General Contractor
Michaels Residence, Tolkin Architecture, Winters-Schram Associates
PETER MAUSS/ESTO
One Window House, Touraine Richmond Architects, Brown Osvaldsson Builders
BENNY CHAN / FOTOWORKS
“Brown Osvaldsson Builders really listen to what we are trying to do. They understand it, and come in with solutions and original ways to deal with problems.They are really respectful of the design and try to match the architectural expectations.”
Olivier Tourraine
Touraine Richmond ARchitects
“Robert Vairo of Vairo Construction is like a saint. On Skid Row, he’s seen like an angel.”
Michael Lehrer
Lehrer Architects
JFR House, Fougeron Architecture, Thomas George Construction
BBI Construction
1155 Third St., Oakland, CA;
510-286-8200
www.bbiconstruction.com
Bernard Brothers
1402 W. Fern Dr.,
Fullerton, CA;
714-671-0465
Brown Osvaldsson Builders
1333 Pine St.,
Santa Monica, CA;
310-392-8899
www.bob-inc.com
Bonomo Development
1523 Linda Ct.,
Simi Valley, CA;
805-407-0578
CW Driver
468 North Rosemead Blvd.,
Pasadena, CA;
626-351-8800
www.cwdriver.com
Hawkins Construction
4177 Yale Ave.,
La Mesa, CA ;
619-463-1222
Matarozzi/Pelsinger
1060 Capp St.,
San Francisco;
415-285-6930
www.matpelbuilders.com
Matt Construction
9814 Norwalk Blvd.,
Santa Fe Springs, CA;
562-903-2277
www.mattconstruction.com
McCarthy
20401 S. W. Birch St.,
Newport Beach, CA;
949-851-8383
www.mccarthy.com
Roman Janczak Construction
942 South Harlan Ave.,
Compton, CA;
310-637-8765
Shaw & Sons Construction
829 W. 17th St.,
Costa Mesa, CA;
949-642-0660
Thomas George Construction
8716 Carmel Valley Rd.,
Carmel, CA;
831-624-7315
Thompson Suskind
415-699-5274
www.thompsonsuskind.com
Vairo Construction
1913 Balboa Blvd.,
Newport Beach, CA;
949-673-2010
Winters-Schram Associates
11777 Miss Ave.,
Los Angeles;
310-473-8490
Young & Burton
345 Hartz Ave.,
Danville, CA;
925-820-4953
www.youngandburton.com
Engineers
Cancer Center at UMC North, CO ARchitects, John A. Martin
Lou Ruvo Alzheimer’s Institute, Gehry Partners, WSP Cantor Seinuk
“Gilsanz Murray Steficek are really flexible, and react quickly. We called them the day before yesterday about a project detail and they were able to turn it around in a day. It’s a small detail, but with other firms it could take much longer.”
Paul Zajfen
CO Architects
“IBE are mechanical engineers who have the same sort of sensibilities as architects. They’re very concerned about sustainability and look at engineering from a global perspective; problem-solving at a large-scale level. And they’re very interested in exploring new ideas.”
Paul Zajfen
CO Architects
“With principal Mike Ishler, you can really have a collaborative design experience. If you want to push your design technologically and structurally, he’s your guy.”
