The Marvin Engineering Co, a manufacturer of mechanical assemblies, built their three-story headquarters in Inglewood in 2005.  Nadel Architects designed the 135,000 square foot building as the headquarters in a larger campus. The company’s research and development laboratories, high-tech manufacturing and corporate offices are on one site.

Inglewood is a prime location for industries central to regional defense and aerospace industrial corridor.  Nadel’s architectural plan draws from the intersection of machine and design. The building’s exterior finishes are industrial-strength, including three types of custom corrugated metal siding reinforce the concept of industrial manufacture and site-cast concrete surfaces in diverse textures.

Herb Nadel began practicing architecture in 1960 after attending the University of Southern California School of Architecture. Since founding in 1973, Nadel Architects has expanded with projects built in the United States, China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, South America and Africa. The firm has designed more than 400 office buildings, 60,000 residential units in multi-family and mixed-use developments, and over 75 million square feet of retail space, along with innumerable hotels and resorts, educational facilities, industrial, medical and specialty projects.

Date: 2005
Collection: Architecture

Location
261 West Beach Avenue
Inglewood, California 90302