Stephen Johnson, AIA, Pfeiffer Partners, Los Angeles
Ken Wong, Miyamoto International Structural Engineers, Los Angeles

      Los Angeles’ Griffith Observatory will reopen in 2006 after one of the most ambitious rehabilitations ever. Take a past, present, and future look at one of California’s most renowned landmarks and its incredible rehabilitation.

Learning objectives:

• Discuss the rehabilitation of one of California's most well-known landmarks
• Examine the structural challenges with preserving the entire historic structure while excavating the ground below to make way for new exhibit and office space
• Summarize the design processes involved with such a massive rehabilitation project.