Loyola Marymount University William H. Hannon Library

The 120,000-square foot William H. Hannon Library represents a new paradigm in the delivery of information services to students, faculty, and staff.

With this vision, the library is a dynamic learning hub that can accommodate rapidly-evolving technology and includes over 30 group study rooms and collaborative study spaces, a 50-seat café, a 24/7 media lounge, and the capacity to support an expanding book collection.

In addition to the internal programmatic charge, the design capitalizes on its prominent location and the stakeholders’ desire to have a building that would serve a dual role: to function as a gateway linking the academic and residential precincts as well as act as an identifiable landmark both inside and outside the campus.

The design of the library is inspired by these goals, the context of the site, and the guiding principle that the new library should be of its time, of its place and of its patron.

Awards

  • CNN.com – New American Architecture: 10 Standout Buildings (2010)
  • Illuminating Engineering Society of Los Angeles – Award of Merit (2010)
  • American Libraries – American Libraries’ Library Design Showcase (2010)

Port of Los Angeles Waterfront

The City of Los Angeles is home to America’s busiest port and encompasses 43 miles of waterfront. The Port accounts for 259,000 full- and part-time jobs, one of every 24 jobs in Southern California, and more than 1.3 million jobs on a national scale.

The increasingly complex demands placed on this booming, diverse seaport have challenged its ability to balance the growing needs of the community with those of regional and global stakeholders. In response, the Port has established a vision that has made it synonymous with groundbreaking green initiatives that have formed the blueprint for the City’s broader community and regional development and regeneration plans.

Over the past 12 years, AECOM has provided ongoing services in strategic guidance, master planning, project management, economic feasibility studies, design guidelines, and construction administration on a variety of projects concentrated along the 9.6-mile-long stretch from Vincent Thomas Bridge to the ocean breakwater. The transformation of the waterfront has stimulated economic regeneration within the heart of San Pedro, and has provided a diversified range of uses and spaces for community recreation along the waterfront. Different districts along the waterfront create a wide array of opportunities to experience the life of the port, and to be at the water’s edge, which had not previously been available. The creation of a series of authentic places resulted from a process of close collaboration with the community on everything from the programming of spaces to a series of sculptures that enliven the waterfront. The stories of the generations of families who have settled around the Port formed the inspiration for our work and are expressed in the detailing of furnishings, lighting, and wayfinding signage.

Port of Los Angeles Waterfront

Port of Los Angeles Waterfront

Los Angeles Football Club Training and Performance Center

In January of 2017, AECOM Hunt and Gensler were tasked with designing and building a brand new, 30,000 square foot Training and Performance Center for the Los Angeles Football Club. In order to coincide with the training schedules of the team, the new facility had to be complete in April 2018 – an extremely tight deadline.

The facility is home to the Club’s Major League Soccer players, staff, coaches and the Los Angeles Football Club Academy. The privately funded facility is a unique partnership between the Los Angeles Football Club and California State University Los Angeles, a comprehensive university in the heart of Los Angeles.

The Training Center features a locker room with custom one of a kind lockers, sports medicine facilities with outdoor hydrotherapy pools, office space for coaches and staff, an indoor/outdoor weight room, dining facilities, and 95,550 square feet of Latitude 36 (hybrid Bermuda) grass, exactly mirroring that of the Los Angeles Football Club’s home stadium.

Designed to celebrate the unique character and climate of Los Angeles, the building has indoor/outdoor connectivity anchored at the root of the design. Every space that faces the pitch maximizes opportunities for players to live and work in beautiful Southern California environment and climate.

Metropolis

AECOM Tishman is providing program management and construction management services for Greenland Group’s Metropolis development in downtown Los Angeles.

The $1.2 billion project is comprised of three residential towers, an 18-story hotel, and two retail podiums with tenant amenity spaces on the roof of each. The project is being delivered in two phases.

Metropolis’ phase one was completed December 30, 2016. The first phase included the design and construction of a 350-key hotel and a 38-story residential tower. Metropolis phase one is currently seeking LEED Silver certification.

