Pacific Design Center Red Building, 8687 Melrose Avenue West Hollywood Complex, Los Angeles showroom office architect

Red Building Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, USA

West Hollywood Architecture, California design by Cesar Pelli architects, USA

Mar 1, 2011

Design: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Address: 8687 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90069, United States

Phone: +1 310-657-0800

Architectural landmark near completion as Cesar Pelli tops out Red Building at Pacific Design Center

Cesar Pelli celebrated a milestone for the Red Building on Monday, as the long-awaited final building of the Pacific Design Center nears completion. The Red Building is the third building of the landmark West Hollywood showroom-and-office complex whose design and construction span nearly 40 years.

Red Building Pacific Design Center building in L.A.
Red Building at Pacific Design Center picture : StudioAMD

Red Building at Pacific Design Center

At a topping-out ceremony, the architect joined developer and owner Charles S. Cohen to put in place a piece of red glass that completes the Red Building’s narrow triangular façade on San Vicente Boulevard. The 400,000-square-foot office building is slated for occupancy by year’s end.

“I am delighted to see the Red Building so close to fruition,” said Pelli, Senior Principal of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. “To know that the Pacific Design Center will soon be how I envisioned it is very exciting.”

Red Building Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles
Pacific Design Center picture : StudioAMD

Pelli conceived the 14-acre site to contain three buildings arranged around a plaza. The first, nicknamed the Blue Whale, was designed when Pelli was with Gruen Associates and completed in 1975. The Green Building, designed with his own firm, now Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, followed in 1988.

The most dynamic of the three, the Red Building is composed of two curved, sloping towers atop seven levels of parking. Between the towers will be a courtyard planted with palm trees. The six-story West Tower slopes inward against the Hollywood Hills. The eight-story East Tower curves upward.

Red Building Pacific Design Center West Hollywood Complex
Red Building at Pacific Design Center picture : StudioAMD

The ceremony also paid tribute to the “Los Angeles 12,” a group of Southern California architects featured in a 1976 exhibition at the Blue Building. Pelli, Roland Coate, Raymond Kappe, Daniel Dworsky, Craig Ellwood, Frank Gehry, John Lautner, Jerrold Lomax, Anthony Lumsden, Leroy Miller, James Pulliam and Bernard Zimmerman were in the original show. Eric Owen Moss and Michael Maltzan were also recognized at the ceremony.

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

About Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Founded in 1977 and led by Cesar Pelli, Fred Clarke, and Rafael Pelli, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects has designed some of the world’s most recognizable buildings, including the World Financial Center in New York, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, and the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong. The architectural firm has been honored with critical acclaim and hundreds of design awards, including the American Institute of Architects’ Firm Award and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

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Location: Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, 90069, Southern California, United States of America

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