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Century Plaza Towers, Next Century Partners
Los Angeles, CA
A towering achievement.
A historic hotel gets a high-rise addition.
Great heights.
HED served as Executive Architect for the new Century Plaza Towers. Designed by acclaimed New York architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, the two 44-story, triangular glass towers flank the historic Century Park Plaza Hotel’s west elevation, and contains 290 luxury condominiums, including multi-floor penthouses. HED also acted as Executive Architect in the conversion of the top five floors of the 1966 hotel into condo units.

The completed $850 million projects are a major component of a larger $2.5 billion renovation and expansion centered around the original Minoru Yamasaki-designed hotel. The full completed project includes the conversion of the hotel into high-end suites, residential condominiums, restaurants, and retail space. Extensive landscaping connects the new mixed-use development with the burgeoning Century City business district.
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Project Data
Century Plaza Towers 2014-0039-000
Next Century Partners
Los Angeles, California
PROJECT SCOPE
New Construction + Renovation
HED ROLE
Executive Architect
RSF/GSF
1,060,000
CONSTRUCTION COST
$850.0 Million
SUSTAINABILITY LEVEL
    LEED Certified Equivalent
Project Team
  • Kevin Shibata
    RA
    Principal
    Project Management
  • Choong Kim
    AIA, LEED AP BD+C
    Associate Principal
    Architecture
  • Wenxin Lin
    AIA
    Associate
    Architecture
  • Manoucher Eslami
    AIA
    Associate Principal
    Architecture
  • Feng Wang
    RA
    Associate
    Architecture and Design
  • Ou Liu
    Design
  • Yawen Yang
    CID, IIDA, LEED AP BD+C
    Associate
    Interior Design
  • Dong He
    LEED Green Associate
    Design
  • Difan (Ewan) Feng
    Design
  • Vorapat Chuthakieo
    Associate
    Design
  • Taeko Welty
    Associate
    Design
  • Can Cui
    RA
    Associate
    Architecture
  • Sungjoon (Joseph) Ahn
    Design
  • Rainerio (Rai) Quintana
    Associate
    Design
  • Samantha Aisawa
    Associate
    Design
  • Mengyi (Amy) Xu
    Design
  • Sean Bani
    PE, LEED AP
    Principal
    Electrical Engineering
  • Jessica Valdez
    Administrative Services
A historic hotel gets a high-rise addition.
Century Plaza Towers, Next Century Partners
Los Angeles, CA
PROJECT DATA
PROJECT TEAM
A towering achievement.