As part of an $80-million golf course renovation project, the Indian Wells Golf Resort Clubhouse was built to complement two major golf course renovations. Related Links: Best of California 2009 The $39-million, 53,000-sq-ft, two-story golf clubhouse includes a pro shop and an underground cart barn/storage area. The completed building is a cast-in-place concrete and steel superstructure finished with sandstone veneer, stucco, and storefront glazing exterior. Its interiors feature numerous stone floors and walls integrated with varying wood veneers, glass, stone and stainless steel finishes. The facility also includes a restaurant, sports bar, cafe bar, 2,000-sq-ft ballroom, a temperature-controlled wine room,
When Robert Mondavi, renowned California wine producer, made a personal gift of $25 million to establish the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science within UC Davis’ College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, a new era of opportunity opened for the university in its widely acclaimed viticulture, enology, and food science programs. Related Links: Best of California 2009 The $61.8-million Robert Mondavi Institute combines the teaching and research programs for the departments of Viticulture and Enology, and Food Science and Technology under one roof. The design team incorporated strategies to make the buildings as environmentally sensitive as possible, even
Charles Pankow Builders’ involvement in the Jack London Square redevelopment project began in 2000, and its most recent contribution was the $34.3-million design-build of a seven-level, 1,092-car parking structure with 30,000 sq ft of retail, bus plaza and pedestrian bridges. Related Links: Best of California 2009 The use of design-build enabled the project team to streamline design duration, select the most efficient construction methods such as precast, and tighten the sequencing of activities to meet the owner’s needs. When site issues arose due to underground conditions or utilities and public agencies, the project team was able to provide creative and
Needing to fit a new St. Jude medical tower into an existing hospital campus, the project team delivered a facility that looks and feels modern but still blends into the older hospital. The $80-million, five-story St. Jude Medical Center Southwest Tower and Central Plant took more than three years to build. The project included the construction of an emergency department, adult critical care units and an intensive care unit. Related Links: Best of California 2009 The project team encountered some key challenges when building the tower. One of the significant challenges was adapting the site to meet the future needs
Located in Manteca, the $12.8-million Kerasotes Showplace 16 is the first theater for the Kerasotes group in the West. This theater was part of the larger project of The Promenade at Orchard Valley Lifestyle Center, developed by Poag and McEwan Lifestyle Centers. Related Links: Best of California 2009 With over 82,000 sq ft, 3,200 seats and Kerasotes’ first all-digital theater, this project was constructed in a little more than eight months using 440 pre-cast concrete panels shipped over 225 mi to the project site. Each auditorium consisted of eight thick exterior walls and two to six demising walls separating each
L.A. Live! Buildings A and B are among the final pieces of a vast entertainment complex aimed at providing Los Angeles with a downtown feel. Entertainment Building A is a nearly 408,000-sq-ft retail center that houses several restaurants, nightclubs, the Club Nokia music venue, a Lucky Strike Bowling Alley and the Grammy Museum. Related Links: Best of California 2009 Entertainment Building B is about 105,000 sq ft and houses an ESPN Zone restaurant and bar, and production facilities and offices for ESPN. The design concept required the buildings to be visually striking, which translated into the use of sharp angles,
The Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollenbeck Station is proof that you can still go green and deliver a satisfying civic structure. Related Links: Best of California 2009 The project team behind the Hollenbeck Station – FTR International and AC Martin and Partners – delivered a project that met all of the LAPD’s needs and also earned LEED gold certification. The two-story, 176,000-sq-ft facility includes a four-story parking structure and a one-story maintenance building. The team building the $34.5-million project had to overcome some challenges to construct the facility. Chief among those challenges was the partial demolition of an existing building
A campus aimed at enriching high school students’ lives through art and music received one of its finishing touches from a specialty contracting team that wanted its work to mirror the creativity of the students. Related Links: Best of California 2009 Los Angeles Unified School District’s Central Los Angeles High School #9 is expected to be a showcase campus for the district and features a number of performance and art activities designed for the school’s nearly 2,000 students. Enclos worked on installing the curtain wall for the entrance to the 40,000-sq-ft theater wall lobby. The Enclos design team worked closely
The builders of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles would be happy to know that a quality project has risen from the rubble of the hotel. The Central Los Angeles Learning Center #1 is the first phase of a K-12 learning center that is being built at the site of the former historic hotel along Wilshire Boulevard. Related Links: Best of California 2009 The school was completed in time for students to attend in September and features its own entrance, administration and academic program. The school features enough classroom space for 840 students, a parking garage, central plant and athletic
The project team behind the Mariners Church Youth Building was tasked with creating a fun space for children and teenagers while not disturbing the ongoing operations of a church campus. Related Links: Best of California 2009 The building is a two-story steel structure that contains two large multi-purpose auditoriums. The downstairs auditorium features a large roll-up door that opens to the outside youth plaza. There is a lounge downstairs for high schoolers that has couches, a pool table and televisions. There is also a loft for junior high school children that includes games, including a foosball table, a ping-pong table