Renovations are always better than new buildings in our book when it comes to sustainability.
NBBJ’s design of the UCLA Pauley Pavilion Renovation is no exception, elevating an existing structure to a functional top tier 21st century sports arena.
It’s no secret that we are currently living in though economic times, but the building industry seems to being facing greater challenges as investment and development of government and private infrastructure seems to wane with little recover. These awards by the LABC are testament to a city that is still finding a way to thrive in hard times, and their sustainable aspects goes to show that building green isn’t necessarily more expensive.
+ LABC Architecture Awards
Yes, lets celebrate Los Angeles and it’s best architecture. Too bad none of that stuff above even mataches the quality of it’s predecessors.
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This building unfortunately demolished.
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This is the city’s first skyscraper.
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