Caltrans District 7 Headquarters

MORPHOSIS. Caltrans District 7 Headquarters

The new headquarters of Caltrans - California Department of Transportation

The Caltrans District 7 Headquarters building at 100 South Main Street in Downtown Los Angeles, California serves the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. Built on a $ 165 million budget it opened on September 24 2004. Its futuristic and environmentally friendly design won its designer, Thom Mayne, the 2005 Pritzker Prize. The design and construction of the building was documented across four episodes on the History Channel series Modern Marvels, to demonstrate the unique challenges presented in the design and construction of large buildings over the past two centuries ...... Wikipedia ...> >

Location: 100 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA
owner: State of California, Department of General Services

design/build team.
Main & First Design/Build Associates, Inc.
executive architect: mOrphosis; general contractor: The Clark Construction Group, Inc.
developer: Urban Partners

key dates:
design commission awarded through competition: November 2001
design/build commence: February 2002; construction start: May 2002
tenant occupancy begins: September 2004; opening: September 27, 2004Location:
100 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA

owner:
State of California, Department of General Services

design/build team.
Main & First Design/Build Associates, Inc.
executive architect: mOrphosis
general contractor: The Clark Construction Group, Inc.
developer: Urban Partners

key dates:
design commission awarded through competition: November 2001
design/build commence: February 2002 ; construction start: May 2002
tenant occupancy begins: September 2004 ; opening: September 27, 2004

building cost: $165 million 
total project cost: $190 million

size: 
1.05 million gross square feet:
750,000 gsf office building, 300,000 gsf underground parking garage

principal exterior: Steel structure; Cynar-coated perforated aluminum panels; Eternit
materials: Cement panels; Sarnafil membrane; glass

principal interior: Painted drywall; exposed polished concrete in lobby; carpet; wire mesh
materials: Ceiling panels; linear perforated ceiling panels

mOrphosis team:
Thom Mayne, Principal; Silvia Kuhle, Project Manager; Pavel Getov, Project Architect
Anthony Mrkic, Job Captain, Chandler Ahrens, Irena Bedenikovic, Tim Christ, Mario Cipresso, Ben Damron, Marty Doscher, Paul Gonzales, Salvador Hidalgo Olivia Jukic, Ted Kane, Dwoyne Keith, Kristina Loock, Jean Oei, Axel Schmitzberger, Martin Summers, Daynard Tullis

clark construction: Richard Heim, President
team: John Williams, Senior Vice President; Marc Kersey, Project Executive
urban partners: Dan Rosenfeld, Partner; team: Laura Benson, Project Manager
Photos by: Roland Halbe