Completed in 2009, the LA Live Hotel and Residences is a 54-story, 1,001-room two-hotel hybrid tower. This skyscraper contains a JW Marriott and a Ritz-Carlton along with 224 residences in the Ritz Carlton condominium section of the tower. Constructed in 2008, it is the first building in Los Angeles to use a steel-plate shear wall design. This reduces the building's overall weight by 30% compared to poured concrete walls, increases window area and adds 20,000 square...
Key speciality contractors from design and construction were integrated into the project very early on, which resulted in a more efficient design that both reduced cost and accelerated the schedule. The structural steel was fabricated and erected $7.2 million under budget and 6 weeks ahead of schedule. The erection was completed with zero change orders and one quarter of the typical number of RFI's.
Located at 415 Mission Street, Salesforce Tower will rise over the rest of the San Francisco skyline, standing 1,070 feet tall with 64 stories. The 1.4 million square foot high-rise is scheduled to be completed in 2017 and is designed to achieve a LEED Platinum certification.
Featuring many advances in technology in construction and design, the tower will boast an impressively small ecological footprint while at the same time providing a beautiful, spacious,...
The Red Building consists of two towers that together contain 400,000 square feet built above a seven-story parking garage. The East Tower rises 16 stories and the West Tower tops out at the 14th floor. The geometry and the 120’ cantilever near San Vicente Boulevard added to the complexity of the steel erection.
The sleek curves and intricate structural patterns of this 367,000 sf, 2,265 seat concert hall make it unique. Refusing to abide by modern principles of architecture, Gehry rebels against the idea that form follows function.
