22RE creates "distinctly Californian" LA offices for Day Job

Los Angeles-based studio 22RE has designed a workplace for a local creative agency in the former studio of artist Ed Ruscha.

Featuring a monolithic Douglas fir and stucco-clad exterior, the 1,800-square-foot (167-square-metre) building in Glassell Park was overhauled by 22RE to house offices for creative agency Day Job.

The interiors are designed to be "distinctly Californian in palette and sensibility," and offer a residential feel through layered materials and textures.

A sunken "piazza" in the centre of the space forms the heart of the office where the workstations are located.

Created to address structural constraints, this area nods "to Italian town squares and playful forms of Soviet modernism" according to 22RE.

It also serves as a gathering space for informal meetings, and is punctuated by circular skylights overhead.

The green carpet under the bespoke cherry wood desks is reflected in tall stainless steel panels that run along the back wall.

Orange cement floor tiles cover the grade-level areas, which include a lounge with custom-designed sofas and a dining area with a stainless steel-framed table and chairs.

A kitchen beyond comprises floor-to-ceiling cabinetry and an island all fronted in cherry wood, which is used throughout the workplace, and is surrounded by a backsplash of oxblood-red tiles by Heath Ceramics.

Details including rounded cabinet handles, chrome-finish faucets and stainless steel countertops add a retro-futuristic twist to the otherwise residential aesthetic.

Various lighting moments include Nemo table lamps on the desks and Santa & Cole's Tekio cylindrical pendants above, and well as Fibonacci Lamps by Sophus Frandsen in the conference and lounge areas, and sconces by Motoko Ishii for Staff Leucheten.

Internal wooden doors that lead to an editing studio, a conference room, and restrooms each feature six small circular cutouts filled with yellow glass and metal handles with the same proportions.

Meanwhile, large glass panels pivot open to connect the dining area with a gravel patio, which features outdoor seating against lush planting.

"By layering natural elements with texture, form and rich materiality, the studio cultivates a tailored, expressive environment – one that balances focus, connection and creative exploration in equal measure."

Founded in 2021 by Dean Levin, 22RE's previous office projects include a workplace for a creative music agency with 1970s-influenced meeting spaces.

The studio has also completed multiple retail spaces for golf apparel brand Malbon, including one in Miami lined with pale-green stucco and another in Carmel-by-the-Sea featuring scalloped walls and tiled floors.

The photography is by Yoshihiro Makino.

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