Since founding his firm in 1994, Lorcan O’Herlihy, FAIA has utilized LORCAN architecture as a catalyst of change to shape and enrich the complex, O’HERLIHY,FAIA urban landscape of our contemporary city. The work of his firm, Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects (LOHA), is guided by a conscious understanding that A DISTINGUISHED architecture operates within a layered context of political, developmental, environmental, and social structures. With studios in Los Angeles and PRACTICE Detroit, LOHA has built over 90 projects across three continents. O’Herlihy and LOHA have produced work that has been published in over 20 countries and received over 100 awards throughout the years including the AIA Los Angeles firm of the year. The diverse work of the firm ranges from art galleries, bus shelters, and large-scale neighborhood plans, to large mixed-use developments, housing developments, and university residential complexes. Each project by LOHA exhibits O’Herlihy’s belief that artistry and bold design are key to building a vibrant, social space to elevate the human condition via the built environment. MARIPOSA1038 SL11024 BIG BLUE BUS STOPS O’Herlihy spent his formative years working at I.M. Pei Partners in New York and Paris on the addition to the Grand Louvre Museum. The LORCAN experience working on a project that harmoniously coupled art and O’HERLIHY,FAIA architecture was paramount to his design philosophy and installed a passion for aesthetic improvisation and composition. In addition, O’Herlihy A DISTINGUISHED also worked as a painter, sculptor, and furniture maker. The breath of scales—from being part of a design team for a large public art institution PRACTICE like the Louvre to intimately producing art and objects—melds his inclination for material exploration and formal inflection which form the basis of his eponymous firm, Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]. Academic and intellectual pursuits are integral and ongoing pursuits within O’Herlihy’s professional design practice. He has taught and lectured extensively throughout his career at notable institutions including: the Architectural Association, London; University of California, Los Angeles; Southern California Institute of Architecture; Cranbrook Academy of Art; Columbia University; Pratt Institute; Carnegie Mellon University; and the National Building Museum. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California. GRUPO GALLEGOS HQ FORMOSA1140 LORCAN O’HERLIHY,FAIA A DISTINGUISHED PRACTICE SL11024 In over two decades in practice, O’Herlihy and his firm LOHA have amassed a significant body of work and has been published in over 20 countries. In 2004, the Architectural League of New York selected Lorcan O’Herlihy as one of the eight emerging voices in the United States. In 2009, O’Herlihy garnered the prestigious College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects status. His commitment to design excellence in commercial, educational, and residential projects has earned over 100 national and local design awards, including the 2010 AIA Los Angeles Firm of the Year Award. O’Herlihy has been nominated for the 2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Architecture, the 2017 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, and the 2017 Marcus Prize in Architecture. In 2017, LOHA was ranked the #5 Design Firm in the Country by Architect Magazine’s ARCHITECT50. He is a licensed architect in California and Michigan and is a GSA Design Excellence Program Peer. MARIPOSA1038 In his commitment to consider Developed around three main LORCAN architecture’s impacts the social design tactics—Activated O’HERLIHY, FAIA condition, O’Herlihy developed Edges, Strategic Voids, and Bold a distinct approach as a guiding Materiality—that are founded on AMPLIFIED philosophy and method for his firm: the belief that architecture should Amplified Urbanism. As a methodology, be a transformative action. With URBANISM Amplified Urbanism seeks to reimagine each project LOHA considers the creative interaction between how the site, form, and material public and private spaces, emphasize decisions can radiate far beyond a social and civic connections, and structure’s immediate boundaries work within existing ecological and to foster positive impacts, infrastructural patterns to cultivate redefine broader communities, vibrant communities. and transform the city. ACTIVATED EDGES BOLD MATERIALITY STRATEGIC VOIDS MLK1101 BALTIMORE STATION HABITAT825 Activated edges serve to dematerialize the Bold Materiality renders a deliberate and adaptive Strategic voids carve out and enliven spaces boundaries of a building to create a fluid manipulation of conventional concrete, wood, metal within the massing of a structure or site. connection between the