Art Gray Photography
This 8,200-square-foot space was designed for a U.K.–based post-production company inside an office building in downtown Santa Monica. It combines trade-specific functions—such as darkened editing bays—with interior spaces that play with color and light, in a nod to the company’s reputation for manipulating color in film.
Jury: “The spatial sequence is cinematic. The reel-like element that organizes the space changes as one moves through it, frame by frame, incorporating the various moods, lighting environments, theatrical clues, and subtle suggestion of movement through a process.”
Client: “Our goal was to create a space that was visually impactful and inspiring for our artists and clients alike, and to do this in a smart and effective way, so that the impression was not of limitless sums of money having been spent (which was not the case). Patrick exceeded our expectations and we could not have been more thrilled with his results.” —Mark Benson, CEO, the Moving Picture Co.
2011 Institute Honor Awards for Interior Architecture
Jury
John Ronan, AIA, (chair), John Ronan Architects
Jaime Canaves, FAIA, Florida International University
Margaret Kittinger, AIA, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects
Bryan Lewis, Assoc. AIA,The Capital Group Cos.
Brian Malarkey, FAIA, Kirksey
The Academy of Music, Philadelphia
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, San Diego
Conga Room, Los Angeles
John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Student Athletes, Eugene, Ore.
Alchemist, Miami Beach, Fla.
Moving Picture Co., Santa Monica, Calif.
Registrar Recorder County Clerk Elections Operations Center, Santa Fe Springs, Calif.
The Power House Restoration/Renovation, St. Louis
Armstrong Oil and Gas, Denver
Vancouver Convention Centre West, Vancouver, Canada
Washington Square Park Dental, San Francisco
