Featured Stories & Awards

 

Stories

Taisei Completes $30 Million Mark Taper Forum Renovation – California Construction, August 2008
http://california.construction.com/features/archive/0808_BN2.asp

“A yearlong renovation of a high-profile performance theater that included two construction crews working seven days a week for six months, a helicopter placing more than six tons of air conditioning and electrical equipment on the Mark Taper Forum roof in less than an hour and the complex coordination of many high-end finishes is now complete.”
‘It’s Curtain Time’ for East Los Angeles College’s New State-of-the-Art $65 million Performing and Fine Arts Complex – LACCD Pressroom
http://www.laccdbuildsgreen.org/pressroom_news_release_article.php?newsrelease_id=146

”East Los Angeles College’s (ELAC) Music, Dance, Art and Theater students — dressed in a variety of theater and performance costumes — welcomed honored guests on Friday, June 27 to a celebratory brunch commemorating the ground breaking of the College’s new $65 million 160,000 sq. ft. ‘green’ Performing and Fine Arts Complex.”
Entrepreneurs Buck Economic Trend – KRON 2 News Report
http://www.khon2.com/news/business/18998154.html

“Construction is almost done, and more sparks are about to fly in Waikiki. A custom-built theater will be home to Waikiki Nei — a dance, music and even acrobatics show that tells the story of Waikiki’s evolution.”
Going the Distance – by: Sheila Bacon, Parking Magazine
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“At the former site of the Tanforan horse-racing track that once hosted the legendary racehorse Seabiscuit, structural engineers are placing their bets that the design of a new parking structure will garner rave reviews across the Board.”

 

Awards

Over the years Taisei has been fortunate enough to work with many highly skilled project team members and clients who produce wonderful results. We would like to recognize all of the efforts of these recent project teams, and thank our clients for the ability to be their builder on these outstanding projects –

Wilshire Margot
2008 Gold Nugget Award of Merit, Best Apartment Project Category
Pacific Coast Builders Conference
Katsuya Hollwood
2008 Best Design, Restaurant – Travel + Leisure
Santiago Canyon College, Learning Resource Center
2007 Merit Award, Sustainable Design - Concrete Masonry Association of CA and NV
2007 Honor Award, Education Design - Concrete Masonry Association of CA and NV
Calistoga Ranch
2005 Gold Nugget Grand Award, Best in the West - Pacific Coast Builders Conference
Pacific Electric Lofts
2007 Los Angeles Architectural Awards, Preservation/Adaptive Re-use Category
- Los Angeles Business Council
2006 Project of The Year Award – Adaptive Reuse Category - Multifamily Executive Awards
2006 Preservation Award - Los Angeles Conservancy
2005 Project of The Year - Downtown News
2005 Signature Property - California Apartment Association
The J. Timothy Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation
-The National Housing and Rehabilitation Assoc.
The Pegasus (612 Flower)
2004 Design Citation Award, Adaptive Reuse - AIA Los Angeles
2004 Preservation Award - Los Angeles Conservancy
2004 Rehabilitation & Adaptive Reuse - California Preservation Foundation
The Downtown Standard Hotel
2005 AIA Los Angeles Merit Award
2003 AIA California Council Merit Award
2003 Preservation Award - Los Angeles Conservancy
2003 Architectural Award - Los Angeles Business Council
2003 Westside Urban Forum Prize