The Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) selected Gruen Associates as the Executive Architect to join Design Architect Weiss/Manfredi for the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum project. Gruen Associates' Landscape Architecture department will also partner...
In recognition of their demonstrated leadership, dedication to the firm, and outstanding professional achievements, the Partners of GRUENASSOCIATES are pleased to announce the following promotions: Senior Associate Orlando González Gustave Heully, AIA,...
Paramount plans for 5,000 homes near West Santa Ana Branch The project area spans 279 acres between Rosecrans and the 105 Freeway December 26, 2022, 9:30AM Steven Sharp The City of Paramount is the latest jurisdiction in southeast Los Angeles County looking to reshape...
Join Gruen Associates as part of Cordoba Corporation's team at the @SANDAGregion Community Fair showcasing cutting-edge projects and programs coming to the San Diego region. As one of three project teams, each team will give a 30-minute presentation amid a variety of...
Gruen Associates is one of the sponsors as well as panelist at Docomomo SoCal's virtual panel featuring our own Matthew Parrent, AICP, Principal Associate and Ashok Vanmali, AIA, Partner, scheduled for October 12th. The discussion will touch on the past, present and...
Nicole Lawson --Director of Marketing and Senior Associate for Gruen Associates --attended the 2022 CMACN/AIACA Concrete Masonry Design Awards to accept this year's CMACN Awards Merit Award in the Public/Civic Design category for the Metro Division 16 Southwestern...
For over a decade, Gruen Associates has volunteered and participated in the International Coastal Cleanup Day Event, sponsored locally by Heal the Bay (https://healthebay.org/). In addition to removing trash and debris from the shoreline, this event is an opportunity...
On September 16, 2022, Debra Gerod, FAIA, LEED AP and Devon Barnes, AIA, LEED AP of Gruen Associates were presented with the 2022 Rose Award for Tower Theatre at the 40th Annual Roses & Lemon Awards Breakfast honoring the best people and places in downtown Los...
Senior Planner Orlando González and Associate Planner Kamille Parks, AICP presented the High Quality Transit Area (HQTA) Analysis Pilot Program (https://www.gruenassociates.com/project/high-quality-transit-area-hqta-pilot-projects/) to SCAG's Community, Economic and...
Gruen Associates recently completed our third exhibition space for Louis Vuitton! The exhibit is currently open daily, until September 6, 2022 and is free to the public! 200 Artists worldwide were commissioned to create a personalized piece showcasing their vision for...
Our newest Planner, Jongmi Kagabo, presented her thesis project at The 7th Annual Design for Dignity Conference on Friday, July 22, 2022. She was a part of a panel discussing community land trusts. A community land trust was an implementation step for her project...
As part of the 2022 Academy for Emerging Professionals Committee in the role of Associate Director-South for AIA California’s Board of Directors, Mashawnta Armstrong, Assoc. AIA hosted architecture school students at Gruen Associates’ office, where she is a Project...
Gruen Associates was the Architect for the Louis Vuitton Men's Store on Rodeo Drive. Located in Beverly Hills, this is the luxury brand's first men's store in California and offers the latest collection by the late, forever-popular and respected men's artistic...
One of the newest venues to open since Covid-19 restrictions have relaxed, Terasaki Budokan hosted the first in-person Fundraising event since 2019 for the Asian American Architects & Engineers Foundation (AAa/e Foundation). Gruen designed the long-awaited Little...
Gruen participated in the Helms District program, Seeding the City. This Earth Day event celebrated 21st Century gardens in Los Angeles with a talk on bridging the divide between nature and the built environment. Dean Howell, Director of Landscape Architecture at...
Gruen Associates is proud to be the architectural designer and landscape architect of the new Terasaki Budokan state-of-the-art facility in Little Tokyo. Developed and owned by the non-profit Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), the sports complex officially opened...
Gruenites were excited to celebrate Holi right outside our office in Lower Carthay Circle Park last Friday! For those of you who are not familiar, Holi is a Hindu spring festival of love, frolic, and colors celebrated on the Indian subcontinent, also known as the...
In recognition of their demonstrated leadership, dedication to the firm, and outstanding professional achievements, the Partners of GRUENASSOCIATES are pleased to announce the following promotions: Principal Associate Matthew Parrent, AICP Senior...
Having wrapped another busy winter holiday not too long ago - Valentine's Day - we are reminded of love for those who are in need. And that love is displayed each year by Gruen Associates and our fellow Gruenites, who contribute a toy to the Spark of Love Toy Drive....
Once again, it is Modernism Week - a celebration of Mid-Century modern design! The Bank of America building featured as part of Palm Springs' Modernism Week was designed by Gruen Associates' original design partner, Rudi Baumfeld. Rudi was responsible for many of the...
Debra Gerod, FAIA, LEED AP - Partner of Gruen Associates - led a tour of the Audrey Irmas Pavilion for the Women of Wilshire (WOW) on a blustery Tuesday afternoon on February 22, 2022. WOW is a group formed of members of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple (WBT), a 1929...
In collaboration with Council District 14, Gruen Associates and the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI) engaged the community to develop an urban strategy for the use of these Caltrans properties that is compatible with the existing neighborhood character and...
Gruen Associates team members and colleagues attended the 2021 ASLA Quality of Life Design Awards presentation and reception held outdoors at the Omni Hotel Los Angeles / Water Court Plaza on September 30th. Gruen Associates won a “Planning and Analysis” award for our...
2,735 volunteers joined us on Saturday, Sept. 18 at 35 beach, river & inland sites in Los Angeles County, California for our 32nd Annual #CoastalCleanupDay. From 9 am til Noon, volunteers covered 50+ miles of area on land & underwater - removing 5,051 pounds...
The Airport Metro Connector is having it's long awaited groundbreaking! Congrats to all the many people who have worked on this project. The $500-million transit hub, which is expected to open in 2024, will span across a 9.5-acre site at the corner of Arbor Vitae...
Mt. SAC officials and Foothill Transit hosted a groundbreaking July 14th for the Mt SAC Transit Center which is set to open Spring of 2022. The ceremony was at the site, with stakeholders and consultants in attendance. The new Transit facility features ten bus bays...
The Newest Apple Store is Set to Open in Downtown's Historic Tower Theatre on June 24th Gruen Associates is the Executive Architect with Foster + Partners as the Design Architect for the renovation of the historic 1927 Tower Theatre into the newest and most dramatic...
In recognition of their demonstrated leadership, dedication to the firm, and outstanding professional achievements, the Partners of GRUENASSOCIATES are pleased to announce the following promotions: Principal Associate Chris McFaul, Assoc. AIA Senior Associate Jasmine...