“Perla Tower” AKA 400 S. Broadway @ Historical DTLA
A deep look at how Door Systems successfully brought this iconic project from design to grand opening.
SCG America is the first modern developer to break ground in the historical LA Broadway District with their new modern classic tower, Perla on Broadway. A perfect blend of new and old comes to life with the help of Architects Callison RTKL, interior design by (HBA) Hirsch Bedner Associates, and constructed by the OCLA Team @ Swinerton Builders.
The Moxy is a 7-story, 126-room hotel located in the heart of down-town. A boutique-hotel for the budget-savvy traveler that’s fresh and innovative with a stylish design. This project was another great collaboration between Door Systems and Swinerton Builders.
DSI 600 Elevator Smoke Containment Systems® were the perfect fit for these corridors that suffered from limited head room clearance. With one of the smallest headbox dimensions in the fire-rated elevator smoke curtain industry, it allowed room for the other elements hidden in the ceiling.
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There were no shortcuts taken when it came to the Fire Life Safety Doors and Smoke Curtains needed to bring this 1926 California Renaissance Revival building up to code. The Historic Hotel located in Los Angeles’s South Park District was beautifully restored by Local Architect Omgivning and the Interior was envision by designer Kelly Wearstler. Door Systems is humbled to be part of such a prestigious project and especially proud of the Proper Fire Doors and Smoke Curtains that where carefully designed with the AOR.
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There were no shortcuts taken when it came to the Fire Life Safety Doors and Smoke Curtains needed to bring this 1926 California Renaissance Revival building up to code. The Historic Hotel located in Los Angeles’s South Park District was beautifully restored by Local Architect Omgivning and the Interior was envision by de-signer Kelly Wearstler.
Door Systems is humbled to be part of such a prestigious project and especially proud of the Proper Fire Doors and Smoke Curtains that where carefully designed with the AOR. The idea for the Proper Hotels is simple: Provide a hotel experience that offers proper food, proper service, and proper amenities. With that philosophy you can only expect to find the best aesthetics and quality in this boutique hotel.
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Door Systems was happy to be back to in-person events this past year with ARC US Conference. This prestigious Bond Event brings together America’s Top 100 Principal Architects and Vendors in one place for 4 days and 3 nights.
The experience centers around a series of one-to-one business meetings between architects and vendors, that each have selected ahead of time, this ensures high quality interactions making the best use of the attendee’s time away from the office.
Chapman University, a top private university in California, needed a concealed solution to Elevator Smoke Containment for its latest campus addition. Musco Center for the Arts was conceived with one driving purpose: to reach the highest levels of achievement in fine arts education, production, and performance. Door Systems was proud to present the DSI 600 Elevator Smoke Curtains as a solution, yet still give the design architect the freedom to express the visual and physical connection they envision. A perfect collaboration in harmony with General Contractor McCarthy and Pfeiffer Partners.
Project Highlight: Musco Center for the Arts
Unlike other products on the market, the DSI 600 elevator smoke containment system is also fire rated. United Laboratories listed under UL 10D Fire Protection Smoke Curtain Assemblies for 1-3 hours. UL 1784 smoke migration and S label, California State Fire Marshall listing, and ICC-ESR #4761 AC77 compliant. The DSI 600 system also has OSHPD approval and has Los Angeles City Fire Department acceptance for high rise applications.
The DSI 600 elevator smoke containment system by Door Systems®, incorporates a battery back-up feature with an emergency curtain up button located on both sides of the elevator cab.
This insures easy access from either side of the elevator cab in an emergency situation. When the button is depressed the curtain will automatically deploy back down to the closed position until the fire alarm is cleared.
“The City of Orange now houses an ideal opera house, potentially the best in the West, and maybe even something more . . .” – Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times
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HSW Justification: This course will increase the knowledge of course participants in the fact that Elevator Shafts, Elevator lobbies, are conduits for life threatening smoke migration in all types of buildings. Without utilizing “Elevator Door Smoke Containment Systems” at such openings, the spread of smoke and fire can compromise the Health, Safety and Welfare of the building occupants. Fire rated UL10D smoke curtains compartmentalize and retard the migration of smoke and fire thus increasing the life safety of the building occupants.
Door Systems is the only company to provide code compliant fire protection smoke curtains and integrated fire doors that offer superior aesthetics, high performance and up front cost savings while bringing long term value to the customer.
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The city’s skyline has always been swoon-worthy, but over the last decade, the view has become even more grand—not to mention crowded—as skyscrapers have sprouted taller, taller, and taller. From the Salesforce Tower to 555 California, San Francisco’s high-rises have set examples of height and grandeur.
This time around, the only criteria for towers to make the list is height, which is to say, we will consider spires. San Francisco’s tallest towers, as mapped, are a combination of residential and commercial spaces. Furthermore, the tower must be completed, in case you’re wondering why Oceanwide Center isn’t on the list.
In order of height starting with the tallest, here are the SF structures that stand proud and tall.
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Smoke-control systems are designed to control smoke during a fire incident in order to contain danger and allow the building to be safely evacuated.
Until recently, smoke control has been managed by the building automation system (BAS). But the trend over the last few years has been to shift that control to the fire-protection system.
Fire protection engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to protect people, property, and their environments from the harmful and destructive effects of fire and smoke.
Our gravity fail-safe DSI Smoke and Fire Protective Curtains have innovative features and the highest technical specifications available yet offer cost-effective and flexible solutions to fire and smoke control.
Our curtains systems are designed to be discreet, robust, and simple to operate and maintain.
DSI Smoke and Fire curtains not only are lightweight and compact but also code compliant.