Unveiled Renderings: “The Grand” by Frank Gehry emerges in front of Disney Concert Hall
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The wait is finally over. After a lot of delays, the highly anticipated mixed-use complex by Frank Gehry is finally about to be constructed. Directly overlooking his Walt Disney Concert Hall, the construction work of “The Grand” is expected to start by late 2018 and will be finished by 2021.
Courtesy of Gehry Partners
Courtesy of Gehry Partners
Set in a strategic location, overlooking the Disney Concert Hall and LA’s Broad museum, Gehry cleverly uses one building to promote and highlight the other. This is predicted since both buildings are designed by the renowned architect. Accordingly, the Walt Disney Concert Hall is expected to be used as a screen for light projections beaming from the new development right across the street. Courtesy of Gehry Partners
The scheme will include a mix of retail, hotel, dining, entertainment, and residential components anchored by a central public plaza above five levels of parking. The residential section is a 39-story tower containing a total of 436 units. As for the entertainment part, a movie theater complex and a 20-story, 314-room equinox hotel also form part of the plans.
According to the LA times, subsidized rents are going to be offered to low-income residents for 20% of the apartments.
Courtesy of Gehry Partners
Currently, the site exhibits an outdoor parking zone named ?the Tinker Toy garage? which everyone in LA just hates to look at. Luckily, the T...
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