{"id":120543,"date":"2019-01-03T15:29:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T15:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/equinox-la-by-retail-design-collaborative-2018-best-of-year-winner-for-fitness-project\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:46:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T20:46:24","slug":"equinox-la-by-retail-design-collaborative-2018-best-of-year-winner-for-fitness-project","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/equinox-la-by-retail-design-collaborative-2018-best-of-year-winner-for-fitness-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Equinox LA by Retail Design Collaborative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">State-of-the-art equipment is expected at any new Equinox, the luxury fitness-club brand with more than 135 locations in the U.S., Canada, and London. This outpost, an addition to a mixed-use building on a busy downtown thoroughfare in Culver City, offers noteworthy design as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gensler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gensler<\/a> gave the 1986 structure\u2019s original pinkish granite facade a\u00a0more contemporary skin, <a href=\"http:\/\/rdcollaborative.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Retail Design Collaborative<\/a> worked in tandem with Equinox\u2019s in-house team to develop a harmonizing 30,000-square-foot addition that, on the exterior, features backlit reinforced-concrete fins in a warm gray and a portal that allows passersby a glimpse of the action inside.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Retail-Design-Collaborative-Equinox-Los-Angeles-lobby-12.18.jpg\" alt=\"the lounge inside Equinox L.A. with wood panels and a semi-transparent partition\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 770px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 770\/513;\" \/><figcaption>Equinox Los Angeles by Retail Design Collaborative. Photography by Benny Chan\/Fotoworks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The earthy palette continues there, too. Paneling and floor planks are bleached walnut, except in the lounge area, where pale gray floor tile is porcelain. Almost residential feeling, the lounge is separated from the gym proper by a custom screen of glass tubes and steel rods intended, senior principal Mitra Esfandiari says, \u201cto create an intimate space while at the same time connecting to the rest of the club.\u201d Further, the club demonstrates a\u00a0commitment to health and wellness beyond training and toning: The project is in the final stages of being named the first International Well Building Institute-certified fitness center in the world.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Retail-Design-Collaborative-Equinox-Los-Angeles-exterior-12.18.jpg\" alt=\"the exterior of Equinox Los Angeles\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 770px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 770\/513;\" \/><figcaption>Equinox Los Angeles by Retail Design Collaborative. Photography by Benny Chan\/Fotoworks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sdg-migration-id.s3.amazonaws.com\/Interior-Design-Retail-Design-Collaborative-Equinox-Los-Angeles-studio-12.18.jpg\" alt=\"members work out on row machines in a room at Equinox Los Angeles\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 770px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 770\/513;\" \/><figcaption>Equinox Los Angeles by Retail Design Collaborative. Photography by Benny Chan\/Fotoworks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Project Team:<\/strong> Jonathan Lopez; Adrienne Danet; Avery Carrig; Joseph Tran; Itzel Meynard; Carlos Hernandez; Sara Hickman.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"articles\/15845-interior-design-december-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt; See more Best of Year Project Winners from the December 2018 issue of\u00a0<em>Interior Design<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retail Design Collaborative worked in tandem with Equinox&#8217;s in-house team to develop a harmonizing addition to the Los Angeles fitness 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