Miramar Hotel and Residences Redevelopment

Role at GGN: Project Manager and Project Designer (Design Lead, Kathryn Gustafson)

Atchain, PCPA, & GGN

GGN

Atchain, PCPA, & GGN

Atchain, PCPA, & GGN

Atchain, PCPA, & GGN

Atchain, PCPA, & GGN

Atchain, PCPA, & GGN

The Miramar Hotel and Residences Redevelopment is a 5-acre hotel block located along Ocean Avenue atop the Palisades bluff of downtown Santa Monica, CA. The city is a coastal getaway and a bustling metropolis, leading the way in urban sustainability. The proposed redesign references and strengthens the site's historic garden legacy, featuring entries framed by planting and a lush Mediterranean garden. The buildings sit on a grand stone terrace that surrounds the site’s landmark fig tree and steps down towards the sea. Outside the hotel ballroom, a series of shallow reflecting pools in a grove of jacaranda trees create a shaded, calm respite for casual seating that doubles as a large event space.

INFO                                                                            Location: Santa Monica, CA
Size: 5 acres
Client: Ocean Avenue LLC
Completion Date: 2014    

TEAM                                                                              Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Architect
GGN, Landscape Architect
Thorton Tomasetti, Structural Engineer
Chattel Inc., Historic Preservation