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1 USA - Costa Oeste Projects 31 Created 21-Jul-17 By Jesus Jesus, Paris, France Getty Center Los Angeles, Richard Meier auditorium, library, museum Norton House La Miniatura The Umbrella Diamond Ranch High School Walt Disney Concert Hall Caltrans District 7 Headquarters Neutra VDL Studio and Residences 7 High School No 9 for the Visual and Performing Arts Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels 14 Prada Beverly Hills 15 The Paley Center for Media Beverly Hills 16 Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories 17 Iowa City, Gehry Partners laboratorium, university 8 Peter B Lewis Building 18 Cleveland, Gehry Partners university 9 Westside shopping mall 19 Bern, Switzerland Daniel Libeskind mall, mixed-use development 10 Eames House 20 Pacific Palisades, Charles and Ray Eames museum, private house 11 Los Angeles, Richard Neutra private house Beverly Hills, Richard Meier museum Los Angeles, Pierre Koenig private house 6 Los Angeles, Morphosis government, office Stahl House 13 Beverly Hills, OMA - Rem Koolhaas shop Los Angeles, Gehry Partners auditorium, music theatre 5 Diamond Bar, Morphosis education, secondary school Broad Contemporary Art Museum Los Angeles, Rafael Moneo church, religion Culver City, Eric Owen Moss office 4 Pasadena, Frank Lloyd Wright private house Los Angeles, Renzo Piano museum Los Angeles, Gehry Partners private house 3 Ennis House 21 Los Angeles, Frank Lloyd Wright housing, private house 12 Los Angeles, Coop Himmelb(l)au dance theater, education, secondary school Hollyhock 22 Los Angeles, Frank Lloyd Wright private house 1

2 Alexander Science Center School Los Angeles, Morphosis primary school Marin County Civic Center SKETCH Foundation Gallery Air and Space Exhibits Maxwell House Case Study House n Sundial Bridge 29 Archaeological Museum of Vitoria 30 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 31 San Francisco, Mario Botta museum 26 San Francisco Federal Building 32 San Francisco, Morphosis government, office 27 Los Angeles, Pierre Koenig private house California Academy of Sciences Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain Francisco Mangado culture, museum Los Angeles, Richard Neutra private house 24 Los Angeles, Gehry Partners exposition space, gallery, museum San Francisco, Renzo Piano aquarium, culture, museum San Rafael, Frank Lloyd Wright court building, government, library 23 VC Morris Gift Shop 33 San Francisco, Frank Lloyd Wright gallery, museum 28 Redding, Santiago Calatrava bridge 2

3 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Getty Center Getty Center Drive 1200 Los Angeles California The Getty Center straddles two hillside ridges in the Santa Monica mountains like a modernist Acropolis This campus of buildings is more than just a museum; it is also a concert hall, an office complex, a research centre and a library The museum is composed of five galleries arranged around a long courtyard fountain The skin of all of the buildings is composed of 30-inch square panels, made of aluminium painted white, Meier's signature Even the Italian travertine stonework follows this 30-inch grid pattern The use of white in Meier's projects allows him to skilfully manipulate the natural light, reflecting the colours of the building's environment The buildings are the most beautiful in the late afternoon/dusk when the golden light washes across the travertine and the sun sets across the Pacific Ocean photo: Roderick Trompert Floor area/size m² Client Richard Meier Robert Irwin J Paul Getty Trust Tuesday, thursday and sunday / Friday and saturday From the 405 freeway, exit at Getty Center Drive Signs will direct you to a parking garage where you can board a tram that takes you 15 miles up the hill to the museum complex Entrance to the museum is free, but parking costs $8 3

4 Norton House Ocean Front Walk 2509 Los Angeles California One of Gehry's earlier projects, the Norton House experiments with a variety of different materials, including concrete block, glazed tile, stucco and timber logs The property sits directly on the ocean front boardwalk, but the bedrooms and personal spaces are pushed farther back to give privacy According to Gehry, "their varied texture and colors reflect the visual chaos of the building's complex urban context" The private perch which overlooks the beach is a studio/office for the owner who was once a lifeguard Project is not public! 1984 Gehry Partners From the 10 Freeway, exit at 4th Street and turn left At Pico Boulevard, turn right and then make a left onto Nielson Way After a few miles this road turns into Pacific Way Park around 25th Place, and walk out towards the beach, take a left at the boardwalk and its a few doors down 4

