as hotel tower comes into view, new renderings released
Gensler, the architects behind the massive LA Live project, are now exhibiting new renderings on their website for the 874-room, 54-story Ritz Carlton Residences & Hotel tower.
The artist’s renderings solidify the vision of AEG in its quest to make its corner of Downtown the entertainment destination of Los Angeles. This follows our recent post about LA Live’s steel frame already climbing above street level.
A representative for Gensler explains, “The steel is going up a little faster than a floor a week. Each floor is 340 tons of steel. By the end of the year, all 54 stories (18,360 tons) should be up.”
Seen from a distance, the staggered, multicolored glass pattern on the tower’s facade seems to echo the movement of the traffic on the 110 and 10 freeways — a less obvious take on LA’s iconic car-culture identity than the neon installation at the Caltrans Building, but visually stimulating nonetheless.
Also notable is how the hotel’s ballroom facility will continue the theme westward in an elegant structure along Olympic Boulevard.
-convention center hotel climbs above street level
-a peek inside the convention center hotel pit
Thanks to Steve2726 for the tip!
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Yet another posting today! You guys are amazing.
Warning…The next sound you hear will be a frustrated Eric Richardson (Blogdowntown.com) smashing his laptop on your heads.
You are welcome. Thanks for the credit.
Oh, I think Eric can handle it. Different niches. It’s all good.
Our two sites really do cover separate issues, both of which are important to Downtown.
I couldn’t even begin to cover City Hall or the Arts District — not to mention the arts scene — the way Ed and Eric do.
I know it says that the theaters are what extend the hotel look towards the freeway, but the theater isnt shown in any of these pics. That is the hotels ballroom building you see. If you look closely to the third pic, you can see the entrance to the the theaters under the hotel pedestrian overpass. Looks great in the renderings. The glass reminds me of LAPD HQ
Hugh, thanks for the clarification - we felt we might have been wrong about that.
A representative for Gensler explains, “The steel is going up a little faster than a floor a day.
Looks like it’ll be topping out sometime in the next 4 weeks! ;)
Nice skyscraper design. But pedestrian overpasses are not good for stimulating activity on the street grid, which is what the downtown economy needs. Downtown has enough of these in the Financial District. They are a total flop.
You nailed it about the pedestrian overpass, but AEG does get somewhat of a pass since they built a large street-level plaza in front of the Nokia Theater.
AFAIK, this is the only pedestrian overpass in the entire LA Live complex. Am I wrong on that?
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