central la high school #9 shows some skin
Downtown Los Angeles’s second new LAUSD high school has seen some significant construction progress recently.
All major structures on the site of the new Central LA High School #9 appear to be in place. Main building frontage on Grand Avenue is up, windows are being installed, and a dark gray metallic “skin” has been applied to the building.
The school is also known as the High School for the Visual and Performing Arts. According to the most recent monthly construction update provided by LAUSD, the Coop Himmelb(l)au-designed high school is 58% complete. Construction for the high school is on schedule and budgeted at $208 million.
View from Cesar Chavez and Grand. Click image for larger view.
The site as it appeared in December, 2006, by fridayinla. Click image for original size.
Project rendering via Europaconcorsi.
Despite being a great asset to Downtown Los Angeles in particular and the city in general, I hope some major pedestrian improvements are in the works, especially for Grand Avenue just north of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, over the 101 Freeway.
The link between the Grand Avenue Project, Grand Avenue cultural corridor, and the new high school is abysmal; small sidewalks and poorly maintained greenery will give a bad impression to those architectural tourists who will be trekking north from Bunker Hill to see the school, not to mention the actual students who will be attending this beautiful new high school.
-Complete LAUSD High School #9 Construction Photo Set
The bones of what will soon be the public entrance to the school. Click image for larger view.
Protective plastic sheeting in the wind. Click image for larger view.
Entrance structure under construction. Click image for larger view.
Northernmost structure with prominent spiral under construction. Click image for larger view.
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21 comments
I WOULD LOVE MY DAUGHTER TO ATTEND SCHOOL AT THE NEW CENTRAL LA HIGH #9 SHE WILL BE GRADUATING FROM 8TH GRADE IN 2008 SO IT IS PERFECT FOR HER TO START IN THE NEW SCHOOL. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS A WAITING LIST OR WHERE AND WHEN CAN I ENROLL HER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
i would like to apply!!!thank you.
I WOULD LIKE MY DAUGHTER TO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL BECAUSE WE JUST MOVED HERE TO CALIFORNIA AND I WANT HER MOVIN INTO CALIFORNIA WITH GREAT EXPERIENCES.
Belmont High School project to date cost $270 Million. This High School for the Visual Arts & Performing Arts has balloned to $208 million through 2006 and quickly approaching Belmont costs. On a per seat basis this is going to be yet another very expensive LAUSD high school.
Actually, I think the link to the Grand Avenue cooridor could be achieved by covering over the 101 and turning it into parkland. I really don’t think there is any reasonable way to make these bridges over the 101 pedestrian friendly.
can u tell me how to apply for this cool school thanks
“Gee I just moved to LA and I want my kids to go to the best school. ” “Oh oh oh, I want to apply.” Seems some of you don’t have much of a plan if you are posting here thinking you will get in. If you judge your kids education based on how it looks outside I am guessing your child isn’t so smart either. If you really want a good school move OUT OF LA-USD into an area with a good school system. But I am guessing you can’t afford that, so maybe lobby your congressman to fix LAUSD schools, oh that won’t happen either will it. In a nutshell, this one very overpriced building is taking funding away from the other 99% of schools who need books, teachers, and money. LA is very shallow and the posts above prove it. LAUSD students come out stupid or drop out. Look at the stats and get angry! IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE LA A BETTER CITY, FIX WHAT YOU HAVE, DON’T BUILD A FACADE OVER A CRAP SCHOOL SYSTEM.
what a fuckin monstrocity. there goes the tax payer dollar in to some fluffy ass looking back scratchin ass architect nepotismical hook up…
how bout we spend the money on good lessons and decent teacher wages than trying to wow people with the look (which is freeking LAME)
stop wasting taxpayer money on FLUFF!!! typical for america. nice sales pitch but it’s too expensive, the product sucks, and it will be out of style in 3 years.
OMG! This Place is gunna look truely amazing.. and Me and My Friends would love to take some shots off this school when its finished!!
Everyone needs to give the LAUSD a chance with this school.
i want to got to this schoollllllllll
In reference to post “01.15.08 at 6:13 pm,” you really don’t need to be so condescending - or do you? It’s true that many schools need a lot of funds, and many schools are not managed well. But w/out getting into those important issues, which are being discussed on the blogosphere, I think you should keep an open mind to the virtue of good architecture. As a 12 yr LAUSD veteran who continues to mentor new teachers, I can tell you the difference it makes for teachers, students, and parents to be in a drab, depressing building, or an uplifting one. I taught at the award winning designed Science Center School, and I can tell you that the students have a better attitude towards learning by being in an environment that says - YOU MATTER!
i would like to apply 4 this school but my father is not convinced that i will go to another school other than the one i am attending now. i now attend ramona convent secondary school in alhambra. i am not so sure that i will make it in 2009 for high school. please get back to me. i hope i will hear from you soon!! :)
This building is an excellent piece of architecture, and a magnificent display of the prominent role that art plays in the LA area. i fell in love with this structure the first time i drove past its steel skeleton, and have been following its development since.
it is unfortunate that people [namely the “note to parents above” poster and johnathan nameth] view this work of art as such a monstrosity, and i feel that it is greatly naive to blindly state that anyone coming out of high school with an LAUSD education is an idiot. Personally, i think your idiocy and ignorance proves that you, in fact, are the moron here.
i agree with Bruce Stoffmacher, and i feel that students will love being educated in such an amazing atmosphere.
At first glance, the building looks like it came out of some futuristic world. I will do everything in my power to convince my parents to send me here. So far i am stuck at Sacred Heart Highschool!
please get back to me on the enrolling information, i would love to have the privilage to attend such a unique school.
Hi! One of my friends and I think this school looks gorgeous so far, and we would love to attend it. Please get back to us on how to enroll. Thank you.
please please please…you guys need to post the academic courses that this school will be offering!
omg i would love to attend this school because i feel it will be a great opportunity for me and my future!!!!! me and my friend nicole r really looking foward to this upcoming high school. we’re just ready to show off our natural talents!!!
get me out of sacred heart high school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just post up some information so i can get to my parents ASAP please…….
when i first saw the first designs of this school my freshmen or sophomore year(2006), i fell in love with it. i was told that my class(class of 2009) was going to attend this school our senior year but as it seems that won’t be happening soon. i loved the whole focus of this school. This school is for the visual and performing art, so what i was told was that the main focuses were dance, theater, art and music. well oh, even though i will not attend this school my senior year. i love how the school looks.
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