Here Are Architecture Firm Morphosis's New Culver City Digs

Morphosis (and principal Thom Mayne) is one of the most interesting architecture firms in town these days, so of course we've been dying to get a look around their new Culver City offices--the firm ditched Santa Monica last year for a new Expo Line-adjacent property. The Architect's Newspaper checks it out and informs us that this is actually "the largest net-zero energy building in Los Angeles." The office has a 2,800 square foot photovoltaic array to catch solar energy, four super-high-tech rooftop windcatchers, solid east and south facades to minimize heat gain, and "a series of acrylic and galvanized steel shades ? to create a pleasant outdoor gathering space for employees." ("The shades, which jut dramatically from the building's core, also serve as testing zone for future projects, and are currently fitted with mock-ups of the panels from Morphosis' Emerson College building in Hollywood, currently in development." More on that Emerson project here.) There is an "ultra-efficient air conditioning system," but so far the firm hasn't had much use for it.