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INNOVATIVE ARTISTS LITERARY + TALENT AGENCY SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA		Photography: Tom Bonner Photography Toshi Yoshimi Photography Credits Back to Publications
Jury Comments: The jury appreciated the daring application of block color in such a bold design. Mint green block may not qualify as a standard color, but it works well with the bronze panels, making the building quite unique and relevant for the agency that occupies it. The program required a mixed use project, combining commercial office spaces for a talent agency with residential uses, in order to receive a fifty percent floor area bonus. Additionally, the zoning did not permit ground floor commercial uses. The proposed solution at the ground floor was to place four residential “Pied a Terres” with large covered patios facing a landscaped side-yard, and locate Innovative Artists Offices’ within a two-story volume at the second floor. The building is located on Broadway in Santa Monica in a section that during WW II housed many small aircraft parts manufacturers located in Quonset huts that have all but disappeared. The building design is influenced by the neighborhood’s industrial history, with the curved roof paying homage to the Quonset hut. The industrial materials that were found on the typical building have been reinterpreted to provide an upgraded palette. Burnished 8” x 16” concrete masonry units with a “mint” stain have been used throughout the building. The joints have been raked and finished, and charcoal colored spec mix mortar has been used to emphasize the joints. Since this was a wood-framed building, the ground floor used structural concrete masonry units, while the second floor was clad with 2” masonry veneer to match. All of the openings were detailed so that there would be no cut masonry units at any location. Naturally weathering copper panels and steel trowelled stucco are combine with masonry to help articulate the building mass.	ARCHITECT: DE Architects, AIA 1535 6th Street, Suite 101 Santa Monica, CA 90401 Don Empakeris, AIA Principal Russell Rocker Project Manager STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Masoud Dejban Structural Engineer GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Becker General Contractors, Inc. MASONRY CONTRACTOR: Sam Van Construction BLOCK PRODUCER: Angelus Block Company, Inc. OWNER: Scott Harris Innovative Artists Talent and Literary Agency, Inc.