Bringing together highly energy-efficient building systems, sustainable materials, green construction approaches and solar energy features, the new home for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is designed to be the largest private office building of its kind in California to achieve high marks for sustainability.
Completed in December 2011, the LEED Gold 90,000-sq-ft hotel on Santa Monica's Ocean Avenue has two four-story concrete buildings, including 164 rooms, two restaurant spaces, a conference room, a fitness center, a gym, an outdoor courtyard with a solar-heated pool and spa and four levels of subterranean parking.
The $19.58-million project, completed in May 2012, began a "Generating Green" program for the county with the installation of photovoltaic systems in four facility locations, on both rooftops and planned carports.
In 2004, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the largest art museum in the western U.S., began a $71.65-million, three-phase project to expand, upgrade and unify its 25-acre campus.
First planned for the city of Santa Maria in 1997, the $218-million Marian Regional Medical Center (MRMC) broke ground in October 2008 and celebrated its ribbon-cutting in March 2012.
Designed with classical and Spanish elements to complement the architecture in the surrounding community, the $5-million, 10,500-sq-ft station replaced a 3,000-sq-ft facility that was razed in 2010 in response to California's Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act.
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