Barbara Bestor
Barbara Bestor Architecture
Arup
12777 West Jefferson Blvd.,
Los Angeles;
310-578-4182
www.arup.com
Buro Happold
9601 Jefferson Blvd.,
Culver City, CA;
310-945-4800
WSP Cantor Seinuk
5301 Beethoven St.,
Los Angeles;
310-578-0500
www.cantorseinuk.com
Davidovich & Associates
6059 Bristol Pkwy.,
Culver City, CA;
310-348-5101
www.davidovich.com
DeSimone Consulting Engineers
160 Sansome St.,
San Francisco;
415-398-5740
www.de-simone.com
Dewhurst MacFarlane
2404 Wilshire Blvd.,
Los Angeles;
323-788-7038
www.dewmac.com
Flack+Kurtz
405 Howard St.,
San Francisco;
415-398-3833
www.flackandkurtz.com
GMS
(Gilsanz Murray Steficek)
29 West 27th St.,
New York, NY;
212-254-0030
www.gmsllp.com
IBE
14130 Riverside Dr.,
Sherman Oaks, CA;
818-377-8220
www.ibece.com
John Labib & Associates
900 Wilshire Blvd.,
Los Angeles;
213-239-9600
www.labibse.com
John A. Martin
950 South Grand Ave.,
Los Angeles;
213-483-6490
www.johnmartin.com
Gordon L. Polon
Consulting Engineers
310-998-5611
Thornton Tomassetti
6151 W. Century Blvd.,
Los Angeles;
310-665-0010
www.thorntontomasetti.com
Christian T. Williamson Engineers
3400 Airport Ave.,
Santa Monica, CA;
310-482-3909
Yu Strandberg Engineering
155 Filbert St.,
Oakland, CA;
510-763-0475
www.yusengineering.com
Civil/Environmental Consultants
Atelier Ten
19 Perseverance Works,
38 Kingsland Rd.,
London;
+44 (0) 20 7749 5950
www.atelierten.com
Cosentini Associates
Two Penn Plaza, New York;
212-615-3600
www.consentini.com
Converse Consultants
222 E. Huntington Dr.,
Monrovia, CA;
626-930-1200
www.converseconsultants.com
Transolar
145 Hudson St., New York;
212-219-2255
www.transsolar.com
Zinner Consultants
528 21st Pl.,
Santa Monica, CA;
310-319-1131
www.zinnerconsultants.com
Lighting
BENNY CHAN / FOTOWORKS
"Plug Lighting has a great selection, a high level of professionalism, and they have lights that work with our work. That’s important to me because it’s very difficult to find good lighting.”
Lorcan O’Herlihy
LOHA
Designers
Dodt-plc
2027 Oakdale Ave.,
San Francisco;
415-821-6307
Fox and Fox
134 Main St.,
Seal Beach, CA;
562-799-8488
Horton Lees Brogden
8580 Washington Blvd.,
Culver City, CA;
310-837-0929
www.hlblighting.com
KGM Lighting
10351 Santa Monica Blvd.,
Los Angeles;
310-552-2191
www.kgmlighting.com
Lightvision
1213 South Ogden Dr.,
Los Angeles;
323-932-0700
www.lightvision.net
Lam Partners
84 Sherman St.,
Cambridge, MA;
617-354-4502
www.lampartners.com
Lighting Design Alliance
1234 East Burnett St.,
Signal Hill, CA;
562-989-3843
Vortex Lighting
1510 N. Las Palmas Ave.,
Hollywood;
323-962-6031
www.vortexlighting.com
Fixtures
Artemide
www.artemide.us
Bega
www.bega-us.com
Flos
www.flos.com
Gardco
www.sitelighting.com
Hess
www.hessamerica.com
Hubbell Lighting
www.hubbelllighting.com
Ivalo
www.ivalolighting.com
Lutron
www.lutron.com
Louis Poulsen
www.louispoulsen.com
Showrooms
City Lights Showroom
1585 Folsom St.,
San Francisco;
415-863-2020
Plug Lighting
8017 Melrose Ave.,
Los Angeles;
323-653-5635
www.pluglighting.com
Revolver Design
1177 San Pablo Ave.,
Berkeley, CA;
510-558-4080
www.revolverdesign.com
Materials
Felkner Residence, Jennifer Luce, Bendheim Glass
“JU Construction did fantastically good work. They’ll try anything.” “The intimate success of our projects is this idea that there’s a balance between material and texture. The fact that we can have that conversation with Basil Studio and play with that balance together makes the collaboration really strong.”
Jennifer Luce
Luce et Studio
“Deglas’s Heatstop is amazing. It’s twice the R value of insulated glass at half the cost. And it comes in 24-foot-long sheets that you can cut on site.”
