Belzberg Architects

The Conga Room at L.A. Live Designed by Belzberg Architects

Belzberg Architects is an architecture firm locating in the City of Santa Monica, California. The firm was founded by Hagy Belzberg. The firm has won many national and international awards. The firm's work includes residential, commercial and institutional work.

Exhibitions

In 2007, the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture, Canada featured their work at the Expanding Bodies Conference. As a result, their research and built work was featured in and on the cover of the book Innovation in Building Design + Manufacturing.

In the summer of 2013, Hagy Belzberg and Belzberg Architects has been selected to exhibit work at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles's "A New Sculpturalism, Contemporary Architecture from Southern California"...^[1][2]

Founder

Hagy Belzberg received his Masters of Architecture with Distinction from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He has been honored by the American Institute of Architects California Council as an Emerging Talent. Since 1994, Hagy has held Graduate and Undergraduate level instructorship and lecture positions at UCLA, USC and The Southern California Institute of Architecture.^[3] In 2010 Hagy Belzberg was elected to The College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects for "notable contributions to the advancement of the profession of architecture".^[4]

Projects

In 2002, Belzberg Architects was awarded the contract to design 12,000 sq ft of the interior space in the Walt Disney Concert Hall, where they utilized digital machining and pre-fabrication strategies to work within the existing complex structure^[5][6][7]

The Conga Room at L.A. Live.  The Art Lab.  Kona Residence.  Skyline Residence.

20th Street Offices.  Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust.[8]  Patina Restaurant at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.  Ahmanson Founders Room.

Awards

The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Designed by Belzberg Architects^[9][10]

Belzberg Architects earned more than 35 state, national and local design awards including over 15 from the American Institute of Architects.^[11][12][13] Their work has been featured in over 200 publications throughout more than 25 countries including features in Architectural Record, Interior Design, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. In addition, Belzberg Architects has received two Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Committee Design Honor Awards. The Urban Land Institute recognized their design work and their contribution to excellence in urban planning. The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture recognized several of their projects with American Architecture Awards. In 2008 Belzberg Architects won the prestigious designation of "Emerging Voice" by the Architectural League of New York.^[11][14][15]

Publications

2012

• The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, ORO editions. 2012. 1-80. ISBN 978-1935935551.
• Interior Design, "Best of the Year Merit House, Belzberg Architects: Toronto Residence." December, 2012. 170.
• Space Series 2: Workplace (China), Designzens. "20th Street Offices." 2012. 8-15.ISBN 978-988-1887-43-6.
• Green Architecture Now! 2, Taschen. "Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust" 2012. 52-63. ISBN 978-3-8365-3589-2.
• Tasarim: No. 223 (Turkey), Tasari Group. "Conga Room at LA Live." 2012. 110-119. ISSN 1300-7351.
• Custom Home, "Case Study: Natural History (Kona Residence)." September/ October 2012 . 47, 56-60.
• Light in Architecture (Germany), Braun. "Conga Room." 2012. 30-33. ISBN 978-3-03768-092-6.
• Contemporanea AD: #13 (Brazil), "Belzberg Architects: Conga Room at LA Live." August, 2012. 61.
• 21st Century Architecture: Designer Houses (Australia), Images Publishing Group. "Kona Residence." 2012. 100-105. ABN: 89 059 734 431.
• Designer & Designing: 58 (China), "Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust." 2012. 60-67. ISBN 978-7-5390-3438-6.
• Interior Design, "Whatever the Weather (Toronto Residence)" June, 2012. 150-159.
• Civil Engineering, "Chronicling the Holocaust." May, 2012. 45-54, 74-75.
• M2 Interior Design 4 (China), Sandu Publishing. "Belzberg Architects: Lab at Belmar." 2012. 384-389. ISBN 978-988-15703-8-3.
• AIA 2010-2012 Designs For The New Decade, Design Media Publishing. "Conga Room at LA Live." 2012. 226-233. ISBN 978-988-15661-3-3

