About Wilshire Boulevard Temple
3663 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
The structure will be the first project in the city of Los Angeles for architecture firm OMA. The design for the project is led by OMA founder and Pritzker Prize winner Rem Koolhaas and partner Shohei Shigematsu, in collaboration with Gruen Associates.
The wedge-like building will hold a chapel, terrace, ballroom, meeting rooms, kitchen, performance areas, and rooftop garden. LA-based Studio-MLA designed the building’s courtyard, sculpture garden, and rooftop, as well as landscaping along the corner of Wilshire and Harvard, where the project is located. The space, called the Audrey Irmas Pavilion, will be used by the temple but also be available to the public for events. A partnership is in the works with the Annennberg Foundation to offer community programs centered on “purposeful aging” at the pavilion once it is complete.
