Modern Animal
A start-up vet founded in California that prides itself on contemporary practices.
Location: Culver City, CA
Products: M Series Residential & M Series Cylinder
Executive Architect: House & Robertson Architects
Design Architect: Design, Bitches
Lighting Designer: AlfaTech
MEP Engineering: Henderson Engineers
Structural Engineering: Tuchscher Engineering Group
Photography Credit: Tim Hirschmann + OTTO
Modern Animal is designed to be transparent, allowing visitors to see directly into the treatment area leading to a closer human-animal connection. The colorful space is inspired by California’s easy-going lifestyle. Integrating dimmable fixtures and a skylight allows for natural, comfortable lighting.
M Series Residential
The M Series Residential family is part of DMF’s most versatile, M Series product offering. Centered around a compact, four-inch, plug-and-play LED module with an embedded driver the M Series delivers the optimal balance of form and function. Paired with one of the award-winning M Series Housings, you can achieve fire, sound, wet location, and other ratings required for the most demanding projects. The M Series, true to all DMF offerings, provides outstanding illumination and color consistency while being simple to specify, install, and maintain.
M Series Cylinder
Utilizing a suite of customizable features with our high-performing LED modules, the M Series Cylinder provides brilliant illumination and a beautiful design versatile enough for whatever your project needs. With trim options, uplight capability, and housings for indoor, outdoor, and wet locations, the M Series Cylinder offers a vast array of features that also include a variety of mounting styles such as a wall, surface, stem, and cord mount.
About HRA: House & Robertson Architects
House & Robertson Architects is a Los Angeles-based firm committed solely to offering executive architect/architect of record services to visionary partners worldwide. Highly collaborative and efficient, HRA specializes in effective project delivery. They leverage strong leadership, experience, and expertise to lead teams, develop creative solutions, and manage uncertainties. The firm diligently balances cost, performance, and aesthetics to execute exceptional design.
About Design, Bitches
Design, Bitches, an integrative architecture and design studio, partners with unique clients to craft meaningful spaces, balancing creative risk-taking with pragmatic optimism. With a decade-long portfolio spanning versatile spaces, pioneering retail and hospitality venues, inventive residential environments, and social-centric concepts, their visionary aesthetic guides their work. Embracing collaboration and challenging assumptions, they leverage over 20 years of collective experience to offer construction and development expertise across scales. Their female-founded office fosters a culture of inclusivity and innovation, certified in CA, OR & TX as a WBE, WOSB, SB (Micro), and DBE.
About AlfaTech
Established in Silicon Valley in 1987, AlfaTech began as a mechanical, electrical, and technology design engineering firm. Over the years, the company expanded its services to include architectural lighting design, sustainability, and smart building solutions in response to the evolving needs of its clients. Today, AlfaTech is a leading force in the industry, with offices across California, from the West Coast to the East Coast, and internationally in Europe, Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East.
About Henderson Engineers
In 2021, Henderson became an ESOP company, making its employees beneficial owners of stock in Henderson Companies, Inc. This means that when the company thrives, the employees benefit as well. The combined efforts of the entire team directly influence the profitability and growth of both Henderson and the employees’ financial outcomes. Every employee’s contribution positively impacts the company’s health and value, fostering motivation, collaboration, and a dynamic work environment where everyone strives to improve the company.
About Tuchscher Engineering
TEG, a boutique engineering firm founded in 2011 by James Tuchscher, is located in the heart of downtown Long Beach and serves clients throughout Southern California. Pronounced “Too-share,” TEG offers comprehensive structural and civil engineering services, guiding projects from concept and feasibility through to construction and completion. Their structural engineering focuses on the design of buildings and structures, while their civil engineering addresses site design and development.
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