<\/noscript>The color of the terrace\u2019s laminated-glass walls and metal-mesh ceiling panels harmonizes with the temple\u2019s stained-glass windows; the glass skylight looks down onto the event hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor all its helter-skelter window patterns and leaning facades, the complexity of the Audrey Irmas Pavilion is more apparent than real. Basically, it\u2019s a box pierced on two levels by double-height voids with ancillary functions fitted between them and the perimeter walls. OMA achieves the maximum impact with a few big moves. The building distinguishes itself from its neighbor both by geometry and attitude: The temple is serious and institutional, bound by tradition and anchored by gravitas; the pavilion is fresh, spirited, and brashly colorful. With a jolting change in visual mode, the contrast in eras jumpstarts the campus into the new millennium. Architectural grandeur and sobriety meets contemporary cool, bringing this stretch of Wilshire into the hip and now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/noscript>The temple campus occupies a full city block. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/noscript>Custom benches outfit the atrium\u2019s pre-function balconies, where flooring is terrazzo. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/noscript>Windows in the center of most panels admit daylight while creating a dynamic, jitterbug pattern.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/noscript>A circular opening in the roof and third floor is surrounded by laminated glass and plaster panels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/noscript>Terrace furniture is by Renzo Piano Building Workshop while precast-concrete pavers are subtly tinted to reflect the project\u2019s overall color palette.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/noscript>Maarten van Severen chairs furnish a conference room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/noscript>In a restroom, penny tiles evoke the geometry of the facade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/noscript>A corridor snakes around the sunken garden. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/noscript>Its precast-concrete pavers are tinted a different color from those on the planted rooftop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/noscript>Custom benches and an upholstered banquette niche turn a corridor into a hangout space.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/noscript>The terrace flows seamlessly into the chapel, where flooring is cork.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n