Portfolio - Gruette Architecture - Interior Design Portfoli

A white house with black garage door and green grass.

The design uses a modified bungalow style common in the area.

A living room with white walls and wooden floors.

The sloped side roofs are a requirement of the zoning code to limit mass and keep the scale similar to other houses in the area.

A living room with stairs and a table

View of double height living room from front door.

A living room with two large windows and a couch

View from double height living room looking up at second floor overlook.

A living room with two large couches and a table

View from double height living room looking up at second floor overlook.

A living room with a fireplace and a table

View of living room fireplace.

A kitchen with white cabinets and wooden floors.

View of kitchen beyond living room.

A kitchen with white cabinets and black counter tops.

View of kitchen beyond living room.

A hallway with a metal railing and wooden floors.

View looking down second floor hallway.

A hallway with a white wall and wooden floors.

View looking down second floor hallway.

A living room with a couch and table

View looking down to living room.

A living room with hardwood floors and furniture.

View looking down to living room.

A large white house with a green lawn.

View of backyard and patio.

A white house with black shutters and a garage door.

Project: Handley Avenue

Location: Los Angeles
Type: Single Family Residence; New construction
Status: Complete

Project: Office Fit-Out

(Role of Project Manager under a different firm. Images used with permission of JMSA.)

Type: Commercial; New construction
Status: Complete

A hallway with many doors and windows in it

The design parti of this office fit-out is the ”Rib”. Instead of the usual grid
employed for organization, the “Rib” allows for a compression between
open spaces, running equally spaced from front to back.

A hallway with a mirror and lights on the wall.

View of the lobby’s curved wall.

A hallway with many windows and lights on the ceiling.

View of secondary corridor.

A row of cubicles in an office setting.

View down the main corridor as it widens.

A long hallway with many doors and windows.

View of office open cubicle spaces.

A floor plan of the building with many lines drawn to show where it is.

Office Plan

An aerial view of a bus station with palm trees.

View of Wilshire Fairfax Station.

A rendering of the bus stop at the corner of a street.

View of Wilshire Rodeo Station.

A rendering of the bus stop at the corner of the street.

View of Wilshire Rodeo Station entry.

A group of people standing around in front of a building.

View of Century City Constellation Station.

An aerial view of a city street with cars and buildings.

View of UCLA Station.

A rendering of the entrance to an airport terminal.

View of Wilshire/Veteran Affairs Station.

A train station with people waiting for the next train.

View of Purple Line Platform

Project: LA Metro Westside Purple Line Subway System Extension

(Role of Project Manager under a different firm. Images used with permission of LA Metro.)

Location: Los Angeles/Beverly Hills
Type: Transportation; New Construction
Status: Under Construction

Project: Department of Transportation Maintenance Facility

(Role of Project Manager under a different firm. Images used with permission of JMSA.)

Type: Transportation; New construction
Status: Complete

A yellow crane hanging in an industrial setting.

This Department of Transportation project is a purely utilitarian campus
of buildings on a 5-acre site. The site planning and layout was determined by the turning radius of the department’s
largest trucks.

A large warehouse with many lights and people.

Inside the truck storage building.

A man in a suit and tie walking across the street.

Salt and aggregate storage building. Cast-in-place concrete and fabric structure.

A large building with three doors and two windows.

Equipment storage building. Post frame wood construction with continuous cast-in-place concrete wainscot.

A building with two doors and grass in front of it.

Office building with maintenance garage and truck storage building behind.

A 3 d rendering of the exterior of a house.

This spec home project is an exercise in maximizing floor area, volume,
natural lighting, and view, building to the maximum extent possible allowed
by the zoning code, resulting in a rich mass of multiple textures
and ambiance.

A rendering of the exterior of a house.

View of the front façade from the street.

A rendering of the front entrance to a house.

View of the front entry way.

A modern house with white walls and wooden accents.

View of the rear balconies and roof deck from the west.

A 3 d rendering of an outdoor dining area.

View of the rear balconies and roof deck from the west.

A pool with chairs and tables in the back yard.

View of the pool area from the west.

A patio with grass and a pool in the middle of it

View of the pool area from the north.

A kitchen with wooden cabinets and a table

View of the first floor living area from the entry.

A kitchen with a sink and microwave in it

View of the bar area.

A living room with white furniture and wooden chairs.