5 photo: Susan Campbell La Miniatura Prospect Crescent 645 Pasadena California Also known as the Millard House, La Miniatura is the first of four concrete textile block houses built by Frank Lloyd Wright, all within the Los Angeles area It is a small, delicate two-storey structure, with pools and a lush ravine, evoking a sense of Mayan ruins The thin concrete blocks are held together with steel reinforcing rods running horizontally and vertically, 'knitting' the whole together A double wythe was common, held together by steel cross ties, the cavity air space serving as insulation Frank Lloyd Wright: "I would rather have built this little house than St Peter's in Rome" Project is not public! 1923 Frank Lloyd Wright 5

6 The Umbrella Hayden Avenue 3535 Culver City California The Umbrella in Culver City, Los Angeles was originally designed as an outdoor performance balcony for a series of experimental concerts put on by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, called 'The Green Umbrella' With the Disney Concert Hall bringing all Philharmonic activity to downtown, the Umbrella became an office building for an internet company This project is one of Eric Owen Moss' first experiments in the use of laminated glass, something he continued to explore in later projects Floor area/size m² Eric Owen Moss There is a security guard present at the entrance to the parking lot, but since recently people are allowed to wander through the collection of Moss buildings From downtown Los Angeles, take the 10 Freeway west and exit at Robertson Boulevard Turn left onto National Boulevard and continue for about a mile, turning right onto Hayden Avenue 6

7 photo: Raban Haaijk photo: Raban Haaijk Diamond Ranch High School Diamond Ranch Dr 100 Diamond Bar California Pomona Constructed on a steeply sloping site, this collection of buildings has been described as a "building of topography" by Thom Mayne, principal architect for Mophosis "It was our intention to create a building which is previewed as one with the site, rather than on top of the site" The main axis of travel rises from the parking lot with a grand staircase and cuts through the campus like canyon, echoing the surrounding hillsides as well as the seismic nature of the Los Angeles area Floor area/size m² Client Morphosis Pomona Unified School District The project is open to wander around in at any time except when the school is in session, which is typically from 8am-4pm Monday to Friday From the 60 freeway, exit at Phillips Ranch Road and head south Turn right at Diamond Ranch Drive and it will take you into the parking lot 7

8 photo: Roderick Trompert Walt Disney Concert Hall S Grand Avenue 111 Los Angeles California Sitting atop the historic Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles, the Walt Disney Concert Hall occupies a site adjacent to the existing Music Center in Los Angeles Originally conceived in 1987, the project was put on hold for nearly 12 years, until the necessary funding was found After Gehry's success with the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, the project plans quickly moved forward and construction began in 1999 At the opening ceremony, Gehry recounted his ideas of inspiration for the project that he had shared with Mrs Disney He said that she should think of the Hall as a bowl of white roses, and that he wanted to make a flower for her photo: Roderick Trompert Floor area/size m² Acoustics consultant Client Gehry Partners Yasuhisa Toyota Los Angeles Philharmonic There is a variety of different tours offered at the concert hall The outdoor gardens are open for free, but they close after sunset From the 101 Freeway South, exit Hope Street and turn right The building will be two blocks on your right From the 101 Freeway North, exit Grand Avenue and turn right The building will be two blocks on your left 8

9 photo: Roderick Trompert Caltrans District 7 Headquarters S Main Street 100 Los Angeles California The entire eastern and western façades of the Caltrans District 7 Headquarters are composed of a double skin of metal screens that open and close depending on outside temperatures The porous nature of the screens create a movement of perception throughout the day, from a solid metal box at noon to one of translucence in the evening The southern façade is covered almost entirely in solar panels, producing about 5% of the building's energy needs At night, the red and blue neon tubes of Keith Sonnier's art piece, 'Motordom', light up the courtyard Casting the courtyard into an eerie light, these luminescent strips evoke the movement and fluidity of the 'car culture' in Los Angeles Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Artist Client Morphosis Keith Sonnier California Department of Transportation The courtyard is open to the public all the time; the interior however is not, as it is a government building From the 101 Freeway, exit at Spring St and head south Turn left onto 2nd St, and you will find the building one block past City Hall 9

