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Ahmanson Founders
Room, 135 N. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, California, USA
Belzberg Architects

The Ahmanson Founders Room is a 2,500 ft2 addition buried in the first
level of subterranean parking at The Music Center in downtown Los Angeles.
The sunken location of the room coupled with an almost clandestine preoccupation
of exclusivity by the founders helped orient the design objectives. Belzberg
Architects pursued the development of sensual lighting schemes and unique
applications of material and texture to create a warm place of respite
between the congested streets of L.A. and the brimming communal areas
of The Music Center on event night.
The materials used for the ceiling and walls were actually low-grade douglas
fir lumber and medium density fiberboard. However, sculpting the ceiling
panels and perforating the wall panels with supple patterns and textures
transformed low-grade into classy with stunning visual effects and a colorful
saturation of the space. The character and unique components of this room
have become an entity for which the Ahmanson Theatre founders can identify
with and claim as their own.

Ahmanson Founders Room Los Angeles images / text from Belzberg Architects
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Ahmanson Founders Room
Location: 135 N. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, Ca 90012
Adaptive Re-use; Cultural
Tenant Improvement
Size 2,500 ft2
Client: Music Center
Design Architect: Belzberg Architects ; Principal: Hagy Belzberg
Chief Engineer: Keith McTague
Project Manager: David Cheung
Project Team: Barry Gartin, Bill Bowen, Brock DeSmit, Carina Bien-WIllner,
Dan Rentsch, Eric Stimmel, Justin Brechtel, Warren Bradley Lang
Structural Consultant: Gordon L. Polon Consulting Engineers
Mechanical Consultant: John Dorius & Associates
Electrical Consultant: A&F Consulting Engineers
Plumbing Consultant: Tom Nasrollahi & Associates
General Contractor: SAS Construction
Furniture: Classic Design; Furniture Creations; Spectrum Oak
Special Fabrication: Spectrum Oak
Photography: Fotoworks

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