About Us
Arc / Artel Architecture is a full-service award winning architectural design firm based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1996 in Salt Lake City, Utah. We relocated our office to Los Angeles, California in 2008.
Over the years we designed and produced construction drawings for over 150 commercial and residential buildings, and won several National and International design competitions. Whether it is a new building, a renovation of an existing one, interiors, or tenant improvement, we can provide you with the design, construction drawings and building permits tailored to your specifications.
We are licensed to practice Architecture in California and Utah.
Arc: abbreviation for "Architectural"
Artel (ärˈtel(ʸ)): an association of laborers for collective work : a cooperative craft society
Architecture: the art or practice of designing and building structures and especially habitable ones
THUMP
"And then they started dancing, which was terrible because they were all so frustrated that they had to sort of stamp their feet – like architects. They’re so stylized they can’t let go, and when they do… it’s so awful…
...It was a horrible party, everybody just hating each other. One had just won a competition, and the others were all envious...
You could feel the tension. Suddenly we heard a big smash and Richard Rogers had “thumped” somebody – he had thumped him on the face, and all the blood was running onto these white tiles. A real fight! And everybody pretended that nothing happened. They kept on dancing in the broken glass. And we were just watching, thinking, oh how awful! Why aren't there any other kinds of people like writers and painters? Why is there only architects, and all of them hating each other? Why is there only champagne and smoked salmon?"
Rem Koolhaas & Bruce Mau - S, M, L, XL page 1204
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