the People

Client
Library Department, City of Los Angeles

Architect
Carde • Ten Architects
1638 Nineteenth Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-453-4427 tel.
310-453-5515 fax
www.cardeten.com

Principals:
Scott Carde, FAIA,
Brian Ten, AIA

Project Lead:
Erik Mar

Project Team:
Carlos Ovalle, Angela Pérez,
Carolina Waldheim

Project Artist:
Mary Lynn Dominguez

Engineer(s)
Structural:
WHL Consulting Engineers
300 South Grand Ave., Suite 3850
Los Angeles, CA 90071
213-613-1888 tel.
213-613-0888 fax

M/E/P Engineers
M • E Engineers
10113 Jefferson Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
310-553-0600 tel.
310-553-4233 fax

Civil:
Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc.
18425 Burbank Blvd., Suite 509
Tarzana, CA 91356
818-609-8942 tel.
818-609-9091 fax

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
Melêndrez Design Partners
The Oviatt Building
617 South Olive St., Suite 1110
Los Angeles, CA 90014
213-673-4400 tel.
213-673-4410 fax

Lighting
California Lighting Sales
19321 East Walnut Drive North
City of Industry, CA 91748
909-869-6000 tel.

General contractor
Sinanian Development Inc.
18980 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200
Tarzana, CA 91356
818-996-9666 tel.
818-705-7914 fax

Photographer
Doug Olson
310-322-3545 tel.
douglasolson.com

Renderer
Erik Mar, Carde • Ten Architects

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
Engineered Software PowerCAD, Autodessys Form Z, Adobe Illustrator

the Products

Structural syste
Steel

Exterior cladding
Metal/glass curtainwall:
Arcadia

EIFS, ACM, or other:
Moeding clay tile rainscreen,
Parex steel troweled fiber reinforced plaster

Membrane roofing
Roofing:        
Soprema SBS modified

Metal:
AEP span standing seam steel

Acoustical metal roof deck:
Epicore

Windows
Aluminum:
Arcadia

Glazing
Glass:
PPG insulated tinted with
low-e coating

Doors
Entrances:
Stanley automatic sliding doors

Metal doors:
Hollow metal

Fire-control doors, security grilles:
Cookson

Hardware
Locksets:
Corbin-Russwin

Exit devices:
Corbin-Russwin

Interior finishes
Acoustical ceilings:
Armstrong

Suspension grid:
Armstrong

Paints and stains:
Vista

Plastic laminate:
Nevamar

Acoustical ceiling fabric:
Eurospan

Floor and wall tile:
Daltile; Mirage

Ceramic granite resilient flooring:
Armstrong

Carpet:
Lees

Wood flooring:
Solid bamboo wood
by Welson and York

Lighting
Interior bookstack lighting:
Lam

Downlights:
Lithonia; Eureka

Exterior:
Hydrel; Hess

Controls:
Lutron

Plumbing
American Standard; Kohler