Contemporary Art Gallery
Private Client | Santa Monica, CA
Size and Cost:
3,500 SF; $1.5 MYear:
1996TEAM:
PRINCIPALS:
Steve Johnson, Jim FavaroPRINCIPAL-IN-CHARGE:
Jim FavaroPROJECT ARCHITECT:
Steve Johnsonaward:
AIA INSTITUTE
Design Award, 1999Photographer:
Grant Mudford
This addition to a 1970's era residence in Rustic Canyon houses the client's extensive private collection of contemporary art including pieces by Larry Bell, John McCracken and Jim Hodges among others. The gallery displays two-dimensional and three-dimensional pieces, as well as large scale installations. The gallery connects to the main residence by way of an open-air atrium through which a 200 year-old sycamore tree—one of many which are native in the canyon-- grows.