Location: CA

J. Paul Getty Center

A rooftop cactus and succulent garden at the Getty Center, overlooking a hazy Los Angeles cityscape from a stone terrace.

OLIN’s garden design grew organically in response to the site’s context, specifically climate and light. The architectural parti strove for seamless integration of interior and exterior space. For staff and visitors, the gardens create an exquisitely appointed vestibule for the museum and set the stage for the treasures encountered within. OLIN’s design concept emerged as […]

Google Bay View Campus

A scenic view of the tent-like campus buildings reflected in a calm pond, surrounded by green meadow grass under a clear blue sky.

Google’s Bay View campus achieved LEED NC v4 Platinum certification and has attained the International Living Future Institute’s Living Building Challenge (LBC) Water Petal Certification. As a part of this project, OLIN helped transform the site into a resilient landscape with ecological biodiversity. Bay View consists of two office buildings and an event center, along […]

LA Park Needs Assessment

A scenic view of an urban lake and park with the text "A Generational Assessment" regarding future city investments, and park land mass stamps to scale overlaid.

As critical infrastructure in our communities, parks are a foundational part of life in Los Angeles. The City of LA has one of the most iconic park systems in the United States, boasting parks like Echo Park and Sepulveda Basin and world-renown facilities like the Griffith Observatory and Greek Theatre. Keeping up with this system […]