SAGAFTRA 表演艺术基金会中心丨美国洛杉矶

Architect:Best Practice Architecture;Howard Building Corporation

Location:Los Angeles, California, USA; | ;View Map

Project Year:2024

Category:Community Centres;Theaters

For the past 40 years, the SAG-AFTRA Foundation (Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) has steadily expanded its support for performing artists nationwide, offering free professional development and financial aid to over 160,000 members. In 2016, the Foundation opened its flagship screening room in New York City. Now, through collaboration with Best Practice Architecture, it has realized its long-held goal of creating an educational and creative hub in Los Angeles’ iconic Museum Square building—the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Center For Performing Artists.

Located in the penthouse of the 1949 building designed by Wurdeman & Becket, the new 12,200-square-foot facility serves as a vital part of the entertainment industry, providing a much-needed environment to engage with educators, actors, voice artists, and the film industry at large. The facility consists of three main elements: Foundation offices, educational spaces, and a screening room with supporting areas—all designed to inspire creativity and foster community.

Upon entering the 10th floor, visitors are welcomed by wood tambour walls and led through glass doors to the lobby. Best Practice incorporated saturated red walls and a custom-lit marquee ceiling to create a dramatic and inviting entry point for guests. Support spaces, including new restrooms, a catering pantry, and a serving area, flank the main lobby and highlight floor-to-ceiling windows offering expansive views of Hollywood Hills. Best Practice enhanced the space’s natural light by incorporating a mirrored end wall, which connects the lobby to a large classroom via an operable glass door, adding flexibility for larger events. At the heart of the center is a wood-tambour-clad screening room that seats 100 and creates an intimate, luxurious viewing experience. The jewel box theater, combined with the new lobby, allows the Foundation to host industry events and film screenings.

The educational program is directly connected to the central lobby, leading members to a variety of classrooms and labs. Conceptually thought of as “backstage”, Best Practice lined the corridor with dark colors and contrasting red light fixtures to provide wayfinding with a subtle visual nod to the edges of celluloid film strips. Social services and educator offices are clustered in the center of the wing, providing accessibility to the voice-over labs, on-camera studios, and recording booths. The rest of the program includes tech labs, editing bays, and a large conference room that can double as an extra classroom.

Foundation offices occupy the south end of the penthouse, where private and open workspaces have easy access to the screening room and educational program. A generous staff break room is located at the center, while a corner greenroom provides views and natural light for visiting performers. Best Practice designed the offices to contrast with the dark character of the educational program; they are light and bright but feature the same overhead lighting to unify the material language used throughout.

The new Center for Performing Artists sets the stage for creativity, education, and industry collaboration. Best Practice’s innovative design blends professional functionality with intimate, creative spaces, making this hub a vital resource for the LA performing arts community.

Team:

Architects: Best Practice Architecture

Structural Engineer: Silman Structural Solutions

MEP Building Systems Engineers: Derive Engineers

Acoustic Design: Akustiks

Lighting Design: dark | light Design

Theater Design: Theatre Projects

Audio Visual Design: Boyce Nemec Design

Furniture: Two-Point

Contractor: Howard Building Corporation

Theater Seating: Series Seating

Signage: Sign Specialists Corporation

Photographer: Rafael Soldi

Materials Used:

OPENINGS & HARDWARE

Glass Entry System and Hardware: CRL Blumcraft

Interior Aluminum Window & Door Systems: Wilson Partitions

Specialty Acoustic Doors & Windows: IAC Acoustics

Door Hardware: Allegion Group – Schlage, Falcon, Zero, Ives, Glynn-Johnson

Roof Access Hatch: Bristolite Daylighting Systems

Access Doors: Acudor

FLOORING

Carpet (Lobby Screening Room): Tretford – Interlife Roll

Carpet (Programs Offices): Ege Carpets – Eco Compact

Resilient Flooring: Johnsonite – Solid Color Rubber – Raised Round

Resilient Base: Johnsonite (Tarkett)

LVT: Interface – Natural Woodgrains

CEILING SYSTEMS

Acoustical Ceiling Tile (Offices, Classrooms, and Support Spaces): Armstrong – Grid – Suprafine 9/16”

Armstrong – Tile – Calla Optima Healthzone

Acoustical Plaster (Screening Room): USG Ensemble

Specialty Back-Lit Ceiling Panel System: Arktura – Vapor Panel

TILE

Floor and Wainscotting (Restrooms): Nasco Stone and Tile – Agglo Moro

Wall Tile (Support): Mutina Tile – Lane Collection

WALL COVERINGS

Textile Wall Covering (Restrooms): Chilewich – Boucle Trilam “Noir”

COUNTERS & SOLID SURFACE

Counters (Reception Pantry): Richlite – Black Diamond

Counter (Restroom, Classrooms): Natural Stone – Nero Marquina

CASEWORK & WOOD SPECIALTIES

Cabinetry Laminates (Support Spaces): Abet Laminati

Solid Wood Tambor Panels: Surfacing Solution

ACOUSTIC FINISHES

Specialty Wall Textile Wall Panels (Screening Room): FilzFelt – ARO Plank

Specialty Wall Textile Wall Panels (Sound Rooms): Turf – Reed Wall

Acoustic and Ceiling Direct-Mount Panels: Kirei – Echopanel

Specialty Acoustic Sound Diffuser (Screening Room): RPG – Diffractal

Acoustically Transparent Fabric Applications: Guilford of Maine

SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT

Toilet Accessories: American Specialties Inc. (ASI)

Portable Fire Extinguisher Cabinets: Potter Roemer

WINDOW TREATMENTS

Roller Shades: MechoShade

Drapery Fabric: Maharam – Nival

Drapery Track System: Kirsch

SPECIALTY ACOUSTIC ASSEMBLIES

Wall Framing Isolation: Kinetics Noise Control

Floor Isolation: Mason Industries

EXTERIOR

Pedestal Paver System: Archatrak – Porcelain Pavers

Exterior Planters: Green Theory

THEATER

Seating: Series Seating - MovieMax 42” Theater Seat

Seat Fabric: Carnegie – Elements - Bedrock

Screen Drapery: Rosebrand – IRF Charisma

Lighting Controls: ETC

LIGHTING

Decorative Dome Pendants: Barn Lights Electric - Loma

Decorative WC Vanity: Artemidi – Dioscuri

Decorative Sconce WC: Astro – Eclipse Round

Decorative Sconce Green Room: Techlighting – Orbel

Recessed Linear: Fluxwerk - Profile

Recessed Downlights: Lucifer – 2 Series

Recessed Linear (Screening Room): Luminii – Kendo M

Wall Mount Linear (Screening Room): Luminni – Vertical LED Bar

Recessed Steplight: Lucifer – Stealth Pathlight

Tracklighting: Flexalighting

AUDIO VISUAL

DCI Direct View LED Cinema Screen: LG – Mirrorclass

Cinema Audio Systems: Meyer Sound

Digital Displays: LG

Integrated AV Controller: Crestron

Cameras: Panasonic – PTZ Cameras

Speaker/Microphones: Shure

Workstations: Apple – Mac Pro

BUILDING SYSTEMS

Primary Mechanical System: Trane-Mitsubishi

Lighting Controls: Wattstoppers

SECURITY SYSTEMS

Access Intercoms & Cameras: Avigilon

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