Events: NEXT by Daltile

Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 18, and get ready to see the future as Daltile hosts NEXT in Downtown Los Angeles. It’s a celebration of the NEXT design trends, products and services in the flooring industry showcased at loftSEVEN, the penthouse event space atop the historic Haas Building. Meet, greet and mingle with colleagues at the stunning property designed in 1915 by Morgan, Walls & Morgan—itself a cutting-edge structure in its own time.

RSVP here; to have some of your special projects featured in their gallery, contact Zoe Rahimi. See you there.

Shlemmer+Algaze+Associates Moving to Downtown LA

Commercial interiors and architecture firm Shlemmer+Algaze+Associates (SAA) is in the process of adding another Southern California office in the unused lobby of Paul Hastings Tower in City National Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles. The new office will be in the same complex as Gensler’s new home, which gained so much attention in recent months.

According to Downtown LA blogger Brigham Yen, SAA leased the northern half of the Paul Hastings Tower’s lobby and elevator banks—formerly underutilized because the tower’s office workers enter and exit through the side facing the central plaza, leaving the 4,000 square foot space unused. SAA’s new space will house 22 architects. The interiors for the new office, pictured above and below, were designed by Steven Drucker, design principal of SAA.