10 photo: Julius Shulman Stahl House Woods Drive 1635 Los Angeles California The Case Study House Program produced some of the most iconic architectural projects of the 20th Century, but none more iconic than or as famous as the Stahl House, also known as Case Study House #22 by Pierre Koenig The modern residence overlooks Los Angeles from the Hollywood Hills It was completed in 1959 for Buck Stahl and his family Buck Stahl had envisioned a modernist glass and steel constructed house that offered panoramic views of Los Angeles when he originally purchased the land for the house in 1954 for $13,500 Stahl had originally begun to excavate and take on the duties of architect and contractor; it was not until 1957 when Stahl hired Pierre Koenig to take over the design of the family's residence The two-bedroom, 2,200 square foot residence is a true testament to modernist architecture and the Case Study House Program The program was set in place by John Entenza and sponsored by the Arts & ure magazine photo: Julius Shulman 1959 Pierre Koenig missvickey reservation is needed 10

11 photo: Raúl González photo: Raúl González Neutra VDL Studio and Residences Silver Lake Blvd 2300 Los Angeles California CA This is the historic, multi-family, live-work space of the architect Richard Neutra It's official name is "The Richard and Dion Neutra VDL Studio and Residences" The letters "VDL" refer to the industrialist CH van der Leeuw who lent Neutra the money in 1932 to build the first stage It was built in three stages: in 1932, in 1940 and, with Neutra's architect son Dion, in 1966 This structure was the place where hi-tech, indoor-outdoor California Modern architecture began In 1990 it was bequeathed to the California State Polytechnic University Pomona College of Environmental Design photo: Raúl González Floor area/size m², Interior architect Richard Neutra archraulgonz Tours of the VDL House are ONLY on Saturdays from 11am to 3pm 11

12 photo: Roderick Trompert High School No 9 for the Visual and Performing Arts N Grand Ave 450 Los Angeles California High School #9 is the latest addition to the LA Unified School District's investment in forward thinking architecture Located on the edge of the 'canyon' created by the 101 freeway, it sits directly opposite of the Cathedral in downtown Los Angeles The school campus will include four academies for education in music, dance, theater arts and visual arts, and a theatre which will be open to the public The theatre lobby that forms the public entrance to the theatre, symbolically emphazises the openness of the school to the public and simultaneously serves as an exhibition space which can be linked to the visual arts studios and the event space on top of the tower A truncated cone, placed at the centre of the site, serves as an oculus to the library below A grand stair case wrapping around the cone creates a large public space that still affords some privacy in the busyness of downtown Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Coop Himmelb(l)au Not yet open to the public From downtown LA, take Grand Ave north over the 101 freeway; High School #9 will be on your right 12

13 Broad Contemporary Art Museum Wilshire Boulevard 5905 Los Angeles California The LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) has the latest addition to the Los Angeles art scene Over the past 40 years, it had become a sprawling mess with buildings scattered without connection over a few city blocks After initially choosing Rem Koolhaas to bring the complex of buildings together, the museum board quickly changed their mind and selected Renzo Piano in 2002, who offered a more plausible design The only new building, this Broad Contemporary Art Museum, features the skylit galleries and rooftop louvres Piano has become known for in his museums He also connected the remaining buildings with a glass entrance pavilion The exterior design is simple and clean; evoking qualities of both the Getty Center, 10 miles to the west, as well as the Case Study program from the 1940's and 1950's Floor area/size m² Renzo Piano Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays: / Saturdays & Sundays: From the 10 Freeway, exit at La Brea Boulevard and head north Turn left onto Wilshire Boulevard; the building will be a few blocks down on your right 13

14 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels West Temple Street 555 Los Angeles California After a 1996 earthquake ruined St Vibiana's cathedral, Rafael Moneo was asked to design a new church which is located a few blocks away from the original structure The main point of interest in this building is that the entrance is adjacent to the alter, a reversed plan compared to most cathedrals Entering from the street and traveling up the steps to the main plaza, the visitor enters the cathedral through two huge bronze doors A large ambulatory runs down the side of the church, giving the visitor glimpses of the large nave as they pass by a number of small chapels Reaching the rear of the church, one then enters a large austere space, almost devoid of decoration Another unique feature is the lack of stained glass The cathedral is instead lit by thin alabaster stone diffusing the sunlight into a very white light, illuminating most of the spaces photo: Roderick Trompert Floor area/size m² Rafael Moneo Monday - Friday 06:30-18:00 / Saturday 09:00-18:00 / Sunday 07:00-18:00 If you are taking the 101 South: take the 101 Hollywood Freeway South to downtown Exit on Broadway and make two right turns; Broadway, then Temple After crossing Hill Street, turn right from Temple Street into the parking garage If you are taking the Harbor Freeway, 110 South: exit at Hill Street After you cross the 101 Freeway, the entrance to the parking structure will be located on your right 14