Whitney Sander Sander Architects
“Benchmark Scenery have a lot of expertise in making very complicated things very quickly.”
Peter Zellner
Zellner + Architects
Hyde Park Library Hodgetts + Fung JU Construction
“JU Construction did fantastically good work. They’ll try anything.”
Craig Hodgetts
Hodgetts & Fung
Glass
Bendheim Glass
3675 Alameda Ave.,
Oakland, CA;
800-900-3499
www.bendheim.com
Giroux Glass
850 West Washington Blvd.,
Los Angeles;
213-747-7406
www.girouxglass.com
JS Glass
12211 Garvey Ave.,
El Monte, CA;
626-443-2688
www.jsglass.com
Pilkington
500 East Louise Ave.,
Lathrop, CA;
209-858-5151
www.pilkington.com
Schott
www.schott.com
Supreme Glass
1661 20th St.,
Oakland, CA;
510-625-8995
www.supremeglass.net
Viracon
800 Park Dr.,
Owatonna, MN;
800-533-2080
www.viracon.com
Metal Fabricators
Scott Ange
310-562-3573
Basil Studio
1805 Newton Ave.,
San Diego, CA;
619-234-2400
www.basilstudio.com
Dennis Leuedman
3420 Helen St.,
Oakland, CA;
510-658-9435
Plastics
3Form
2300 South West,
Salt Lake City, Utah;
801-649-2500
www.3-form.com
Gavrieli Plastics
11733 Sherman Way,
North Hollywood;
818-982-0000
www.gavrieli.com
Deglas
888-2 DEGLAS
Extech
200 Bridge St.,
Pittsburgh, PA;
800-500-8083
www.extech-voegele.com
Panelite
5835 Adams Blvd.,
Culver City, CA;
www.e-panelite.com
Polygal
265 Meridian Ave.,
San Jose, CA;
408-287-6006
www.polygal.com
Tiles
Daltile Ceramic Tile
www.daltileproducts.com
Flor Carpet and Tile
1343 4th St.,
Santa Monica, CA;
310-451-4191
www.flor.com
SpecCeramics
1021 E. Lacy Ave.,
Anaheim, CA;
714-808-0139
Stone Source
9500 A Jefferson Blvd.,
Culver City, CA;
213-880-1155
www.stonesource.com
Vetter Stone
23894 3rd Ave.,
Mankato, MN;
507-345-4568
www.vetterstone.com
Woodworkers
Benchmark Scenery
1757 Standard Ave.,
Glendale, CA;
818-507-1351
info@benchmarkscenery.com
Dewey Ambrosino
www.deweya.com
Michael Yglesias
323-712-0645
www.yglesiaswoodwork.com
Jacobs Woodworks
3403 Hancock St.,
San Diego, CA;
619-293-3702
JU Construction
1442 Chico Ave.,
South El Monte, CA;
626-579-5996
Kitchen and Bath
K2, Norbert Wangen for Boffi
Boffi
1344 4th St.,
Santa Monica, CA;
310-458-9300
www.boffi-la.com
Brizo Faucets
www.brizo.com
Bulthaup
153 South Robertson Blvd.
Los Angeles;
310-288-3875
www.bulthaup.com
California Kitchens Showroom
2305 W. Alameda Ave.,
Burbank, CA;
818-841-7222
www.californiakitchens.com
Jack London Kitchen
and Bath Gallery
2500 Embarcadero St.,
Oakland, CA;
510-832-2284
www.jlkbg.com
Dornbracht
16760 Stagg St.,
Van Nuys, CA;
818-304-7300
www.dornbracht.com
Duravit bathroom furniture and accessories
www.duravit.com
Gaggeneau kitchen appliances
www.gaggenau.com
Grohe bathroom and kitchen fittings
www.grohe.com
Kohler bathroom furniture
www.kohler.com
Miele appliances
www.mieleusa.com
Thermador appliances
www.thermador.com
Vola fixtures
www.vola.dk
Waterworks
www.waterworks.com
Wet Style
16760 Stagg St.,
Van Nuys, CA;
818-304-7300
www.wetstyle.ca
Landscape Design
Lengau Lodge, Dry Design UNDINE PROHL
Bestor House, Barbar Bestor Architects, SB Garden Design
ANDREW TAKEUCHI
“Stephanie Bartron’s background is sculpture, and I think she brings a more artistic perspective and architectural edge to landscapes.”
