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WHITETAIL PLAZA

DATE: 2009
LOCATION: Los Angeles, California
CLIENT: Los Angeles Warner Center
MEDIUM: galvanized steel, soda blasted aluminum, stone steel, concrete, grass, light
SIZE: 60 ft x 60 ft x 28 ft

WHITE TAIL PLAZA generates landmark identity, shade, seating and a value added amenity for the Los Angeles Warner Center Campus. Inspired by the White Tailed Kite – a native bird that still inhabits the area, the site was once riparian grassland. Two rock “islands” feature integrated seating and views of an indigenous grassland. A canopy of steel organically emerges and unwinds toward the sky, dissolving into a flock of birds. Come twilight the rock islands glow from within to become the plaza’s illumination.