Foster + Partners’ Los Angeles office is situated on Ocean Front Walk in Venice Beach. The office space is a bright three-storey loft, with spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.
Playing an active role in the local community, the studio takes part in events such as the Venice Beach CleanUp and Venice Run Club, hosts local and national academic groups, contributes to local design studio reviews, and stays in close contact with the team’s alma matter. The team often eat lunch together on the waterfront terrace and organise group field trips to iconic residences in the local area.
The team in Los Angeles works closely with both the San Francisco and London studios to develop an integrated vision for their projects, many of which are located in the state of California. Ongoing projects include One Beverly Hills, a mixed-used urban resort in the heart of Beverly-Hills; the BART extension in San Francisco, comprising of 4 new stations and their transit-oriented development masterplans; the vision plan for California High-Speed Rail, a 820 mile and 24 station network connecting the state; as well as a research and development project with NASA that focuses on lunar outfitting the tools, furniture and systems that life on the Moon will require.
