401 S HEWITT / PROJECT INFO

PETER HIMMELSTEIN AS DESIGN DIRECTOR AT GENSLER.

401 SOUTH HEWITT IS LOCATED ON 4TH BETWEEN COLYTON AND HEWITT IN THE ARTS DISTRICT IN LOS ANGELES. THE DESIGN HAS TWO DISTINCT ELEMENTS: A SCULPTURAL, ELEVEN STORY OFFICE BLOCK ABOVE AND A FIVE STORY PARKING PODIUM BELOW DESIGNED IN THE SPIRIT OF AN OLD INDUSTRIAL BUILDING. IT’S A HYBRID AESTHETIC THAT NEGOTIATES THE EVOLVING CHARACTER AND TEXTURE OF THE ARTS DISTRICT—AN HOMAGE TO ITS PAST AND A NOD TO ITS FUTURE. THERE IS 325,000 SQUARE FEET OF CREATIVE OFFICE SPACE IN THE OFFICE BLOCK AND LARGE OUTDOOR SPACES ON EVERY LEVEL. AN EXPANSIVE PASSAGE THROUGH THE GROUND LEVEL OF THE PODIUM PROVIDES A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION FROM HEWITT TO COLYTON, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PLAZA. RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS AT THE BASE OF THE BUILDING COMPLETE WHAT IS ALREADY ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT STREETS IN THE ARTS DISTRICT.