Prism Awards 2008
First Prize, Commericial
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Building
Los Angeles
Dimension Stone Contractor: Carnevale & Lohr Inc., Bell Gardens, Calif. (Honoree)
Owner: Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles
Architect: Gensler, Santa Monica, Calif. office
Contractor: Taslimi Construction Co., Los Angeles
Consultant: Jeffrey Matthews, Trade International Inc., Atlanta
The theme is strikingly displayed by a Piana Carrara white marble feature wall 220’ X 20’, with a hand-chiseled finish on nominal 3’ X 9’ panels, with each installed on an aluminum frame system with 3/8" open joints so as to appear to be floating individually.
The street level lobby includes a honed Absolute Black granite feature wall and bench, along with a 20’ long Absolute Black reception desk. There’s also a 30’ long polished Piana Carrara and Calacatta Statuarietto marble-walled corridor; and a uniquely shaped Calacatta Statuarietto monument stair leading to the mezzanine. All are aligned with 7,000 ft² of honed 3cm Calacatta Statuarietto paving in 5’ X 3’ modules with 1/16” joints. Floor borders of bush-hammered Pennsylvania black slate frame the edges of the marble floor at the glass walls, passing through and becoming 500’ of exterior paving.
At the mezzanine level, a floor of honed 3cm Calacatta Statuarietto continues for 3,000 ft²) in a 2’ X 3’ grid. On the sides are feature walls of honed Absolute Black granite. Connecting the mezzanine to the second floor is a honed Calacatta Statuarietto switchback staircase. A seven-story atrium space includes, at each level, feature walls on the east side of nominal 20’ X 10’ of polished Guangxi marble.