Miramar Hotel and Residences Redevelopment
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The Miramar Hotel and Residences Redevelopment is a 5-acre hotel block located along Ocean Avenue atop the Palisades bluff of downtown Santa Monica, CA. The city is a coastal getaway and a bustling metropolis, leading the way in urban sustainability. The proposed redesign references and strengthens the site's historic garden legacy, featuring entries framed by planting and a lush Mediterranean garden. The buildings sit on a grand stone terrace that surrounds the site’s landmark fig tree and steps down towards the sea. Outside the hotel ballroom, a series of shallow reflecting pools in a grove of jacaranda trees create a shaded, calm respite for casual seating that doubles as a large event space.
INFO Location: Santa Monica, CA
Size: 5 acres
Client: Ocean Avenue LLC
Completion Date: 2014
TEAM Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Architect
GGN, Landscape Architect
Thorton Tomasetti, Structural Engineer
Chattel Inc., Historic Preservation