2011

• Hinge, Hinge Marketing Ltd. "The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust". December, 2011 . 86-89
• Go West! Cutting Edge Creatives in America (Germany), Daab Media GMBH. "Belzberg: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, The Laboratory of Art + Ideas at Belmar, Skyline Residence, Kona Residence, Ahmanson Founders Room". 2011.72-79. ISBN 978-3-942597-13-5
• Architect: The Magazine of the American Institute of Architects, "Bond Award- Honorable Mention: The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust." December, 2011. 108.
• Casas & Gente (Mexico), "La Residencia de Kona en Hawai." November, 2011. 58-63.
• ELA: Environment & Landscape Architecture of Korea (Issue 283)(Korea), Oh, Wee Young. "Works of Landscape: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust." October, 2011. 78-85. ISBN 978-89-85507-58-5
• Interior Design Magazine: Best of the Year - Architecture & Design 2011 (Vol. 1), Shadow Media, LLC. "Belzberg Architects and MLK Studio: Winner Resort House." 152-157. ISBN 978-0-9833263-0-4
• Building After Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust, Yale University Press. Chapter: "Holocaust Museums: A New Form of Jewish Architecture?" 280-286. ISBN 978-0-300-16914-0
• Houses In Sunshine(China), Tianjin Ifengspace Media Co., Ltd. "Kona Residence", "Chalon Residence" 26-33, 34-47.
• 100xN: Architecture Shape and Skin (China), Tianjin Ifengspace Media Co., Ltd. "Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust". 62-71.
• Mountains and Openings Residence Design (3) (China), Tianjin Ifengspace Media Co., Ltd. "Brentwood Residence"; "Skyline Residence"; "Kona Residence" October, 2011. 98-101; 102-105; 300-305.
• Top Cultural Space (2) (China), Tianjin Ifengspace Media Co., Ltd. "The Lab at Belmar." October, 2011. 182-183.
• Artwork: Restaurant & Design (1) (China), Tianjin Ifengspace Media Co., Ltd. "Conga Room." October, 2011. 284-287.
• Icon: 100 (UK), "Kona Residence." October, 2011. 121-122.
• Imobiliare: Numero 24 (Brazil), "Kona Residence." September, 2011. 45-51.
• Home & Décor (Malaysia), "Deep Impact." September, 2011. 40-42.
• IDS (Malaysia), "Kona Residence." August/September 2011. 46-53.
• Space: Series 2 Residence (China), Designzens. "Kona Residence", "Brentwood Residence", "Skyline Residence." August, 2011. 180-187, 202-215, 230-239.
• La Vie: No. 88 (Taiwan), "Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust." August, 2011. 170.
• Bois Architecture (France), "Lave et Teck." July, 2011. 24-30.
• C3: Issue 323 (Korea), "Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust." July, 2011. 152-169.
• Design Today (India), "Art Alive" July, 2011. 90-97.
• Villas of The World (China), Boyuan Int'l Book Press Co., Limited. "Kona Residence." July, 2011. 8-15.
• Domus Aurea (Czech Republic), "Kona Residence." June, 2011. 34-45.
• Where We Live: Creative Residential Space (China), Design Vision International Publishing Co., Ltd. "Brentwood Residence." June, 2011. 74-83.
• Specifier (Australia), "Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust." June, 2011. 24-27.
• Architectural Record, "Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust." June, 2011. 54-61.
• Modern Decoration (China), "Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust." May, 2011. 76-83.
• Domus: 013 (Israel), "Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust." May, 2011. 68-75
• Planos Comerciales (Mexico), "Museo Del Holocausto en Los Angeles." May, 2011. 55-61.
• Inside Quality Design (Italy), "Journey Into the Dark of History." May, 2011. 24-31.
• Icon (UK), "Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust." May, 2011. 57-58.
• Architect, "Interior Architecture Awards." May, 2011. 180.
• 21st Century Sustainable Homes (Australia), "Skyline Residence." May, 2011. 174-177. ABN 89059734431
• The Architectural Review (UK), "Museum of the Holocaust." April, 2011. 48-53.
• Dream Work Space: Restaurant & Bar Design (China), "Ahmanson Founders Room." Apr, 2011. 222-227.
• Eco-Structures, "Hallowed Ground." March/April, 2011. 56-61.
• New York Times, "Bearing Witness Beyond the Witnesses in Los Angeles." Mar. 24, 2011, C1&C5.
• Azure (design magazine) (Canada), "Notes From the Underground." Mar/Apr 2011, 56-61.
• Casa & Negocios (Portugal), "Bold Architecture in Hawaii." Jan/Feb 2011, 24-30.
• Interior Design Magazine, "The Architecture of Memory." Jan. 2011, 188-195.
• Architect’s Newspaper, "Budding Relationships" The merger of landscape and architecture is creating fertile new approaches to building." Jan. 26, 2011, 15.
• Luxury Home Quarterly, "Belzberg Architects: Exploring the Vast Possibilities of Contemporary Architecture." Jan/Feb. 2011, 169-175.
• Barcode (Puerto Rico), "Kona Residence." Oct-Jan. 2011, 44-49.

References

1. Graham Foundation http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grantees/4880-a-new-sculpturalism-contemporary-architecture-in-southern-california
2. MOCA http://sites.moca.org/thecurve/2013/01/14/a-new-sculpturalism/
3. UCLA Visiting Lecture http://arts.ucla.edu/component/content/article/99-press/549-sylvia-lavin-appointed-chair-of-uclas-department-of-architecture-and-urban-design
4. Public Radio interview http://www.kcrw.com/people/belzberg_hagy?role=guest
5. New York Times "architecture-the-alien-archipelago-in-gehry-s-hall": http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/arts/architecture-the-alien-archipelago-in-gehry-s-hall.html
6. Architectural Record http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/restaurants/03_patina/overview.asp
7. Architectural Record http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/retail/05_laPhilharmonic/overview.asp
8. Impossible Architecture: A Review of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust - The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/guy-horton/impossible-architecture-a_b_783154.html
9. Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Architectural Record http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/2011/06/museum-of-the-holocaust.asp
10. Architect Magazine: Cultural Projects From: ARCHITECT December Annual Design ReviewThe Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust http://www.architectmagazine.com/cultural-projects/the-los-angeles-museum-of-the-holocaust.aspx
11. The Architectural League NY http://archleague.org/2008/04/hagy-belzberg/
12. Architectural Record http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/leisure/AmericaWest/overview.asp
13. Architectural Record http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/adaptiveReuse/07_lab/default.asp
14. University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture lecture http://architecture.uark.edu/611.php
15. The Architectural League NY http://archleague.org/emerging/2008/