PROJECTS Archives - PAR

HOUSE RH

PAR has been commissioned to design a home in the West Hollywood district of Los Angeles. The project involves adapting an early 20th century spanish revival structure into a family home including a guest house, terrace and pool. Our strategy embraces the character of the existing building while inserting contemporary elements that transform the space into a 2,300 sf home for exhibiting art that opens up to two private gardens. Construction is scheduled for Summer 2015.

PAR PARTICIPATES IN GUGGENHEIM COMPETITION

In Helsinki, we developed together with ARUP, a gathering of eight soft volumes of varying sizes and undulating heights that reflect the surroundings while creating a porous urban condition. The volumes lightly intersect with one another leading to a collection of exhibition spaces surrounded by public gardens. The resulting 12.100 m2 institution is a transparent and light building, clustered between the city and the water, immediately visible to visitors arriving by sea. Check out our proposal on World Architects.

IBID. GALLERIES IN LONDON AND LOS ANGELES

For IBID. Gallery in Los Angeles, PAR developed a plan for the international gallery to expand into the historic urban fabric of the Los Angeles Arts District, a lowrise area in the eastern part of the city. The project involved transforming an abandoned garage warehouse and large courtyard into a 12,000 sf exhibition and event outpost. Working closely with our client, we were able to preserve the original aura of the structure while at the same time, create a new spatial quality for the gallery. The gallery opened with a painting exhibition by Christian Rosa earlier this Fall.

Our collaboration with IBID. continued in London where we designed their new location in Marylebone. The project involved adapting an early 20th century townhouse into a flexible 300 sm gallery. Our strategy embraced the historical character of the existing building while inserting contemporary elements that transform the space into two main exhibition spaces. The gallery opened with a group show in conjunction with the London Frieze Art Fair in October 2014.

IBID. GALLERY LONDON

PAR has been selected by London based IBID. to design their new gallery in Marylebone, London. The project includes adapting a former townhouse into a 350 m2 exhibition and event outpost. The gallery is under construction with an opening during the London Frieze Art Fair in Fall 2014.

IBID. GALLERY LA

PAR has been selected by London based IBID. to design their new gallery in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. The project includes adapting two warehouse buildings and a large courtyard into a 12,000 SF exhibition and event outpost. Our design includes mobile furniture elements that will be used flexibly between the galleries and courtyard. Opening Fall 2014.

T HOUSE COMMISSION

PAR has been selected by a family to design something different than a conventional home in Washington DC. The family has requested a house which feels like a connected space, and to save the landscape as much as possible, especially its characteristic fig trees. Our design strategy stacks the house within the tree boundary and is characterized by a central void of interconnected spaces.

PAR + BURO HAPPOLD RETURN TO TAIWAN

Building on our success in the Keelung Harbor Gateway Competition, PAR and Buro Happold return to Taiwan for another collaboration. Catch more details in Summer 2013.

PAR PARTICIPATES IN MILAN EXPO 2015 COMPETITION

According to master planner Jacques Herzog, EXPO 2015 will overturn the concept of monumentality: in place of giant structures, Milan will build a new landscape of monumental lightness and natural beauty. In the spirit of this plan, PAR is participating in a competition to design the 23.500 m2 Padiglione Italia.

M HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Construction progress for M House, sited in the Hollywood Hills, is scheduled to top out in Summer 2013. The project emerged from the idea of making a suspended house that floats over the canyon, thus taking advantage of the Los Angeles skyline while generating spaces for living outdoors.

M HOUSE TOPPING OUT

Situated in a canyon near the Hollywood Sign and Griffith Observatory, the M House continues to rise and is scheduled to top out in Summer 2013. The project emerged from the idea of making a suspended house that floats over the canyon, thus taking advantage of the Los Angeles skyline while generating spaces for living outdoors.