Barbar Bestor
Barbara Bestor Architecture
Burton Studio
307 South Cedros Ave.,
Solana Beach, CA;
858-794-7204
www.burton-studio.com
Dirt Studio
700 Harris St.,
Charlottesville, VA;
434-295-1336
www.dirtstudio.com
Dry Design
5727 Venice Blvd.,
Los Angeles;
323-954-9084
www.drydesign.com
Elysian Landscapes
2340 W. Third St.,
Los Angeles;
213-380-3185
www.elysianlandscapes.com
EPT Design
844 East Green St.,
Pasadena, CA;
626-795-2008
www.eptdesign.com
Mia Lehrer + Associates
3780 Wilshire Blvd.,
Los Angeles;
213-384-3844
www.mlagreen.com
Nancy Goslee
Power & Associates
1660 Stanford St.,
Santa Monica, CA;
310-264-0266
www.nancypower.com
Pamela Burton & Company
1430 Olympic Blvd.,
Santa Monica, CA;
310-828-6373
www.pamelaburtonco.com
Spurlock Poirier
2122 Hancock St.,
San Diego, CA;
619-681-0090
www.sp-land.com
SB Garden Design
2801 Clearwater St.,
Los Angeles;
323-660-1034
www.sbgardendesign.com
Consultants, Services & Suppliers
Mills Center for the Arts, Competition Entry, Pugh + Scarpa, Mike Amaya
“Mike Amaya listens to you. He’s not fixated on a certain way of doing things. Hisrenderings have life, but they don’t try to duplicate what reality would be. We’re more interested in capturing the spirit of the place.”
Larry Scarpa
Pugh + Scarpa Architects
Audio/Visual
A’kustiks
11 North Main St.,
South Norwalk, CT;
203-299-1904
www.akustiks.net
Cost Estimating
Davis Langdon
301 Arizona Ave.,
Santa Monica, CA;
310-393-9411
www.davislangdon.com/USA
Expediter
McCarty Company
725 S. Figueroa St.,
Los Angeles;
213-614-0960
Renderers
Mike Amaya
310-592-6693
www.mikeamaya.com
Robert DeRosa
1549 Columbia Dr.,
Glendale, CA;
818-243-1357
Tech Support
Ideate
44 Montgomery St.,
San Francisco;
888-662-7238
www.ideate.com
Microdesk
633 West Fifth St.,
Los Angeles, CA;
Waterproofing
SC Consulting Group
6 Morgan St., Irvine, CA;
949-206-9624
Window & Door
Manufacturer
Fleetwood Windows & Doors
395 Smitty Way,
Corona, CA;
800-736-7363
www.fleetwoodusa.com
Goldbrecht Windows
1434 Sixth St.,
Santa Monica, CA;
310-393-5540
www.goldbrechtusa.com
Metal Window Corporation
501 South Isis Ave.,
Inglewood, CA;
310-665-0490
www.metalwindowcorp.com
Construction Suppliers
Anderson Plywood
4020 Sepulveda Blvd.,
Culver City, CA;
310-397-8229
www.andersonplywood.com
Beronio Lumber
2525 Marin St.,
San Francisco;
415-824-4300
www.beronio.com
Cut and Dried Hardwood
241 S. Cedros Ave.,
Solana Beach, CA;
858-481-0442
www.cutanddriedhardwood.com
Taylor Brothers
2934 Riverside Dr.,
Los Angeles;
323-805-0200
www.taybros.com