Studio
P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S is a leading architectural practice based in Los Angeles, California. We bring a critical and progressive approach to projects across scales, agendas and geographies, insisting on the cultural and social relevance of architectural form and aesthetics in the contemporary city.
P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S is led by partners Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich, and gained international recognition as one of the most intriguing and progressive firms working in architecture today. Based on the expansive city of Los Angeles, we take advantage of the city’s decidedly global stance and idiosyncratic identity. With more than 15 years of building experience, we have completed projects in the US, South America and Asia.
P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S is a Women Business Enterprise (WBE), Small Business Enterprise (SBE), and a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE).
Our work is exhibited worldwide, most notably at The Venice Biennale in Italy, The Chicago Biennial, the Art Institute of Chicago, The San Francisco MOMA, The Vienna MAK Museum, where our work is also part of the permanent collections.
Profile
Completed projects include Jujuy Redux Apartment in Rosario, Argentina; Prism Gallery in Los Angeles, California; Eye of Time Corporate Headquarters in Chengdu, China; FyF Residence in Rosario Argentina; Jujuy 2056 Apartment in Rosario, Argentina, League of Shadows multipurpose event structure in Los Angeles among others.
Current projects include A4H, a 33,000 Sqft. Office Building in Glendale, CA; Victory Healthcare, a 42,000 Sqft. Adaptive Reuse in North Hollywood, California; Olympia Towers, a 1.8M Sqft. Mix-use complex in Downtown Los Angeles; The Reef project, a 2M Sqft. Mix-use for South Park also in Los Angeles; Grand Av. Tower, a 180,000 Sqft. Mix-use project in Downtown Los Angeles; Karma Reef, a Sprawling Luxury Resort in Gilli Meno, Karma Sanctum, a 70,000 Sqft. Boutique Hotel in Nusa Dua and a 200,000 Sqft. Masterplan for Karma Kandara, Ungasan all in Bali, Indonesia; a Mobile Performing Arts Pavilion for CAP UCLA and the adaptive reuse of Warner Grand Theater in Long Beach.
Recent projects include an Apart Hotel in Panama City, Panama; Luxury Resorts for Bequia Island in the Caribe, Rottnest Island in Western Australia; a Rural Housing Prototype for Morales, Mexico and a Student Dormitory for Ponce, Puerto Rico.
P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S received numerous prizes and awards including the American Architecture Award, an ACSA Faculty Award, four AIA LA Honor and Merit Awards, an AIA National Design Review Award; first prizes in the competitions for the SCI-Arc Graduation Pavilion, a Temporary Pavilion for MOCA, the Vertical Garden at the Schindler House, the New SCI_Arc Café and the third prize in the prestigious Young Architect of the Year Award. In 2011, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S integrated the Emerging Voices Series of the Architectural league of New York, and was the recipient of the “Arch is” Award by the AIA LA Chapter. In 2013, Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich were the recipients of the prestigious USA Artists Grigor Fellowship, an endowment that recognizes America’s most accomplished and innovative artists.
Current projects include A4H, a 33,000 Sqft. Office Building in Glendale, CA; Victory Healthcare, a 42,000 Sqft. Adaptive Reuse in North Hollywood, California; Olympia Towers, a 1.8M Sqft. Mix-use complex in Downtown Los Angeles; The Reef project, a 2M Sqft. Mix-use for South Park also in Los Angeles; Grand Av. Tower, a 180,000 Sqft. Mix-use project in Downtown Los Angeles; Karma Reef, a Sprawling Luxury Resort in Gilli Meno, Karma Sanctum, a 70,000 Sqft. Boutique Hotel in Nusa Dua and a 200,000 Sqft. Masterplan for Karma Kandara, Ungasan all in Bali, Indonesia; a Mobile Performing Arts Pavilion for CAP UCLA and the adaptive reuse of Warner Grand Theater in Long Beach.
Recent projects include an Apart Hotel in Panama City, Panama; Luxury Resorts for Bequia Island in the Caribe, Rottnest Island in Western Australia; a Rural Housing Prototype for Morales, Mexico and a Student Dormitory for Ponce, Puerto Rico.
P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S received numerous prizes and awards including the American Architecture Award, an ACSA Faculty Award, four AIA LA Honor and Merit Awards, an AIA National Design Review Award; first prizes in the competitions for the SCI-Arc Graduation Pavilion, a Temporary Pavilion for MOCA, the Vertical Garden at the Schindler House, the New SCI_Arc Café and the third prize in the prestigious Young Architect of the Year Award. In 2011, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S integrated the Emerging Voices Series of the Architectural league of New York, and was the recipient of the “Arch is” Award by the AIA LA Chapter. In 2013, Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich were the recipients of the prestigious USA Artists Grigor Fellowship, an endowment that recognizes America’s most accomplished and innovative artists.
Ethos
P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S specializes in architectural design across scales and contexts: from small objects and temporary installations to large buildings and extra-large masterplans; from dense urban cores to exotic idyllic islands.
As a result, we aim to create original projects that are both unique and accessible, forward looking and contextual, distinctly contemporary in their formal and material aesthetics and unapologetically timeless in their functional and spatial performance.
Our creative process involves an analytical approach to the specifics of each project, client and context, an imaginative philosophy and unique sensibility to design architectural and urban form and a sophisticated technological solution to its construction and material tectonics. Experience in collaboration with consultants in diverse fields ranging from economic advisors, land use attorneys, to structural engineering and material fabrication allows us to produce increasingly unique projects locally and abroad.
By deploying both pragmatism and imagination during all steps of design, the singularity of our architectural approach is that we can fluidly integrate speculative thinking with an efficient production and delivery. Our vast experience in designing and building architecture worldwide enable us to create projects that maintain a refined balance between theoretical and aesthetic concerns, contemporary demands and long lasting values such as functionality and organization. By closely working with clients, we ensure that their vision is materialized in the most progressive and realistic way, so our final design is both distinctive and sustainable, providing their brands worldwide visibility and recognition.