This 1,200,000 s.f. mixed-use development is located in the heart of West Los Angeles' Westwood Village commercial district. It features a 332-room four-star hotel, 150,000 s.f. of prime retail space, 4 restaurants, a 652-seat cinema, office space, 24 luxury condominiums, a sub-grade 1,600-car garage and a full service grocery store on the first and second levels of the garage structure.

The project was designed in a "Mediterranean" style to satisfy local zoning ordinances. The layout emphasizes human scale, street life, authentic use of materials, and the discovery of new views and outdoor rooms. The private spaces are balanced by the dedication of over 25% of the site area to open landscaped gardens and courtyards. The integration of the sub-surface garage is based on clarity of circulation (fourteen elevators and ten escalators to serve the garage), efficient construction, and freedom of expression for the architecture above.

Scott Wilson, AIA was Director-in-Charge/Project Architect while with Benjamin Thompson & Associates, Cambridge, MA.

master planning

commercial / retail