The second phase of the project includes two additional condominium towers. At 40 and 56 stories, these towers will contain 514 and 685 units respectively. Also included in phase two is an eight-story podium which will house more than 1,800 parking stalls and 70,000 square feet of retail. Phase two is scheduled to be complete in the fourth quarter of 2019.

The Metropolis site comprises a full city block, strategically bordering the Harbor Freeway and situated between the Financial District to the north and the LA Live Hotel and Entertainment complex, including the Staples Center and the Los Angeles Convention Center, to the south. The development spans a 6.33-acre site adjacent to the 110-freeway.

Regional Connector Transit Project

Connecting and providing accessibility to and from the many neighborhoods of Los Angeles, California, the Regional Connector Transit Project will link three public transit lines in the downtown area.

When complete, the three-station, 1.9-mile tunnel will tie together the city’s expanding transit network, improving access to local and regional destinations.

With an eye to current and future generations, the Regional Connector will enable all the region’s transit systems to operate more efficiently, attract higher ridership, reduce congestion and improve air quality, while extending the benefits of mass transit to additional communities — from downtown to the beach and beyond.

Awards:

  • International Tunnelling Association (ITA) Project of the Year in 2019 for projects between €50M and €500M

SR-91 Corridor Improvements

With an overall goal of reducing travel times and traffic congestion, AECOM is working to increase capacity on the SR-91 and improve the daily commuting experience of residents between Orange and Riverside counties in the Greater Los Angeles Area.

Congestion along a 15.9-mile portion of the eastbound road is routinely ranked among the worst five areas in the nation. To address the issue, AECOM is providing overall design and construction support for improvements to this  major east-west corridor.  The project includes additional tolled express lanes, general purpose lanes and connectors, as well as improvements to seven interchanges, 32 bridges, numerous ramps and local streets.

 

Los Angeles Community College District Sustainable Building Program

With the cost of attending a four-year college or university soaring in the United States, greater investment is being made to expand access to two-year community colleges for students as a launch point to higher education and careers.

In Los Angeles County, the largest county by population in the U.S., voters approved $6 billion in public spending to modernize its nine college campuses serving more than 225,000 students in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). This Sustainable Building Program, known as Build LACCD, is the largest community college construction bond program in the country.

Build LACCD is transforming the nine campuses into state-of-the-art educational institutions and is setting the standard for helping graduates succeed in fields such as healthcare, public safety, manufacturing, automotive, technology, construction, and entertainment.

“With 80 percent of LACCD students coming from underserved populations, the Build LACCD program is helping to create an avenue for students from lower income communities to successfully compete in the 21st century economy,” said Scott Svonkin, president of the Los Angeles Community College District and a member of the National Advisory Board of the College Promise Campaign.

Since taking over as the principal administrator of Build LACCD in 2013, AECOM has managed the construction and renovations at all nine campuses, building environmentally responsible and award-winning facilities such as the Harbor College Library & Learning Center, Los Angeles City College Life Science/Chemistry Building, and Mission College’s Culinary Arts Institute.

But students aren’t the only beneficiaries of the program. Small businesses and local contractors are also being positively impacted. Through workshops managed by AECOM, local companies are taught proper safety and project management skills that can help them become AECOM’s construction partners on Build LACCD projects, creating hundreds of local jobs. More than 200 firms are participating in Build LACCD assignments.

To date, AECOM has completed 594 construction projects that include more than 60-LEED certified academic and administrative buildings, laboratories, libraries, sports facilities, arts complexes, child development centers, parking structures and central energy plants. AECOM expects to complete a total of 830 projects by 2020.

Through effective program and construction management oversight and a concern for the needs of students and businesses in the greater Los Angeles area, AECOM and its partners are helping to deliver a better world to LACCD and its students.

Additional Services:

  • Value Engineering/Cost Estimating

Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters

Designed to fit within the urban context of the Los Angeles Civic Center, the new 491,000-square foot Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Headquarters features areas dedicated to police administration and operations. The design is modern with both physical and metaphorical connections to the surrounding community. Setbacks, necessary for security reasons, are captured as opportunities for integrating the site at the human scale: a one-acre park; public art program, and plaza relate to passers-by and engage them with the headquarters.