architecture and and glass, with unorthodox off-the-shelf components Embedding elements of the public sphere into the community. Activated edges allow the to produce a distinct and vibrant identity for site’s otherwise private developments, strategic voids surrounding community to permeate the overall environment. The creative process is rooted in create opportunities for light, landscaping, and site and provide opportunities for exchange this method and melds artful intuition with meticulous social interactions. between public and private zones. craftsmanship. The firm’s guiding philosophy, Amplified Urbanism, places design as a AN ADVOCATE primary tool to create excellence that extend beyond the physical form into the surrounding community. For O’Herlihy, architecture as a thoughtful, intentional FOR DESIGN act and a social tool to incite change and contribute to culture. Each project, and the challenges and opportunities specific to the project has formed LOHA’s EXCELLENCE understanding of and excellence in developing thoughtful and intentional designs that reach beyond the physical form of the project. MARIPOSA1038 DESIGNING FOR DENSITY PROGRAM LOCATION 32-Unit Multi-Family Los Angeles, CA Housing SIZE COMPLETION 68,000 SF 2017 A simple cube pushed inward on each of its sides, Mariposa1038’s curves grant relief from the sidewalk and return portions of the ground plane to the public realm. Window frames project outward to recapture the space between the new geometry and the property edge. Shadows across the white and black facades activate the neighborhood with a dynamic sense of constant rearrangement. The carved opening creates a central focal point for the building’s interior organization and lets natural light into the courtyard. DISNEY IM DIGITAL STUDIOS INSPIRING INNOVATION PROGRAM SIZE 3D Film Performance 120,000 SF Capture Studio, Offices, and Theater LOCATION COMPLETION Novato, CA 2010 This massive project transformed two former Coast Guard hangars into a full-production film studio. The design for the studio promotes complex and dynamic interactions, nurturing a robust and multifaceted work environment. Interior layout is conceived around the premise of ‘strange loop,’ a term used in film to describe narrative movement through interconnected levels, where one eventually finds themself back where they had started. These ideas of dense circulation and discovery is translated into physical spaces that support creative presentation, contention, and resolution. AFRICAN BEAD MUSEUM BOLD RESILIENT DESIGN PROGRAM SIZE Art Gallery, Visiting 6,000 SF with 6,000 SF Artist Accommodations, Public Art Park Administrative Spaces, LOCATION Storage, and Public Art Detroit, MI Park COMPLETION 2018 Located on a major boulevard in Detroit, the MBAD African Bead Museum is a multifaceted arts and culture campus founded by artist Olayami Dabls, a visionary leader in Detroit’s artistic and urban rebirth. Occupying a series of townhouses covered in Dabls’ exterior wall murals, the museum is a beacon of the community. LOHA’s design and master plan for the Museum includes the renovation of all of the buildings, creates a new entry to unite the Museum complex, a gallery space for exhibitions, climate-controlled storage for Dabls’ significant collection of African art, visiting artist residences, and administration facilities. Using simple, industrial-grade materials, in addition to the brick of the original structures, the design retains the language of the neighborhood context and signals the Museum’s role as a leader in the city’s future. BIG BLUE BUS STOPS ELEVATING THE URBAN FABRIC PROGRAM SIZE 300 Low-to-High Density 20-200 SF per Shelter Bus Stops LOCATION COMPLETION Santa Monica, CA 2016 By distilling the standard bus shelter motif to its most fundamental elements, LOHA designed a highly flexible, modular system of components, which allowed for precise, tailored configurations that easily adapted to each bus stop. The project’s staged roll-out and kit-of-parts approach allows for ongoing adjustments and future customizations to each site. The universal application of a striking blue color palette, incorporated into all of the concept’s built elements and bold graphics, created a system of iconic markers, which aesthetically elevate the urban fabric and improve evolving perceptions of public transportation in the Los Angeles metropolitan region. SKID ROW HOUSING TRUST UPLIFTING ENVIRONMENTS PROGRAM SIZE Management Offices 4,100 SF & Training Facilities LOCATION COMPLETION Los Angeles, CA 2012 The Skid Row Housing Trust [SRHT] management headquarters is a tenant improvement project entrenched within Skid Row, the community this organization serves. Repurposing a former hotel storage space, the economical design solution was accomplished through BEFORE