Located at, 3030 Chapman, Gallot Lofts is a multi-family residential building. I believe the project would be interesting to readers as it presents a context uncommonly found in architecture publications, it is an example of a unique design strategy at the rough edges of what some consider to be a rough city. The project is located in Jingletown, a neighborhood at the edge of East Oakland, CA. which is at the geographical and theoretical center of the Bay Area housing crisis. The city of Oakland is rapidly growing due to housing cost pressure from San Francisco, and projects of this type are springing up throughout the area.
The Hotel at Oberlin is the major program element of the Peter B. Lewis Gateway Center, a 104,000-square-foot mixed-use building that reimagines the campus hotel typology to create a focal point that unites the city and the college. The high-tech and highly sustainable center visually signals the technologically and ecologically progressive nature of the Green Arts District.
Through a groundbreaking mix of sustainable strategies and technologies, it is on track to become LEED Platinum certified—just the fifth new hospitality project in the country to achieve this standard. As measured by Energy Use Intensity, the building will be within the top ranking of commercial structures in North America, using 55 percent less energy than comparable buildings.
Building on the success of the original Ritual House of Yoga, goCstudio was hired to renovate a second space located in the same building to accommodate additional classes and events.
The design of the St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church was inspired by its namesake, St. Joseph, the patron saint of laborers. Because of this association the design incorporates humble, common materials that express the importance of craft and the hand of the worker who created it. Materials are transformed from their raw state by the “worker” or craftsperson into something which emphasizes that they have been tooled and crafted by hand. The concrete elements are formed using rough sawn lumber with knots, grain and imperfections visible in the surface. The copper panels, chosen because of the parish’s relationship with the local copper mine, are cut and bent on site, versus factory fabricated.
Sustainably built and solar-powered, MacArthur Annex features 33 shipping containers transformed into three stories of mixed-use space. The complex that was completed in 2017, provides 24 private studios and offices, each approximately 150 square feet, as well as 3 street-facing retail outlets, a coffee shop and a restaurant with adjoining beer garden.
The Rio Vista Residence is a 2,160 square foot single-family residence located on a cliff overlooking the Trinity River and downtown Dallas. The site is situated on a cul-de-sac in an established neighborhood and has panoramic views to the north. The existing topography forms a natural clearing for the building in the center of the site with native trees to the south, east, and west.
Passive solar orientation for the residence is along an east/west axis with views and natural light to the north, morning light from the east, shaded breezes from the south, and minimal exposure to the west. Energy efficient building systems are paired with sustainable materials to create a high-performance, durable, low-maintenance home.
Sited in the 1930’s era neighborhood known as F.Q. Story, the Escobar Renovation represents the character and flavor of one of very few areas in the young city of Phoenix, Arizona that can be called historic. The majority of the 602 homes that comprise this neighborhood still retain the varying architectural styles that make this district unique. Homes in this area are distinctly smaller than today’s average homes.
The Escobar Renovation is a renovation to an existing home whose architectural style can be categorized as having an English Tudor style. With the exception of a small storage closet, this home has largely remained untouched for nearly 100 years. As a result, the spaces of the home served a very different need indicative of that era. The existing 1,100 square foot (SF) house was separated into many different spaces each being closed off from one another. Codes and guidelines mandated by the City of Phoenix required that any new work to the exterior maintain the character of the historic qualities of this home and neighborhood.
The Voxman Music Building celebrates musical performance at every turn, embracing a collaborative and exploratory student-driven model of education that treats every space as performance space. The building shares this sense of musical discovery with the community through a transparent expression. The pattern of streets and open spaces in the mixed-use district of Iowa City extends directly into the building’s multi-level interior spaces, cultivating a sense of vertical urban vitality and acknowledging its place within the community.
Project: Voxman Music Building at the University of Iowa
Location: Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Photography: Tim Griffith, Arturo Rojas, Wayne Johnson, Adam Hunter
Client: University of Iowa
LMN Architects Project Team Design Architect + Interior Designer: Mark Reddington, FAIA, (Design Partner); Sam Miller, AIA (Partner in Charge); Stephen Van Dyck, AIA (Project Designer); Wendy Pautz, AIA (Programming); Scott Crawford, Assoc. AIA, Steve DelFraino, AIA, Thomas Gerard, Alexander Harner, Jessica Harner, Erick Katzenstein, Julia Khorsand, Winnie Lam, John Mrozek, Assoc. AIA, Erik Perka, Assoc. AIA, Mary Anne Smith, AIA, Andrea Stewart, Alex Woodhouse (Project Team)
Associate Architect: Neumann Monson Architects – Kevin Monson, AIA (Principal in Charge), Chris DeGroot, AIA (Principal), Josh Rechkemmer, AIA (Project Manager), Jesus Chucho Loria, AIA, Andrew Mixdorf, Assoc. AIA, Brad Nowasell, AIA, John Phung, AIA, Alese Van Holland (Project Team)
The Park is a six-story hybrid structure, which merges a 441-space parking garage with 27,000-square-feet of street-level retail. Located in the booming Warehouse District of downtown New Orleans, The Park captures the aesthetic rigor of the existing 19th century warehouses, while rethinking this overly conventional building typology and its construction methods. At 205,000-square-feet, The Park blends in and adapts to an evolving hub of urban activity, while tastefully preserving the style of the surrounding historic neighborhood.
LMN Architects announces the groundbreaking of the new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). The Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) serves UCI’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering, the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Science, and the School of Physical Sciences. Inspired by the University’s commitment to interdisciplinary science and engineering research and it’s potential to solve the challenges of today and the future, the building is conceived as a catalyst for research innovation as well as a new model of cross-disciplinary collaboration. The six-story, 204,750-gross-square-foot facility will set a new standard for the future of research programs at UCI. Every aspect of the building’s design is conceived to optimize research functionality, foster social performance, and enrich the overall campus experience.
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