15 Prada Beverly Hills N Rodeo Drive 343 Beverly Hills California The design for this Prada store is unique among the shops of Rodeo Drive in that it does not have the traditional storefront enclosure of glass and mannequins Instead, the entire wall facing the street drops into the basement to give maximum entry, most of which is a grand staircase ascending to the second floor A curtain of air at the entry keeps the air temperature at a reasonable level The inner walls of the second level are lined with porous green resin devloped specifically for the store About 4 inches thick, this wall was constructed by pouring resin into panels filled with wax balls After the resin had dried, the wax was melted away to create the porous look The store also boasts some technological innovations such as cameras and an LCD screen in the changing rooms, allowing the customer to see themselves from all angles Floor area/size m² Client OMA - Rem Koolhaas Prada Monday - saturday / Sunday From the 405 Freeway, exit at Santa Monica Boulevard and head east Turn right onto Rodeo drive There is some street parking and there are plenty of parking garages 15

16 photo: Piotr Krajewski The Paley Center for Media Beverly Hills North Beverly Drive 465 Beverly Hills California The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills is located prominently at the corner of North Beverly Drive and Little Santa Monica Boulevard Flooded with natural light and open to the street, this two-storey building is the result of the remodelling and rearrangement of an existing structure Set between two newly glazed planes, one for each public façade, the main volume is highly visible from the sidewalk, and vice versa The North Beverly Drive entrance is set back from the property line in order to create a threshold at the entrance, a top-lit cylindrical lobby that is the symbolic centre of the museum The lobby affords access to the gallery, the 150-seat theatre, the Radio Studio and the Listening Room The information desk, the museum shop, and a multi-purpose education room are on the ground floor, off the lobby Visitors reach the second floor via a stepped ramp that penetrates the rotunda and overlooks the exhibition space (text from Arcspacecom) photo: Piotr Krajewski 1996 Richard Meier pkrajewski_pl Monday & Tuesday: Closed Wednesday - Sunday: The Paley Center is closed on these holidays: New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas From 405 (San Diego Freeway): Exit at Santa Monica Blvd Travel east approx 3 mi to N Beverly Dr Turn right on N Beverly Dr 16

17 photo: Parker Anderson photo: Parker Anderson Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories N Madison St 230 Iowa City Iowa The University of Iowa's Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) represents one of Gehry's earlier experiments with stainless steel cladding, giving a glimpse of his future masterpieces in Bilbao and Los Angeles It is a multi-disciplinary building that occupies a site adjacent to the Iowa River and within a short walking distance of Steven Holl's School of Art and Art History building photo: Parker Anderson Public access unknown! Floor area/size m² Gehry Partners From Downtown Iowa City, take Burlington St west Just before crossing the river, turn right onto N Madison St The building (150 Art Building West) will appear shortly on your left 17

18 photo: Parker Anderson photo: Parker Anderson Peter B Lewis Building Euclid Avenue Cleveland Ohio The Peter B Lewis Building is home to Case Western University's Weatherhead School of Management The exterior is an interesting collision of brick and the curving stainless steel forms he made famous in Bilbao and Los Angeles In fact, it was Gehry's unbuilt design for Mr Lewis' house, that is credited with some of the design choices he later explored in at the Guggenheim The interior of the building is one the more successful aspects of it The smooth curves of the wall draw the visitor, and Gehry's excellent mastery of light is revealed here as the natural light that penetrates the space shifts colors throughout the day He also makes good use of natural materials, namely wood, to warm up the classroom spaces photo: Parker Anderson Floor area/size m² Gehry Partners Tours are available on the weekends from 1pm to 3:30pm Though its mail address says it is located on Euclid Avenue, the building is actually located just off Euclid on the intersection of Ford Drive and Bellflower Road 18

