Structure Type: built works - infrastructure - transportation structures
Designers: Friedman, John and Kimm, Alice, Architects (firm); John Friedman (architect); Alice Kimm (architect)
Dates: constructed 2008-2010
5 stories, total floor area: 300,000 sq. ft.
John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects served as Co-designer of the Motor Transport Building #2 for the City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering for Los Angeles Police Department. Those involved in the design and construction included: Principal-in-Charge: John Friedman; Project Architects: Claudia Kessner, Robert McFadden; Project Designer: Robert McFadden; Project Team: Alice Kimm, Patrick Hwang, Ben Ragle; Project Assistant: Eric Bono, Yoji Eguchi; Co-Architect of Record: DMJM Design/Roth Sheppard joint venture; Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Engineer: TMAD Taylor and Gaines; Landscape Architect: Melendrez Landscape Architects; Lighting Design: HLB Lighting Design; Graphic Design: Kaminski Kaneko Design; General Contractor: S.J. Amoroso. The Friedman Kimm Architects web site summarized the building: "Located in Downtown Los Angeles, one block from the Los Angeles Police Department’s new headquarters, this 300,000 square foot, 5-story concrete structure integrates three components that typically stand on their own: an 800 car parking structure for the LAPD’s employees; a mechanics’ garage, car wash, and refueling station for the LAPD’s top brass; and a culturally-oriented retail component along Main Street." (See "LAPD Motor Transport Division + Main Street Parking,"
The LAPD Motor Transport Building #2 was awarded the 2009 AIA/Los Angeles, Presidential Honor Award: Building Team of the Year. Tel: 213-485-3495 (2011); the Motor Transport Building #2 was part of a $437 million building project that erected it, a new LAPD Administration Building and another parking garage.
PCAD id: 16302