The LAPD Headquarters project was recognized in 2009 with the American Institute of Architects’ presidential honor award for “Building Team of the Year.” The award acknowledges an important aspect of the project – the successful collaboration between AECOM’s design team, the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, the police department, the community, consultants and contractor. The process included the Department of Public Works, City Council members, Office of the Mayor, Chief Administrative Office, Chief Legislative Analyst, Cultural Affairs Commission, and the Project Restore First Street Design Team. More than 30 public workshops were held with community members.

Responding to the city’s goal of sustainable building practices, this project has achieved a LEED Gold certification from the US Green Building Council. Numerous sustainable strategies were incorporated into its design, including recycled content building materials; energy-saving daylighting design and lighting controls; a high-efficiency HVAC system; large amounts of locally produced materials; and water-efficient plumbing fixtures, irrigation systems and landscape materials.

Awards

  • 2010 Institutional Design Award, Southern California Development Forum (SCDF)
  • Architectural Foundation of Los Angeles 2010 Design Green Merit Award
  • Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission Award, 2010
  • (AECOM/Roth Sheppard), AIA Merit Award for Built Architecture, AIA Colorado, October 2010
  • (AECOM/Roth Sheppard), AIA Merit Award for Built Architecture, Denver Chapter, September 2010
  • Public/Institutional Honor Award, Westside Urban Forum Westside Prize Awards, June 2010 (highest award given in the category)
  • Grand Prize Community Impact Award, Los Angeles Business Council (LABC), 2010
  • AIA Committee on Architecture for Justice, Justice Facilities Review, 2010
  • The Alliance for Quality Construction, “Q” Award, June 2010
  • Rose Award (30th Annual Roses and Lemon Awards) Downtown Breakfast Club, April 2010
  • Building Team of the Year, American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles, Presidential Honor Award, 2009
  • PCI (Pre-Cast Institute) best public / institutional building for 2009
  • LABC Community Impact Award to the City of Los Angeles, 2008

Publications

“Open Arms of the Law,” Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times, October 24, 2009
“Enforcing Good Design: Justice for All,” Monocle magazine, October, 2009
“Which Way LA,” Warren Olney, KCRW (94.7FM, Los Angeles NPR affiliate), October 28, 2009

 

DTLA South Park

DTLA South Park is a mixed-use multiphase development, by Mack Urban in partnership with AECOM Capital, on six acres in the South Park neighborhood of Downtown Los Angeles. In total, the development will include approximately 1,484 residential apartments, and a 214-room hotel.

 

Annenberg Space for Photography

The new Annenberg Space for Photography is the first gallery of its kind presenting digital and print photography in a dynamic, unified venue. The design celebrates and supports the medium of photography, and the interior architecture reinforces the multi-sensory experience of the exhibitions. The 10,000-square foot Space for Photography features exhibition areas (a center gallery as well as gallery space encircling the central gallery) and an interactive area with flat, touch screen technology where visitors can interact with exhibition materials, connect to the web and upload their photographs. The Space for Photography also contains an office area for administrative needs, a workshop area for lectures, support areas for conferencing and a catering pantry with professional kitchen. An important aspect of the space is the ability to form an expanded, single space for large gatherings or lectures by sliding the dividing wall between the center gallery and workshop/administration area.

Awards

  • Interiors Award, 2010 Los Angeles Architectural Awards

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

For more than a decade, we have delivered masterplan implementation and program management support services and ongoing improvement projects to address the long-term needs of this global aviation hub.

We’ve provided masterplanning and program management services to support the LAX masterplan for modernizing the airport. The plan provides for design and phased construction and includes: an expansion of the Bradley International Terminal; a relocation of the south runway; a center taxiway to accommodate new large aircraft and improvement of airfield movements; an intermodal transportation center (ITC) to improve land access to the central terminal area, and a consolidated rental car facility (ConRAC).

We’ve delivered solutions for ongoing enhancements to LAX that enable smart, sustainable planning while also capturing the spirit of Los Angeles, helping to define the future of its major transportation nexus. In the interest of delivering a project of the highest value, the scheme functions as a kit of parts that can be easily phased and built upon for all future enhancement projects.