SUNSET + WILCOX / PROJECT INFO

PETER HIMMELSTEIN AS DESIGN DIRECTOR AT GENSLER.

THIS PROJECT IS DISTINGUISHED BY AN INNOVATIVE PODIUM DESIGN, EXPANSIVE OUTDOOR SPACE AND A MONUMENTAL MASS TIMBER CROWN. AT STREET LEVEL, ALONG SUNSET BOULEVARD, THE RECESSED FACADE CREATES A SHADED, PROTECTED SPACE SUITABLE FOR OUTDOOR SEATING. THE PODIUM IS WRAPPED IN WOOD SCREENS AND SOFTLY LUMINOUS POLYCARBONATE PANELS. THE WOOD AND THE POLYCARBONATE IS WOVEN INTO THE DESIGN OF THE LARGE OFFICE FLOORS IMMEDIATELY ABOVE. THE BUILDING SETS BACK SIGNIFICANTLY FROM SUNSET AT THE 6TH FLOOR PROVIDING SPACE FOR A GENEROUS LANDSCAPED DECK KNOWN AS THE COMMONS. THE MASS OF THE BUILDING TERRACES TO THE SOUTH ABOVE THE COMMONS; AS IT SHIFTS BACKWARDS, THE OUTDOOR DECKS ON EACH TERRACE ARE CONNECTED BY DRAMATIC EXTERIOR STAIRS. IN THE MASS TIMBER CROWN, THE STRUCTURE SHIFTS FROM CONCRETE TO WOOD. THE CROWN IS INDICATIVE OF THE PROJECT’S COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY AND THE DESIGN AS WHOLE TAKES ITS PLACE AMONG A SERIES OF ICONIC BUILDINGS LARGE AND SMALL, HISTORIC AND MODERN, ALONG SUNSET BOULEVARD.