Working / LA Office
LA Office
Los Angeles, CA
Cost & Scope: $130,000; 7,400 sq. ft.
Key Personnel:
John Labib, SE., John Labib & Associates – Structural Engineer
Completion Date: 2005
Lehrer Architects purchased this 50 year old, 7,400 square foot building in the Silverlake area of Los Angeles in 2005. The once dingy and crowded 5,400 square foot warehouse was transformed into a working space of light, air, and transparency. Succinct interventions — blowing out the southern wall; work surfaces of 4’ x 8’ white painted solid core doors; epoxy-finished, painted floors; off-the-shelf storage systems; the red line resolving the trapezoidal shape of the space; and strategic landscape design — accomplished the job for $20.00/square foot (including mechanical/electrical/data/telephone infrastructure, the garden, and the build-out of all work surfaces).An exploration of working space.
Although this space specifically houses architects, it was designed as a generic working space. It aims to simply and clearly honor the rudiments of work:
• Vast work surfaces
• Massive natural light
• Seamless connections to the landscape and fresh air
• Generous, vivid, and available storage
• Clearly individuated work stations that together create a coherent, palpable groupArchitects think of architecture as process. Clients think of it as product.
Upon entering the office, process and product become one. The visitor is immediately drawn into the architecture — which speaks of creating beautiful architecture.Served and servant zones are explicitly defined and are visually calibrated to achieve complete transparency. In this way, the whole process of creation is revealed instantly upon entry
Institute Honor Award for Interior Architecture, The American Institute of Architects 2008
Merit Award for Excellence in Design, The American Institute of Architects California Council 2006
Award of Merit, The American Institute of Architects Los Angeles 2007
World Coolest Office, Best Use of Space, INC Magazine and Architizer Website 2010
Honor Award, The International Interior Design Association 2008
The American Institute of Architects Los Angeles 2007
Gold Nugget Grand Award for Excellence and Value for the Best Commercial/Industrial Rehab Project, PCBC 2007
Honor Award, CONTRACT Magazine. 2006
Award of Excellence for “exceptional contribution” in the Renovated Buildings category, Los Angeles Business Council. 2006
The American Institute of Architects California Council 2006
1988 Mar-88 Sunset Magazine Magazine N/A A Family Room Pavilion for This 1920 House 2006 2006 Focus: AIA California Council Newsletter Magazine Stephan Castellanos, FAIA A Call to Integrate 2006 Fall 2006 arcCA Magazine NA 2006 AIACC Design Awards 2007 Jan-29 Contract Magazine Amy Milshtein Small Office 2007 Feb-2 Monitor Magazine N/A Architects' Office 2007 Aug The Architects Newspaper Newspaper N/A AIA Los Angeles 2007 Design Awards 2007 Sept/Oct Form Magazine N/A AIA Design Awards/Merit 2007 Nov california-architects.com website N/A Lehrer Architects 2007 17.pro.07 Architecture Week.com website staff announcing Nerin Kadribegovic’s promotion 2008 Jan aia.org website Zach Mortice Private Residences Rank High in 2008 AIA Honor Awards for Interior Architecture 2008 Jan WholeLifeTimes.com website Jamie Friddle Finding our happy place 2008 14.sij.08 Los Angeles Business Journal Newspaper staff announcing Nerin Kadribegovic’s promotion 2008 Jan aia.org website N/A 2008 Institute Honor Awards for Interior Architecture 2008 Feb California Construction Magazine N/A Architects 2008 Feb ArchitectureWeek.com website architecture week AIA Honor Awards 2008 2008 Feb The Architects Newspaper Newspaper N/A Lighting 2008 May Architectural Record Magazine N/A Honor Awards Interiors 2008 May Interior Design Magazine Maria Shollenbarger Industrial Strength 2008 July Of Arch Magazine Bradley Wheeler Ad Lucem 2008 August Architectural Creations Magazine N/A (foreign) 2008 August INA Magazine N/A Lehrer Architects Office 2008 September ish Magazine Bradley Wheeler Ad Lucem (Toward the light) 2008 November Atlas of Office Interiors Book Alex Sanchez Vidiella Lehrer Architects' Office 2009 February Masterpieces: Office Architecture and Design Book Lara Menzel Lehrer Architects, Los Angeles, CA 2009 “Masterpieces: Office Design + Architecture” Book Braun Publishing, 2009 June Flickr.com Online AIGA Studio Tour: Lehrer Architects: Jun 09 2009 August AIA.org Online Experiences 2010 LST/Design Media Publishing Ltd Book China Atlas of World Interiors 2011 daCamera Press Release, March, Attacca Quartet Makes LA Debut in Award Winning Silverlake Architectural Studio 2011 Office Hour, December, Fresh Corporate Environments from Around the World
