Morphosis embraces the public realm of Downtown Los Angles with the environmentally attuned and formally expressive CALTRANS BUILDING.
The article informs that Downtown Los Angeles has recently seen a surprising emergence of new, monumental public structures at its civic core. Rafael Moneo's Roman Catholic Cathedral, and Frank Gehry's Disney Hall, have joined Arata Isozaki's Museum of Contemporary Art. But the ensemble really reach...
| Publicado en: | Architectural Record Vol. 193; no. 1; pp. 120 - 130 |
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BNP Media
Jan2005
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| Sumario: | The article informs that Downtown Los Angeles has recently seen a surprising emergence of new, monumental public structures at its civic core. Rafael Moneo's Roman Catholic Cathedral, and Frank Gehry's Disney Hall, have joined Arata Isozaki's Museum of Contemporary Art. But the ensemble really reached critical urban mass with the latest newcomer, Caltrans District 7 Headquarters Replacement Building, by Morphosis. For this first commission of the state's new Design Excellence Program, Morphosis formed a design-build team with the Clark Construction Group, as well as Urban Partners, a company then headed by pro-Downtown activists. |
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