19 photo: Andreina Schoeberlein photo: Andreina Schoeberlein Westside shopping mall Riedbachstrasse Bern Switzerland The Westside project is an urban scale architecture project totalling 15 million sq ft In addition to the 55 shops, 10 restaurants and bars, hotel, multiplex cinema, fun bath with wellness center and housing, this mixed-use program radically reinvents the concept of shopping, entertainment and living Despite its location west of the city, in Brünnen-Bern, Westside is urban in scale Critics, such as David Rogers of the Los Angeles-based Jerde Partnership, have faulted Bern for neglecting to integrate such a shopping center into the city s urban fabric A shopping center on the city s periphery contributes to the disintegration of the city center and leads to a loss of values, he says Defenders of Westside, such as Swiss architect Barbara Holzer, argue that Bern s urban center is not under threat and that the shopping center instead offers new urban spaces photo: Andreina Schoeberlein Client Daniel Libeskind Neue Brünnen AG, Anton Gäumann, CEO Andreina_Schoeberlein shopping: Mo-Thursday: Fr Sa Sunday: closed Cinemas: Mo-Thursday: Fr Sa Sunday: Every quarter of an hour, you can reach Westside in just eight minutes from Bern main railway station by S-bahn nos S5, S51 and S52 If you take bus no 14 to the terminus Brünnen-Bahnhof, you can also hop off right in front of the main entrance There is also the postbus number 570 that will take you once an hour from Mühleberg to Brünnen-station Read more at

20 photo: Roderick Trompert Eames House N Chautauqua Blvd 203 Pacific Palisades California Also known as Case Study House #8, the Eames House was one of 25 homes built as part of The Case Study House Program The program sought to explore the methods of designing and building inexpensive and efficient model homes using techniques and materials derived from the production lines following World War II The Eames house served as both their home and their studio nestled into a wooded bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean The Mondrianesque panel facade is composed of cheap steel and glass parts that could be found in a catalog Of the twenty-five Case Study Houses built, the Eames house is considered the most successful both as an architectural statement and as a comfortable, functional living space photo: Roderick Trompert Charles and Ray Eames Monday through Friday: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Call ahead to schedule an appointment 48 hours in advance Take the 10 freeway west until it becomes the Pacific Coast Highway At Chautauqua Boulevard, turn right and go up the hill On your left you will see a private driveway marked 203/205 Go past the driveway and you will see a street named Corona Del Mar Make a left Park on Corona Del Mar and walk down to the driveway mar 20

21 photo: Raúl González photo: Raúl González Ennis House Glendower Ave 2607 Los Angeles California CA The Ennis House is a residential dwelling in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California,, south of Griffith Park The home was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Charles and Mabel Ennis in 1923 and was built in 1924 Following La Miniatura in Pasadena, and the Storer and Freeman Houses in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, the structure is the fourth and largest of Wright's textile block designs, constructed primarily of interlocking pre-cast concrete blocks, in the northern Los Angeles area The design is based on ancient Mayan temples, and along with other buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, such as the A D German Warehouse in Wisconsin and Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House in Hollywood, the Ennis House is sometimes referred to as an example of the Mayan Revival architecture Its prominent detail is the relief ornamentation on its textile blocks, inspired by the symmetrical reliefs of Mayan buildings in Uxmal photo: Raúl González Public access unknown! Floor area/size m², Interior architect, Landscape architect Client Frank Lloyd Wright archraulgonz Ennis-Brown 21

22 photo: photo: Raúl González Hollyhock Barnsdall Art Park 4800 Los Angeles California CA Hollyhock House ( ) is Frank Lloyd Wright s first Los Angeles project, representing his earliest efforts to develop an architecture style for Southern California Wright himself referred to it as California Romanza, using a musical term meaning 'freedom to make one s own form' Hollyhock House is a remarkable combination of house and gardens A series of rooftop terraces extend the living space and provide magnificent views of the Los Angeles basin and Hollywood Hills Wright and Barnsdall worked together to develop a plan that included a home for Barnsdall and her daughter, 2 secondary residences, theater, director s house, dormitory for actors, studios for artists, shops and motion picture theater Because of financial and artistic differences, only the main home and two secondary residences were built Feb 2015 it reopened after several years when a major restoration was completed The original garage was outfitted as a brand new visitors center, museum store and archive photo: Raúl González 1921, Interior architect Frank Lloyd Wright archraulgonz Hours: Thursday - Sunday, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Last ticket sold at 3:30 pm Hollyhock House is closed the following dates: Oct 3 and 26?maintenance and upkeep Nov 11 Veteran's Day Nov 24, 25, 26, 27 Thanksgiving Dec 24, 25, 26 Christmas Dec 31, Jan 1 New Years 22

