Edmunds
PROJECT TYPE Workplace
LOCATION Santa Monica, CA
PHOTOGRAPHER Benny Chan / Fotoworks
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Lewis/Schoeplein (Executive Architect) teamed with M+M Creative Studio (Design Architect) to create a new corporate headquarters for Edmunds, an online resource for auto information. The office encompasses two floors of the Colorado Center in Santa Monica, and features an open-floor plan for 500 employees with an inter-connecting open stair and an exterior courtyard gathering space. Design features include a reception desk underneath two rotating Corvettes, a slide for easy access from second to first floor, conference and meeting rooms at multiple sizes for small and large gatherings and custom fish-tanks that include scale models of Southern California landmarks
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A slide connects the two floors.
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Two Corvettes rotate over the stainless reception desk.
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Awards:
Los Angeles Business Journal 2017 Commercial Real Estate Awards – Office Project (Gold); American Architecture Prize – Workplaces (Bronze); American Architecture Prize – Commercial Interior (Silver); Idea-Tops International Design Award – Best Office; ENR California 2017 Best Project; CoreNet Global Southern California Chapter REMMY Award – Innovative Project Greater than 50,000sf; Interior Design Magazine – 2016 Best of the Year Award (Honoree);