Pugh + Scarpa Architects, Inc.

Profile of Pugh + Scarpa Architects, Inc.

Business Name

Pugh + Scarpa Architects, Inc.

Location

United States

Services

Architecture

Website

http://www.pugh-scarpa.com

Gwynne Pugh

Lawrence Scarpa

Angela Brooks

Principal(s)

Lawrence Scarpa (1959), Gwynne Pugh (1953) and Angela Brooks (1964)

Philosophy

Pugh + Scarpa is committed to producing work of exceptional rigor and an architecture that expresses the highest aesthetic, environmental, and social ideals.

By grounding our work in the perception and experience of the user, we are able to avoid impersonal abstraction and superficiality; instead we turn our attention to creating an indelible sense of place intrinsic to the user's experience. The experience of the user drives everything we create. While acknowledging the importance of form, our working methodology emphasizes experience, memory and perception.

Background

• Founded: 1991
• Offices: 1
• Design team: 20

Key projects

• Contemporary Art Museum, Institutional/Residential, Raleigh, NC, USA, 2009
• Step Up, Multifamily residential, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 2008
• Broadway Housing, Multifamily residential, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 2006
• Solar Umbrella, Single family residential, Venice, CA, USA, 2005
• Redelco Residence, Single family residential, Los Angeles, USA, 2005
• Jigsaw, Office tenant improvement, Los Angeles, USA, 2005
• Orange Grove, Multifamily residential, West Hollywood, CA, USA, 2004
• Creative Domain, Office tenant improvement, Los Angeles, USA, 2004
• Santa Monica College Bookstore, Educational, Santa Monica, CA, 2003
• Colorado Court, Multifamily residential, Santa Monica, CA, 2002

Key publications

• Metropolitan Home, Broadway/Step Up, May 2008
• Santa Monica Mirror, Gwynne Pugh editorial, April 2008
• Elle Decor Russia, Make it Right, April 2008
• Architectural Record Online, San Vicente House, April 2008
• Robb Report Collection, Solar Umbrella, March 2008
• Residential Architect, Cherokee Lofts, March 2008
• House With a View, Redelco Residence, April 2008
• Dream Homes LA, Solar Umbrella/Redelco Residence, May 2008
• Detail-08, Solar Umbrella/Redelco Residence, January 2008
• Grand Designs, Solar Umbrella, January 2008

Key awards

• Stars of Design Award, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA, USA, 2008
• AIA Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC, USA, 2007
• NextLA Award - Merit, American Institute of Architects/LA, Los Angeles, USA, 2007
• AIA Los Angeles Award - Citation, American Institute of Architects/LA, Los Angeles, USA, 2007
• Westside Prize, Westside Urban Forum, Los Angeles, USA, 2007
• Top Ten Green Project Award, AIA Committee on the Environment, Washington, DC, USA, 2006
• 2006 AIA Housing Award: Multifamily, American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC, USA, 2006
• 2006 AIA Housing Award: Innovation in Housing Design, American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC, USA, 2006
• 2006 AIA/LA Decade Merit Award, American Institute of Architects/LA, Los Angeles, USA, 2006
• 2005 Record Homes Award, Architectural Record, New York, USA, 2005