View of the living area and kitchen beyond.

A dining room with wooden floors and brown cabinets.

View of the stairs and kitchen beyond.

A bedroom with a large window and a table

View of the master suite and balcony beyond.

Project: Rose Avenue Residence

Location: Venice Beach
Type: Single Family Residential; New Construction
Status: Project

Project: Multi-family Condo

Location: Los Angeles
Type: Multi-Family; Design Project
Status: Schematic Design

A large white building with many windows on top of it.

The condo offers residents the opportunity to live in the urban experience.
The resident “lands” into the sculptural porte-cochere, similar to a jetliner
landing on the runway.

A view of an escalator going up the side of a building.

An architectural promenade connects the urban street, the open lobby, and up to the clubhouse the with two expansive escalators that weave through the public space. The two residential towers are connected by the wedge of the club.

A building with many windows and balconies on the side.

View from the SE corner looking at the drive-in porte-cochere and the waterfall from the pool deck.

A tall building with many windows on the outside.

View from the SW. The light blue is the channel glass facade of the clubhouse, which at night will give a diffused animation to the building with the interior lights.

A view of the ceiling from above looking up.

Bird’s eye view down to the pool deck. The pool deck is reserved for the residents but the public at large lands at the escalator’s end and can gaze down. It’s people watching as a spectator sport.

A floor plan of the ground level of an apartment building.

A rendering of the front of a house with a garage door.

The design uses mid-century modern aesthetics to tie together the two
symmetrical sides and center courtyard.

A house with trees and bushes in front of it

Project: Jasmine Avenue 1

A house with a driveway and a tree in front of it.

View of front façade from the street.

A patio with chairs and tables under an awning.

The center courtyard is semi-private with a breeze wall and covered trellis.

A rendering of an outdoor area with a patio and pergola.

View of the courtyard from the dining room sliding door.

A large backyard with grass and lawn.

View of the courtyard from the front door.

A patio with plants and concrete steps

View of the new addition to the rear of the house, including an outside dining room and lounge area covered by a continuous trellis.

A patio with plants and a wooden fence.

New ADU and lounge area

A patio with potted plants and a pergola.

New outside dining area.

Project: Jasmine Avenue 1

Location: Culver City
Type: Single Family Residence; Major Renovation
Status: Under construction

Project: Reid Avenue Residence

Type: Single Family Residential; Major Renovation and Addition
Status: Under Construction.

A rendering of the front of a house with palm trees.

View of the front façade from the street.

A rendering of the exterior of a house.

View of the front façade from the street.

A rendering of the front of a house.

View of the front façade from the driveway.

A rendering of the front of a house.

View of the rear first floor and second floor decks and trellises.

A rendering of the back of a house with steps leading to it.

View of the rear first floor and second floor decks and trellises.

A floor plan of the house with stairs leading to it.

A drawing of the side of a building.

A rendering of the exterior of a house.

View from the front yard.

A rendering of the front of a house with flowers in the foreground.

View from street.

A rendering of the front entrance to a garage.

View from front driveway.

A rendering of the exterior of a house.

View from the backyard.

A floor plan of the lafayette place residence.

A floor plan of the lafayette place residence.

A drawing of the lafayete place residence building section.

Project: Lafayette Place – Culver City

Location: Culver City
Type: Single Family Residence; New Construction
Status: Under construction

Project: Jasmine Avenue 2

Location: Culver City
Type: Single Family Residence; New Construction
Status: Under construction

A rendering of the front of a house.

Project: Jasmine Avenue 2

A rendering of the front of a house with flowers in the yard.

Project: Jasmine Avenue 2

A white house with flowers in front of it.

Project: Jasmine Avenue 2

A house with a pool and deck in the middle of it

Project: Jasmine Avenue 2

A 3 d rendering of an outdoor living area.

Project: Jasmine Avenue 2

A rendering of the back of a house with a porch.

Project: Jasmine Avenue 2

A floor plan of the house with two rooms.

Project: Jasmine Avenue 2

A floor plan of the jasmine avenue 2 residence.

Project: Jasmine Avenue 2

A floor plan of the jasmine avenue 2 residence.

Project: Jasmine Avenue 2

A section of the house with stairs and windows.

Project: Jasmine Avenue 2

A drawing of the side of a house

Project: Jasmine Avenue 2