the People

Client
City of Los Angeles- Los Angeles Public Library

Architect
M2A Milofsky Michali & Cox
Architects LLP
617 South Olive St.,
Suite 220
Los Angeles, CA 90014
213-833-0005 tel.
213-833-0045 fax
www.m2a-architects.com

Partner in charge:
Thomas Michali

Design Partner:
Andrew Cox

Engineer
Civil:
Delon Hampton Associates

Structural:
Costa & Associates

Mechanical:
MB&A Corp.

Electrical:
V&M Electrical Engineering Inc.

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
Melendrez Design Partners

Lighting:
Integrated Lighting Design

Signage:
Design R&D

General contractor:
Sinanian Development Inc.

Photographer:
Tom Bonner Photography
310-396-7125 tel.

CAD system, project management,
or other software used
AutoDesk

the Products

Structural system
Reinforced concrete block walls and steel roof framing

Exterior cladding
Masonry:
Higgins Brick

Concrete:
Architectural Cast Stone

EIFS, ACM, or other:
La Habra Stucco

Cast Plaster Grilles:
Fischer and Jirooch Co.

Roofing
Built-up roofing:
Johns Manville

Metal:
Custom sheet metal and leader heads

Tile/shingles:
Redlands Clay Tile

Windows
Clad, wood casements, awning, and fixed by Pella Windows

Doors
Wood doors:
American Cherry by
Wood Tech Trading CO.

Special doors:
Custom designed wrought iron grilles

Hardware        
Locksets:
Corbin Ruswin        

Hinges:
Hager        

Closers:
Norton        

Exit devices:
Corbin Ruswin        

Pulls:
Trimco        

Cabinet hardware:
Rocky Mountain Hardware System

Interior finishes
Acoustical ceilings:
US Gypsum

Suspension grid:
Narrow Line by US Gypsum

Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
American cherry custom

Paints and stains:
ICI Dulux Professional

Wallcoverings:
Acoustic fabric wrapped wall panels by LBI/Boyd

Paneling:
American Cherry

Special surfacing:
Custom greenstone limestone counter slabs

Floor and wall tile:
DAL-Tile

Resilient flooring:
Armstrong Decorette linoleum

Carpet:
Queen Carpet Co. Finalist II

Furnishings
Office furniture:
Cubicles by Haworth

Reception furniture:
Chairs by KT with Architex and Fantagraph fabrics

Chairs:
Task chairs by Herman Miller; meeting room chairs by American
Seating; reading room chairs by Buckstaff

Tables:
Reading room tables by Buckstaff; meeting room tables by Versteel;
pre-school lounge tables
by KI

Other furniture:
Custom decorative iron and stack signage

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
Corbett Lighting

Downlights:
Lightolier

Task lighting:
Stack lights by Lite Control

Exterior:
Lumiere

Controls:
LC and D