the People

Architect:
Morphosis
2041 Colorado Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90404
T: 310 453 2247
F: 310 829 3270
http://www.morphosis.net

Lead Design Architect:
Morphosis

Principal:
Thom Mayne, Registered Architect

Project Manager:
Tim Christ, Registered Architect

Project Architect:
Brandon Welling, Registered Architect
   
Project team:
Linda Chung, Ben Damron, Simon Demeuse, Marty Doscher, Rolando Mendoza, Eui-Sung Yi

Project Assistants: Caroline Barat, Gerald Bodziak, Crister Cantrell, Delphine Clemenson, Todd Curley, Alasdair Dixon, Haseb Faqirzada, Chris Fenton, Arthur de Ganay, Dwoyne Keith, Sohith Perera, Kristine Solberg, Natalia Traverso Caruana

Executive Architect:
SmithGroup
225 Bush Street
11th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Project Executive: Carl Roehling, FAIA
Principal in Charge: Carl Christiansen, AIA
Project Manager: William Loftis, AIA
Project Architect: Jon Gherga, R.A.

Engineer(s):
Structural, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineer:
Ove Arup and Partners                               
Project Manager: Steve Carter
Structural Engineers: Bruce Gibbons, Steve Ratchye, Chuan Do
Mechanical Engineer: Erin McConahey
Plumbing Engineer: Tad Takamatsu
Electrical Engineers: Edmond Yang, Morad Pajouhan

Natural Ventilation Modeling:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
 
Civil Engineer:
Brian Kangas Foulk

Geotechnical:
Geomatrix

Consultant(s)

Landscape:
Richard Haag Associates Inc. with J.J.R   

Lighting:
Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, Inc.

Acoustical:
Thorburn Associates

Other:
Collaborative Artists:
James Turrell, Ed Ruscha, Rupert Garcia, Hung Liu, Raymond Saunders, William Wiley

Signage:
Kate Keating Associates

Cost Estimator:
Davis Langdon

Curtain Wall:
Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc.

Blast Consultant:
Hinman Consulting Engineers

Code:
Rolf Jensen & Associates

Vertical Transportation:
Hesselberg, Keessee & Associates, Inc.

Construction Manager:
Hunt Construction Group

Inspection & Testing:
Consolidated Engineering Laboratories

General contractor:
Dick Corporation/Morganti General Contractors

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
Design CAD System was Bentley Microstation, Bentley Structural. Sunscreen and its supporting substructure, Elevator lobby ceilings, and main lobby ceilings relied heavily on integration of Architect's and Contractor's 3D models.

the Products

Structural system:
Foundation:
Auger cast drilled piles with pile cap load transfer to primary concrete shear walls

Annex:
Steel structure with special moment frame in east-west direction, concentric braced frame in north-south direction

Childcare and Pavilion:
Steel structure with moment frames

Scrim Support:
Galvanized tube steel and built up beams with bolted connections

Exterior cladding

Metal/glass curtainwall:
Custom clear anodized aluminum windowwall-Permasteelisa Cladding
Technologies fabricator

Perforated stainless steel sunscreen panels with exposed galvanized
steel custom support-Permasteelisa/T&M Manufacturing fabricators

Clear anodized aluminum flatlock metal panels

Concrete:
Exposed high volume slag replacement cast in place concrete

Roofing
Built-up roofing: Tremco

Glazing
Glass: Viracon exterior, Old Castle interior

Doors
Metal doors: Painted steel

Wood doors:
Clear finish maple: Algoma Hardwood

Interior finishes

Acoustical ceilings:
Armstrong acoustic panels in offices

Custom galvanized wire mesh panels in public areas

Suspension grid:
Armstrong

Office partitions:
Hollow metal with fritted glazing

Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
Clear finish maple: ISEC

Paints and stains:
Wall paints:
ICI

Interior stair & guardrails:
Tiger Drylac Powdercoating

Wallcoverings:
Custom printed mesh art panels:
Impact Imaging

Venetian Plaster

Maharam Action Fabrics

Paneling:
Fiber reinforced cement panels:
Swisspearl

Perforated maple wall and ceiling panels:
9-Wood

Special surfacing:
Ground & Sealed Concrete floors: Perfect Polish

Floor and wall tile :
Bathrooms:
Daltile

Resilient flooring:
Rubberized surfacing:
Ecofloor

Linoleum:
Armstrong

Carpet:
Interface

Raised flooring:
Tate      

Furnishings
Office furniture:
Herman Miller

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
Pendants:
Zumtobel

Downlights:
Zumtobel

Public corridor exposed downlights:
DelRay

MR16 downlights:
Contech

Restroom and hallway sconces:
Artemide

Lantern fixtures:
Lighting Services

Office troffers:
Daybrite

Lobbies linear:
Lightolier & Prudential

Exterior:
Lanterns & Steplights:
Bega

Canopy linear:
Paramount

Neon artwork:
Arrow

Controls:
Lutron

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators: Mid-American Elevator

Mechanical Systems:
Central Plant:
Centrifugal chillers with cooling towers, steam purchased from local utility

Annex, Childcare, Fitness Center and Lobby: Variable-air-volume system with economizers

Tower, Conference Center and Levels 2-5 Office Areas:
Underfloor displacement ventilation system with economizers

Tower, Levels 6-18 Perimeter Areas:
Natural ventilation cooling with finned tube convector heating elements

Tower, Levels 6-18 Enclosed Cabins:
Water source heat pumps with waterside economizer

Electrical Systems:
Busbar distribution system with dedicated bus for mechanical equipment; panel-level monitoring of energy use; daylight harvesting; emergency generator for life-safety element and server shutdown

Plumbing Systems:
Split level distribution system with redundant feeds;
Reduced flow fixtures throughout;