Constructing the four trapezoidal sides of Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s sculptural gem, a 75-ft-tall “machine for gathering” with three sloping faces, was the most daunting aspect of the project. “The concern was the facade,” says Stephen Montoya, vice president of operations for MATT Construction.

The 2023 Oscar awards featured a Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor who reinvented themselves and came back for a second act. The tunnel-boring machine Angeli is the LA performer that did much the same, but entirely underground.

If the 6-ft, 4-in.-tall Mike Jones had only been a bit taller, he might not have become a veteran of Southern California infrastructure. “I needed another four to five inches,” says the former high-school basketball forward.

The Los Angeles Reservoir Ultraviolet Disinfection Plant (LARUV) has a maximum treatment capacity of 650 MGD, multiple backup power supplies, 3-leg flow control station, flexible trunk line joints, ultraviolet system, underground chlorine injection vault, and a network of controls and mechanical systems.

A model for future transitional housing, Angeles House is not a typical shelter or apartment. Every detail was added with a mindful approach to who would be living there.

As the first residential high-rise to be built west of the 405 Freeway in more than 40 years, the Landmark Los Angeles (LMLA) is a glass-and-steel structure rising 349 ft featuring floor-to-ceiling windows, horizontal balcony planes and glass guardrails intersected by vertical elements to a rooftop cornice.

The first theater in Los Angeles wired for film with sound provides an appropriate setting for a leading technology retailer’s flagship location, thanks to the comprehensive renovation effort that combined seismic upgrades with preservation of distinctive 1920s-era finishes.

One Westside transformed a sizable, abandoned shopping mall into a nearly 600,000 sq-ft, modern office campus.

The 400-foot-long Taylor Yard Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge provides a crucial connection between the Los Angeles River communities of Elysian Valley and Cypress Park, via the Taylor Yard G-2 site, a 42-acre industrial parcel and former rail yard.

Recent growth prompted this confidential client to dramatically increase production requiring significantly more staff and space.