This
new city-owned, LEED Gold certified office building, is located at the
intersection of the city’s industrial area and a burgeoning media office
district. The four-story structure measures approximately 232’ x 95’, and consists
of 73,000 gross square feet of program. The building will serve the City of
Beverly Hills as well as the public and includes the City’s cable TV facilities
and open office and retail space for lease.
The
overall building mass and individual façade design acknowledge the site
configuration, solar orientation and both the existing and anticipated adjacent
structures and use a warm color palette including yellow and brown. On the
ground level, the building is accessible on all four sides and is augmented
with landscape areas that serve as both buffers and opportunities for public
open space around the entire building. The ground level contains commercial
lease space (including lease space for a restaurant) that is enclosed with a floor-to-ceiling
glazed wall systems that allows for visual transparency between the interior
and exterior at the pedestrian level.
The
main building entrance runs through the building on an east-west axis and
continues across the entire width of the site. This entry path extends to/from a
five-story (plus basement) parking garage, which has been strategically clad with
the main building’s materials, to provide protected cover for visitors and
tenants arriving by car.
Along
the west side of the building, a 20-foot-wide pedestrian pathway has been
provided parallel to Foothill Road, not only providing building access but also
an intimate green space complete with outdoor seating and landscaping.