. Each building had accessibility, maintenance, and aesthetic issues. When work began in the late 1990’s the buildings were long-neglected and the now-popular mid-century modern style had not yet attracted public affection. A very limited budget inspired us to utilize the strong compositional bones (notably the curved corner building) as a starting point for design.
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AMP Lofts
City
Los Angeles, CA
Program
180 units, 5,000 sq. ft. retail
Client
American Moving Parts
Completion
Entitlement Design 2005
Awards
Merit Award AIA Los Angeles Chapter 2000 Merit Award AIA California Chapter
This projec t for a 180 -unit, live/work communit y at 7th and Santa Fe, just south of downtown Los Angeles, is informed by it’s “high resolution–low intensity” context. It responds with a set of straightforward organizational strategies that define edge/center and establish a clear identity for progressive urban living that works with the gritty informality and coherent urban gridiron of its light industrial setting. Two-story live/work units are located at the the street to establish strong edges. 5,000 sq. ft. of retail is located at the Southwest corner to stimulate street activity. The green-screened parking structure acts as a podium for loft units. On the podium, the 3-bar organization allows for interal open-air streets, courts, overhead walkways, daylight to below, and crossventilation for all higher units.
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Case Supply Warehouse Adaptive Reuse: WCNY Center / Proliteracy City
Syracuse, NY
Program
Masterplan/feasibility for a 150,000 sq. ft. mixed use development. Phase 1 public broadcasting station, education center 57,000 sq. ft. and offices 20,000 sq. ft.
Owner
NWSI and WCNY
Completed
Projected 2012
A local community development organization, the Near Westside I n i t i at i ve (N W SI), h a s b e e n wo r k i n g to i n c r e as e e co n o m i c opportunity and improve neighborhood quality in an historically underserved community in Syracuse. At the Eastern edge are a number of underutilized and abandoned warehouses including the Case Supply Warehouse. The NWSI attracted partners like WCNY and Proliteracy, an international literacy organization, Koning Eizenberg prepared the masterplan, finasibility study and Phase I is currently schematic design. This project will be a significant landmark for the Near Westside.
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