23 Alexander Science Center School South Figueroa St 3737 Los Angeles California nterschool/sciencecenterschoolphp Operated as a joint venture between the California Science Center and the LAUSD, the Alexander Science Center School has the distinct privilege of being sited between world class science museums, and University of Southern California (USC) The school features an integrated curriculum emphasizing science, mathematics and the use of technology, and this is reflected in the architecture The planted roof on the north building reduces heat load thereby reducing demand on the mechanical systems The siting of the building below the established grade and with the protection of a large planted berm on Exposition Blvd protects the lower level of the structure from intense sun exposure Floor area/size m² Morphosis 23

24 photo: Jon Lieber photo: Eke Miedaner Marin County Civic Center North San Pedro Road 101 San Rafael California The Marin County Civic Center, located a few miles north of San Francisco, is one of the last designs that Frank Lloyd Wright worked on It is one of the finest expressions of 'organic architecture', a concept Wright labeled as his own Construction on the main building began in 1960, a year after his death, and the last building was completed in 1976 The design consists of a large rotunda with two large arms (one for Justice, the other for Administration) that flow over the hillsides with arched colonnades Originally, the roof was to be gold in colour, but this was changed to light blue before construction began The gold roof on beige walls were meant to mimic the surrounding landscape A 50-metre triangular spire creates a third dimension to the design, soaring upward through the Marin hills photo: Kevin Collins 1976 Frank Lloyd Wright One-hour docent-led tours of the Civic Center are offered every Wednesday at 10:30, leaving from the second floor Gift Shop, room 233 Drive north on Highway 101 Take the North San Pedro Road exit traveling east Turn left onto Civic Center Drive 24

25 photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski SKETCH Foundation Gallery Air and Space Exhibits State Drive 700 Los Angeles California /AirAndSpacephp Built in 1984, Frank Gehry's 'Sketch Foundation Gallery - Air and Space Exhibits' at the California Science Center exemplifies his irreverent, exploded-then-reassembled sensibilities in architecture Irregular, angular forms break from their implied boundaries and overlap in unexpected, provocative ways, seemingly defying basic precepts of order and structure in building engineering The Los Angeles building is known for its metal cladding, reminiscent of airplane skin, and for the iconic jet fighter permanently poised as though leaping over the entrance wall photo: Piotr Krajewski 1984 Gehry Partners pkrajewski_pl 25

26 photo: L Guzzetta Maxwell House Edgeware rd 822 Los Angeles California The Maxwell house was built in 1941 for musicians Charles and Sybil Maxwell by one of Modernism's most important architects: Richard Neutra The house is considered the first example of Neutra's work with pitched roofs and redwood siding The house, originally located in Brentwood District of Los Angeles was moved to a lot in Angelino Heights In order to be relocated, the building had to be cut in three parts Temporary shear walls were built to grant structural stability during transportation The relocation, executed in two different dates (one piece moved first, followed by the two remaining ones), was documented on video by professional video makers hired from the owner The event was extensively covered by the press photo: Brian Thomas Jones Project is not public! 1941 Richard Neutra Donatella 26

27 photo: David Weibel Case Study House n 22 Woods Drive 1635 Los Angeles California The case study houses program was sponsored by Art & ure under the supervision of John Enteza The Stahl House or case study house no22 was built by Pierre Koenig a San Francisco born architect The house was made famous by a Julius Shulman photograph photo: David Weibel Project is not public! 1960 Client Pierre Koenig Mr & Mrs C H Stahl David_Weibel 27

28 photo: Ken McCown Sundial Bridge Sundial Bridge Drive 840 Redding California The Sundial Bridge is a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge that spans the Sacramento River in Redding, California, about a 3 hour drive north of San Francisco It is similar in design to Santiago Calatrava's Puente del Alamillo in Seville, Spain However, the mast of this bridge is located off center, creating a uniquely unbalanced look At 217 feet (66 metres), the mast of the bridge also serves as the world's largest sundial The shadow moves at about a foot per minute, so one can actually see the rotation of the earth The deck of the bridge is composed of translucent glass that is illuminated at night, casting an aquamarine blue light on the river below photo: Ken McCown Client Santiago Calatrava Turtle Bay Exploration Park Open daily from 0600 to midnight From Interstate 5, take the Lassen Peak Highway exit and go west to Sundial Bridge (Auditorium) Drive Turn right to the Turtle Bay Exploration Park 28

