The Chadwick Studio by Frederick Fisher and Partners
Frederick Fisher and Partners designed the Chadwick Studio in Los Angeles, California.
From the architects:
The Chadwick Studio was designed for product and furniture designer, Don Chadwick.
Mr. Chadwick, who designed the famous Aeron Chair made by Herman Miller, sought to have a studio and office on his own private property, located in Sullivan Canyon.
Visit the website of Frederick Fisher and Partners – here.
The new freestanding, 1,800 square foot studio will serve as a design, production and office space for Mr. Chadwick and his staff. The main programmatic elements of the building include a shop that will hold tools and accommodate product mock-ups, an open studio space that will feature a conference area and a floor-to-ceiling, double-sided bookshelf, and a private office for Mr. Chadwick, located on a mezzanine. Additional rooms include a kitchen and bathroom.
Nestled into the hillside, the building is longer than it is wide, and bends to follow the natural contours of the canyon. The contemporary structure has a ranch-style pitched roof that references similar homes in the neighborhood designed by noted architect Cliff May. The building’s exterior is comprised of black concrete masonry and natural wood siding.
Project Team: Frederick Fisher, David Ross, Christopher Conolly and Hunter Fleetwood
Photography: Undine Prohl
Visit the website of Frederick Fisher and Partners – here.
suzanne ally on 01 Apr 2009 at 8:42 am #
Love the juxtaposition of old warm luxury colored persian carpet/new industrial utilitarian cinderblock walls.
I could work here!
Harold on 01 Apr 2009 at 11:29 am #
I love it! Excellent mix of mid-century and contemporary. I would love to work or live here.
Alan on 01 Apr 2009 at 12:02 pm #
Very cool design, but I wish they would have used poured concrete walls instead of CMUs.
Jon Banderson on 01 Apr 2009 at 12:42 pm #
I prefer the CMUs, they’re a little darker and have more texture than the poured concrete.
david on 01 Apr 2009 at 1:39 pm #
It’s nice to see a new modern house with a gable roof once in a while! Flat roof boxes can get a bit boring.
Anyone know what the flooring material is? You can see a seam in the second photo as well as a transition to a concrete floor in the background.
Ryan Mulkey on 01 Apr 2009 at 8:55 pm #
I love the small models of furniture scattered all over the place. Very cool.
Jake Sentschak on 04 Apr 2009 at 6:47 am #
This is Modern Design the way it is meant to be done! In additon to the thoughtful use and distribution of materials, color and form, I like the way the surrounding context was incorporated as a driver of the built form. This is the “icing on the cake” as it lends even more meaning to a project that has no shortage of it. I also agree that this is a place that most everyone would enjoy working in. What fun!
kast on 06 Apr 2009 at 7:04 pm #
lovely book shelf ..but i dislike the claustrophobic studio because i prefer to work fronting the window..its too dark..maybe the designer love to work with that conditions ..dont know ??
hZ! on 13 Nov 2009 at 1:40 am #
This looks like a 1970s Aussie school or library. The same concrete blocks, the same hardwearing floor materials and off-square placement of spaces, exposed beams, wooden ceilings and vermillion furniture. That’s OK, even pleasant. But I will never be able to get used to the cold grey of those bricks and would rather see them rendered, even if to do so is less than honest. So are plaster walls and brick veneer.
Black metal joinery is hard on the eyes because of the excessive contrast between it and the view outside.
The proportions of the shelves are satisfying if not beautiful.
This would be a workspace conducive to creativity, with the expansive spaces, the tough interior with its natural materials and the plenitude of opportunities to bathe the eyes and spirit in views of the natural surroundings.