Gruen Associates, founded in 1946 by Victor Gruen, is an architectural firm based in Los Angeles. The firm provides services in architecture, interior design, planning, urban design, environmental assessment, landscape architecture, community participation, and transportation planning. Over the years, Gruen Associates has completed over 10,000 projects worldwide and received more than 250 awards. The current leadership team includes Michael A. Enomoto, Larry Schlossberg, Debra Gerod, Ashok Vanmali, and Jill Wagner. Gruen Associates has also been certified by the Mayor’s City of Los Angeles Green Business Program.Recent projects include the Wilshire Boulevard Temple Audrey Irmas Pavilion with OMA, the Tower Theatre Adaptive Re-Use with Foster + Partners, and the La Brea Tar Pits Reimagining with Weiss Manfredi. The firm has also been involved in the Pasadena Central Library renovation, the Los Angeles Union Station Master Plan, and the Los Angeles River Bikeways and Greenways projects.Gruen Associates has received several awards, including the AIA|LA Design Honor Award for the Audrey Irmas Pavilion, the ENR Best of the Best Projects Award for the Tower Theatre, and the California Preservation Foundation Preservation Design Award for the La Brea Tar Pits.
