Arquitectonica has released an update to its previously proposed redevelopment project at 8850 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood.
The former site of the notorious Viper Room will now feature an increased number of affordable housing units and market-rate condos while retaining its planned 5-star hotel component, which has been reduced from 113 to 90 rooms.
The revised concept also comes in a new envelope with curved balcony decks and one less full story. The Viper Room itself will be revised and expanded to meet “today’s entertainment standards” with a memorabilia display, upgraded stage, better soundproofing, and a recording studio all included inside. LED mesh window coverings appear also to have been removed from the updated facade.
Also part of the update is an added public plaza at street level and breezeway connected to a new “park-like” interior courtyard at the center of the building. A rooftop dining space and added restaurants at street level complete the development. The project anticipates a three-year construction phase. No construction timelines were available at press time.
The firm is under contract with Silver Creek Development and replaced an original concept from Morphosis last year to the surprise of many within the city's lucrative development market.
This follows the firm's eye-catching proposal for a heavily-cantilevered skyscraper design in Downtown Los Angeles. It will eventually be joined by Gensler’s forthcoming West Hollywood Arts Club project close by.
A cost estimate for the development has yet to be published. Additional project images can be viewed here.
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Trendy, tony, cushy—and sedate, likely $$$$$. I rather regret this. The Morphosis it replaces was genuinely wild.
We need a spot of madness here and there, certainly in LA, certainly at the site of the Viper Room.
TechNoir, the bar in the first Terminator
set the tone for the rest of the movie in what was otherwise everyday LA. Imagine what movies of our day might have been set at the Morphosis.
Viper Room images via The Viper Room.
@garygarvin what could have been…
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