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Westwood Branch Library

Project Description

Stephen Ehrlich Architects chose Bendheim’s U-profile channel glass for the Westwood Branch Library, located in a Los Angeles neighborhood that prides itself on design. The eye-catching facade features 20-foot-tall, tempered glass channels. The channel glass curtain walls bring in daylight and lend the library a modern appearance.

Located at Wilshire Boulevard and the Freeway, the $6 million Westwood library, one of 36 libraries benefiting from a 1998 Library Bond Program, is among the last to be completed. The 12,500-square foot project was constructed on time, within the confines of some of the most stringent building codes in the country. The area’s seismic activity requirements are managed through the performance of Bendheim’s precision engineered, patented frame system. The project features a combination of our 504 Rough Cast and Clarissimo textures.

Project Highlights

Location

Los Angeles, CA

Architect

Steven Ehrlich Architects, Culver City, CA

Installer

Harris Glass Co., Bell, CA

Project Testimonials

From the Installer:

“When you think of a library, you can think of the past or of the future. I always like to look toward the future. This building really gives you the feeling of transcending time and going into the future. As channel glass gets more publicity, and as people see it used in buildings such as this, designers will begin to see it as a functional architectural detail.”

- Mark Mischel, President, Harris Glass Co.

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