PDC III, the "Red Building," is the third project in the AIA award winning Pacific Design Center complex by th team of Cesar Pelli and Gruen Associates. The 400,000 sf office building and 1200 stall parking structure is a pair of office towers sitting on a combined parking podium. Amongst the design challenges, the parking levels provide access to an otherwise landlocked adjacent MTA bus staging area.

The Morongo Administrative Complex is phase one of a multi-phased master planned complex designed by Gruen Associates for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. The Administrative Complex consists of a 68,000sf administrative building with a 8,000sf tribal meeting hall that are planned to be the center of the MBMI tribal affairs. These buildings are designed to respect the reservation's high the center of the MBMI tribal affairs. These buildings are designed to respect the reservation's high desert, arid climate and are situated on the site to take full advantage of natural day lighting.

Gruen Associates was selected by the City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering to design the new Mid-City Police Station. The new precinct station is located on Vermont Avenue north of Pico Boulevard at 12th Street. The Mid-City Police Station includes a 54,000 square-feet police station, a 10,000 square-feet vehicle maintenance facility (Motor Transport Division) and a Communication Tower, a 250-space subterranean parking garage (approximately 88,000 square feet) and approximately 80-space, on-grade parking. The station includes the latest in security design and maintain contextual ties to the local community. Strategically located adjacent to Koreatown, as a new precinct station, it will not be replacing an older existing station, but rather, it will be a visible expression of Police Chief William Bratton’s commitment to increase the presence of the Los Angeles Police Department in the community.

Equitable City CenteR
Los Angeles, California

New facilities for this rapidly expanding congregation, located near Downtown Los Angeles, includes a main sanctuary seating approximately 1,500, four hundred of which are in a balcony, a fellowship hall able to seat up to 600 in a banquet configuration, a nursery school for approximately 50 children, a gymnasium and administrative facilities. The sanctuary is designed to be recognizable as a church both inside and out, but executed in a contemporary manner. The new complex also incorporates an existing building to be renovated into the church school and additional administrative facilities. Parking for approximately 330 vehicles is located on two levels below the main sanctuary level. This urban church complex is composed around a welcoming forecourt providing relief and transition from the church’s dense urban environment.

Astoria at Central Park West
Irvine, California

Gruen Associates is the Architect for the new Academic Resource Center, housing a library, visual arts classrooms, and administrative offices, at the prestigious Marlborough School in Los Angeles. This project was conceived to replace the old library building with a state of the art library, integrating their resource center with their technology curriculum as well as providing much needed studio and gallery space for their growing visual arts program. As a part of the three-phase master plan, Gruen Associates added two levels of underground parking providing an additional 66 spaces which alleviates the School’s parking problem. In addition to the 92,650 square feet of new building, Gruen Associates renovated two other classroom buildings on the campus, assisted with entitlement activities, assisted in value-engineering, designed their temporary facilities, as well as assisted the General Contractor in phasing the construction activities to coincide with on-going school activities. This project is designed to qualify for LEED certification.

This 17,400 square-foot, one-level County public library was developed to serve the needs of the Lawndale community. The design includes library, reading, and Hispanic and Chinese language collections facilities for adults. A major children's component of the project encompasses a homework center, book and video collections, as well as a children's storytelling area. In addition, the facility contains a major community room and support areas providing a hub of community activities.