Overview:

Owner

Los Angeles Unified School District

Management / GC

Turner

Architect

GKK Works & JSFA

Location

Los Angeles, CA

Completion

2014

Scope of work:

Services Provided

Delegated Design, Design Assist

Description

New construction of the Auditorium and Administration buildings at the historic James A. Garfield High School consisted of several high-end architectural features furnished and installed by Aragon Construction. Aragon provided a comprehensive exterior envelope package including the exterior cladding and glazing systems. The exterior cladding scopes included custom diamond shaped 3D aluminum pyramid shaped panels, aluminum composite (ACM) panels, aluminum clad canopies, a decorative aluminum plate panel "bull dog mascot" art piece, and more. The glazing package included DSA curtain walls, storefronts, radius channel glass walls, high resolution graphic printed laminated glass, point-supported spider fitting glass walls, bullet resistant glazing, and more.