29 photo: Jenn Ludwig California Academy of Sciences Music Concourse Drive 55 San Francisco California The new California Academy of Sciences has risen on the same site of the former Academy in Golden Gate Park The design required the demolition of most of the 11 existing buildings, built between 1916 and 1991 Its primary goal is to provide a modern facility for exhibition, education, conservation and research under one roof according to sustainable design strategies Natural ventilation instead of air conditioning for large parts of the building, carefully chosen building materials, an efficient use and re-use of water, as well as the generation of energy, are integral parts of the design Three historic parts of the former Academy (the African and North American Halls, and the entrance to the Steinhart Aquarium) were maintained in different ways as a memory of the past (text from website architect) photo: Jenn Ludwig Renzo Piano fjennludwig Monday - Saturday: / Sunday: 11:

30 photo: Francisco Mangado photo: Francisco Mangado Archaeological Museum of Vitoria Calle Cuchilleria Vitoria-Gasteiz Spain "We like to think of an archaeology museum as a compact jewel box concealing the treasure that history has given us piece by piece" The building adjoins the Palace of Bendaña (museum of Naipes Fournier) and the access is through the same courtyard Functionally, the volume is organized so that working areas and facilities are located at ground level and oriented towards the street, with an independent access The assembly hall and galleries for temporary exhibitions are at the public entry level, shared with the Naipes Fournier museum, whereas permanent exhibition halls are in the upper levels The stairs which connect them define part of the transparent façade onto the access courtyard In contrast, the façade on the street is hermetic with wide openings where needed In this way the internal exhibition spaces are unencumbered and only traversed by translucent light prisms The whole building is coated with bronze blades, very close on the street and more rarefied on the courtyard photo: Francisco Mangado Floor area/size m² Client Francisco Mangado Diputación Foral de Álava liutaiogitano Tuesday to Friday: and Saturday: Sunday: Monday: closed 30

31 photo: Ken McCown San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Third Street 151 San Francisco California Completed in 1995, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (also known as SFMOMA) marks the first time Mario Botta designed a building in the It became an instant architectural landmark in the city of San Francisco The simple geometry belies a thoroughly detailed brick façade with a monumental atrium extending the height of the building and topped with Botta's signature zebra striped tower The gallery spaces seamlessly interact with the atrium, drawing the visitor ever higher At the top of the atrium a sky bridge connects the galleries to a roof deck which will eventually house a roof garden, scheduled for completion in 2009 Floor area/size m² Associate architect Mario Botta HOK Monday & Tuesday: / Wednesday: closed / Thursday: / Friday: / Saturday & Sunday: From the East Bay: take Interstate 80 and exit at Fremont Street Take an immediate left from Fremont onto Howard Street and get into the right lane Go two blocks and turn right onto Third Street From the Peninsula: take Highway 101 until it connects to Interstate 80 and exit at Fourth Street; Fourth immediately leads onto Bryant Street Take a left from Bryant onto Third Street and follow it until you reach the museum 31

32 San Francisco Federal Building 7th Street 90 San Francisco California Standing 71 metres tall, the San Francisco Federal Building was completed in 2007 and is located in the SoMA area of San Francisco Gray concrete walls are juxtaposed with custom, zig-zagged '9Wood' wood ceilings Designed to be a 'green' building, it consumes less than half the power of a standard office tower, an indication of how building design can help slash emissions of greenhouse gases It is the first naturally ventilated office building on the west coast since the advent of air conditioning Project is not public! 2007 Technical engineer Morphosis Ove Arup Located in SoMa (South of Market Street) 32

33 photo: Manuel Majerus photo: Manuel Majerus VC Morris Gift Shop Maiden Lane 140 San Francisco California Originally designed as the VC Morris Gift Shop, Frank Lloyd Wright's only San Francisco building now houses the Xanadu Gallery Officially the building was designed in 1948, and incorporates the now legendary spiral ramp theme which Wright had already designed for the Guggenheim Museum, though that project wasn't finished until 1959, shortly after his death The controversy around the Guggenheim stemmed partly from the spiral ramp, though in the smaller, more intimate scale of the VC Morris Gift Store it seems to have won over the public at once The street entrance is an updated Romanesque arch, which according to Wright beckons the passerby in rather than vulgarly displaying its merchandise on the sidewalk The arch gives way to a glass tunnel atrium, then on to the spiraling interior The entire space seems to rotate beneath the luminous bubbles of the cast white plastic ceiling (text from project's website) 1950 Frank Lloyd Wright haveacupoftea photo: Manuel Majerus Tuesday - Saturday: In a small street on the Eastern side of Union Square, central San Francisco 33