22 FIRMS GATHER DESIGN AWARDS.Byline: Gregory J. Wilcox Staff Writer SYLMAR - A Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. business group honored 22 architectural firms An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. Thursday for innovative projects ranging from a high-rise office tower in the city to an open-air hay barn in the country. Winning projects at the Los Angeles Business Council's 34th Los Angeles Architectural Awards included a new city library in Sylmar, the interior at the Warner Music Pinnacle pinnacle (pĭn`ĭkəl), minor architectural motif of vertical tapering shape, usually crowning a pier, buttress, or gable. Although sometimes it appears in Renaissance design, as in the Certosa di Pavia, it is almost exclusively a medieval Building in Burbank and the Somis Hay Barn in Ventura County. The latter, which has yet to be built, doesn't look at all like a barn since the hay also doubles as the exterior walls while waiting to be trucked to local farms. The library, which opened last September, is a popular destination in the northeast San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. where teens occupied the computer stations and children and adults filled the main reading room on Thursday. The library, designed by Hodgetts+Fung Design and Architecture, has 12,500 square feet of space. The old building had only 5,000 square feet. It's designed for tomorrow as well as today and includes a community center. ``It's a big improvement, and we have a nice area for our computers,'' said librarian Irene Galvan. ``The old building was designed before the age of computers, so it wasn't convenient for the stations.'' The business council initiated the awards to inspire improvements in the quality of architecture in Los Angeles. This year awards were presented to 22 firms. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Brad Cox Brad Cox is a computer scientist and Ph.D. of mathematical biology known mostly for his work in software engineering (specifically software reuse), software componentry, and the Objective-C programming language. , a council board member and principal at Trammell Crowe Co., a commercial real estate firm in Los Angeles, that original mission is being fulfilled. ``L.A. is recognizing its cultural heritage. The architects are really incorporating designs that interact with the community and its surroundings.'' Gregory J. Wilcox, (818) 713-3743 greg.wilcox(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Aylin Inel, left, David Swartz, Chari Jalali and Joel Blank of the HLW HLW Herz Lungen Wiederbelebung (German: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) HLW High Level Waste HLW High Low Water (same as LW neaps) architecture firm were recognized by the L.A. Business Council for their work on the Warner Music Pinnacle Building. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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