The New Pacific Realty Corporate Offices is located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Canon Drive in Beverly Hills. The original mid-20th century infill structure has an irregular plan as a result of the obtuse angle of intersecting streets. The existing building façade and interior plan have been renovated through a sustainable adaptive reuse, designed to take advantage of the curved south and southwest orientation to daylight the ground level retail and second floor office space.

Small glazed openings have been replaced with full- height glass storefront at the street level and much larger windows at the second level. To manage direct south and west sun, the original thin horizontal canopy at the street level was retained and refurbished. At the second level, a scrim of horizontal aluminum dowels follow the curve of the façade to control direct sunlight and reflect indirect daylight to office and retail interiors.

A skylit conference room at the heart of the plan provides the focus and point of rotation for planning the offices, as the translucent glass-plank partition reflects the curved south façade and distributes daylight to the entire workplace

Credits

Design Team:
Michael Palladino
James R. Crawford
Mark Sparrowhawk
C. Hardy
Seung Jo
Yunghee Kim

Building Photography:
Tim Griffith

Project delivered through
Richard Meier and Partners Los Angeles, 2011