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RIOS and Foster + Partners-led One Beverly Hills breaks ground in Los Angeles

2024-02-11T11:10:00-05:00

The RIOS and Foster + Partners-led One Beverly Hills development in Los Angeles has broken ground on a 50-month construction phase that will result in one of the country’s most expensive residential developments upon its opening in 2028.

The 17.5-acre development will connect the Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria with two 28- and 31-story condo towers and an 8.5-acre botanical garden designed by RIOS. It had been plagued by criticism over its lack of an affordable housing component. The program allows for up to 255 residential units, 78 hotel suites, and approximately 30,000 square feet of commercial space, along with subterranean parking for up to 1,900 vehicles.

Image: Foster & Partners

Beset by biophilia-lined terraces featuring over 200 unique species of native plants are the focal point and connective tissue of the design, demonstrating that “drought-quality planting doesn’t mean cactus,” according to RIOS’ founder Mark Rios.

“I am really interested in pursuing what a botanic...

Site preparations begin for Norman Foster’s One Beverly Hills

2024-01-03T14:49:00-05:00

Site preparations are underway in Los Angeles in advance of the 50-month construction phase that will bring the Foster + Partners-designed One Beverly Hills residential towers to a plot adjacent to the Beverly Hilton and other area hospitality icons.

Gensler is serving as the project’s executive architect while RIOS has been contracted to deliver the landscaped portion of the design, which occupies the total 17.5-acre site that includes another 8.5-acre botanical garden in compliment of each tower’s biophilic terraces.

The project will be realized at 28- and 31-stories, respectively, making them the tallest design in Beverly Hills since the Bank of America building at 9454 Wilshire Boulevard opened in 1968. According to Urbanize LA, the scheme calls for 255 condominiums, 79 hotel suites, and approximately 30,000-square-feet of commercial space, along with subterranean parking spaces for up to 1,900 vehicles.

Image rendering courtesy DBOX for Alagem Capital.

The project will cost ap...

$2 billion Beverly Hills mixed-use development designed by Foster + Partners approved by city council

2021-06-15T19:04:00-04:00

Last year, plans for One Beverly Hills, a $2 billion mixed-use, high-rise development in Los Angeles, were unveiled. The luxury project is now one step closer to realization following its approval in a 4-1 vote last week by the Beverly Hills City Council.

The development will be one of the largest in the city’s history, spanning 17.4 acres between Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards. The site is currently home to the Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills hotels. Plans for the complex include two high-rise residential buildings containing 303 units, a new hotel with 42 suites and 37 designated residences, and a four-story, approximately 35,000-square-foot pavilion containing retail and dining spaces.

The surroundings of the development would include 8.5 acres of gardens designed by local multi-disciplinary design firm RIOS, with more than half being open to the public. Two one-mile-long walkways will move through the landscape. Additionally, the project includes an under...

Foster + Partners unveils plans for twin condo towers in Beverly Hills

2020-07-01T17:14:00-04:00

A newly unveiled $2 billion development proposal crafted by Foster + Partners, Gensler, and RIOS for developers Alagem Capital Group aims to bring a pair of verdant, balcony-wrapped towers to Beverly Hills.

The project would be situated behind the Waldorf Astoria and Beverly Hilton Hotel sites and would bound the Los Angeles Country Club. In all, the development could render 303 units in addition to an adjacent hotel containing 42 high-end suites and 37 condominiums. The lower levels of the complex would include a retail podium filled with restaurants and shops, The Los Angeles Times reports.

Gensler is serving as Executive Architect for the development, while RIOS will provide landscape architecture services for. Under the current design, the ground level areas will be designed as lush landscapes and will be, according to reports, largely publicly accessible.

The project is slated to span over Merv Griffin Drive, a public street that bisects the project site, with a "landscaped ...