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Glass curtain wall begins to wrap around LEVER Architecture's hybrid mass timber building in Los Angeles

2022-08-10T14:38:00-04:00

LEVER Architecture’s 843 N Spring Street is nearing completion as new images have been released depicting its glass curtain wall going up on the hybrid mass timber office building.

Located directly across from LA’s Chinatown Metro stop, the 145,000-square-foot, five-story building is set to be one of the first major Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) office buildings in Los Angeles. It comprises roughly 82,000 square feet of 3- and 5-ply CLT panels and concrete topping slab, with exposed steel columns and beams. In addition, exposed timber panels cantilever over the balconies.

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According to LEVER, this approach has resulted in an estimated reduction of 1,357 metric tons of carbon compared to traditional building methods, the equivalent of keeping 287 cars off the road for a year.

Joining the building’s office space is 7,000 square feet of street-level and second-floor retail space. It ...

LEVER Architecture's 843 N Spring Street is set to be one of the largest Cross-Laminated Timber buildings in Los Angeles

2022-01-06T14:04:00-05:00

A 5-story, 122,000 office and retail building, set to be one of the largest Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) buildings in Los Angeles, is taking shape. For 843 N Spring Street, this month continues the installation of what will be 82,000 square feet of CLT panels in the hybrid timber structure designed by LEVER Architecture, developed by Redcar LTD, and built by Shawmut Design and Construction. Its tiered vertical garden courtyard was designed by landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations.

843 N Spring Street is described as an “environmentally forward-thinking new office prototype.” The building combines office spaces and the outdoors through open-air circulation spaces, a rooftop deck, and balconies. Integrating a former two-story indoor market, it features a rooftop PV array, over 200 bike stalls and EV charging stations, and biophilic materials. The site’s landscaping is irrigated by a 15,000 gallon cistern that captures onsite rain water. According to a press releas...

LEVER Architecture unveils designs for a new mass timber structure in LA's Chinatown

2021-07-16T12:59:00-04:00

A former shopping center near downtown Los Angeles is getting a makeover thanks to an innovative new design that promises to take CLT building to brand new levels.

LEVER Architecture is bringing mass timber construction to LA's Chinatown with a sizeable new office building that will add four new levels to an existing 1990s commercial structure to create an oasis in a high-density urban setting.

Image courtesy of James Corner Field Operations

The 145,000-square-foot structure aims to push boundaries for the building material that is rapidly growing in popularity thanks to its reputation for safety and sustainability. Lever’s design layers a series of open-air spaces throughout the building in an attempt to connect users to the outdoors thanks to a landscape from Field Operations. The naturalistic element is further enhanced by a tiered internal courtyard garden that provides sectional variety and takes its visual cues from the Bradbury Building and New York’s Oneonta Gorge.

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