"Such a fun building"

June 7, 2021

Architecture professor Neil Denari, in collaboration with HLW, has designed Skanska's new three-story office building in Beverly Hills.

Skanska is kicking off its commercial development practice in Los Angeles with a new three-story office building on Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills. Image courtesy Skanska

"Neil Denari, FAIA, is principal of NMDA, Neil M. Denari Architects Inc., and joined the faculty of UCLA Architecture and Urban Design in 2002. Among his many awards is the Los Angeles AIA Gold Medal, received in 2011. His work has been included in many exhibitions, including solo shows “The Artless Drawing” in 2010 at Ace Gallery LA and “Aperiodic City” at T-Space in 2017 in Rhinebeck, NY. His work is permanently held by eight major museums around the world.

On the corner of Wilshire Blvd. and Almont Dr. in Beverly Hills, where an art and antique shop used to stand, Skanska USA Inc. has dug a hole. A 45-foot-deep hole, to be exact, for a parking structure to support a new office that the development and construction company is building from the ground up.

Located at 9000 Wilshire, the 46,000-square-foot building will feature three stories of office space plus an indoor/outdoor “living room” on a fourth floor.

9000 Wilshire will embody the office of the future. Highly sustainable, technologically advanced with a focus on art, beauty and balance, all combined in the heart of Beverly Hills,” said Clare De Briere, executive vice president for Skanska USA Commercial Development’s Los Angeles market, in a statement when the project broke ground.

Designed by Los Angeles-based architect Neil Denari in collaboration with HLW, the new office building will feature open indoor and outdoor spaces; floor-to-ceiling glass with operable windows; an 11,000-square-foot rooftop deck and lounge space; and a second-floor terrace with a green wall."— Annlee Ellingson, Jun. 7, 2021

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