Morphosis unveils contrasting towers for Viper Room nightclub site in Los Angeles
Architecture firm Morphosis has designed a 15-storey mixed-use development in Los Angeles comprising an angular white structure cradling a plant-covered glass tower.
The 8850 Sunset high-rise will host affordable housing units, condominiums, meeting rooms, a luxury hotel and retail spaces.
As part of the project, Morphosis will also redesign the Viper Room, an iconic music venue on the site founded by American actors Johnny Depp and Sal Jenco in 1993.
"8850 Sunset is both a response to the history of the site and a model for future urban developments that bridge commercial, social and residential life while engaging with the public," said Morphosis founding partner Thom Mayne.
Renderings of the 239,000-square-feet (22,203-square-metre) project show two glass volumes: one covered in greenery and the other wrapped in white cladding. The white structure curves from the base of the glass tower and extends to rest on top, and is formed by various angles. A two-storey podium containing retail spaces will connect the two structures at ground level. It will be topped with the sloped landscaped terrace that curves to join the main body of the white tower.
A 100-foot-tall (30.48-metre-tall) void between the two designs is intended to offer views of Los Angeles.
"In approaching this project, we wanted the design to reflect the spirit of what makes Sunset Boulevard the iconic destination that it is, while pushing towards a 21st-century Los Angeles that is greener, de...
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