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BEVERLY HILLS COURIER | NOVEMBER 4, 2016 Page 5
Will Rogers Nominees for Sustainable Development, Outstanding Historic Restoration
The Will Rogers Awards will take place Nov. 9 at the Montage Hotel, celebrating the best of Beverly Hills in architecture and real estate. The following are nominees in the category of Sustainable Development and Historic Restoration: Sustainable Development REUNION—Graduates from Beverly Hills High School Class of 1986 started out their 30-year reunion celebration with a visit to Beverly Vista before heading to Hollywood for dinner at Madera Kitchen. Pictured above (seated, from left): Hugh Borax, Anita Sever, Sharon Eisenberg, Jennifer Oppenheimer, Beth Kite Behar, Lisa Fienberg Cook, Gail Honeystein; (standing, from left): Greg Brenner, Jason Barry, Lara Haddad Tochner, Noah Margo, Jennifer Lopata, Limore Frances Badin, Samantha Colbert Bothast, Allie Klass DeHarb, Jon Raich, Melissa K. Dagodag, Matthew Miller and Devin Uzan.
Local Singer, BHHS Graduate Raye Zaragoza To Perform At Vampire Lounge By Laura Coleman Local chanteuse Raye Zaragoza is set to perform Thursday night at the Vampire Lounge for an evening of songs and wine tasting. Just a stone’s throw from where Raye graduated Beverly Hills High School in 2011, the Beverly Hills wine bar provides an intimate setting in which to sample intriguing reds while listening to Raye’s folksy tunes. “I really feel like music can change the world and that’s what I want to do with it,” she recently told the Courier. “There’s a lot you can do with your music for social change and social awareness.” Recently, Raye’s original music has gone viral following her poignant composition about the Dakota Access Pipeline, which she wrote in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux. Lines like, “we’re standing up for our water; don’t
poison the future away,” are haunting and powerful, particularly when crooned in Raye’s folksy style with her guitar. Her voice, she said, blossomed during her years as a singer with the BHHS Madrigals and Minnesingers under the instruction of Joel Pressman. “I was always singing,” she recalled, adding that her parents would offer her and her siblings pocket change to perform as children if they ever hesitated to sing when asked. Originally from New York–the Zaragoza family moved to Beverly Hills in 2007 so Raye could start BHHS as a freshman–Raye moved back to her birthplace after graduating high school with dreams of launching a career in music. After forming a band, (all the other members are still in New York) and traveling throughout the U.S. and in
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Canada, Raye eventually returned home to Beverly Hills. “Beverly Hills; it’s so safe, so clean. I like to call it a dollhouse,” she described. Raye performs Thursday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Vampire Lounge, 9865 Santa Monica Blvd. For more information, visit: rayezmusic.com. GOOD LUCK GETTING TO WORK— Residents on Cecina Way in Bel-Air were shocked on Wednesday morning to leave their homes and find their street completely blocked by a construction truck. Residents report the narrow cul de sac has been regularly blocked with trucks unloading and workers cars parked all along the road, reducing access most days to one very narrow and extremely chewed up "lane." It has limited deliveries, visitors and general vehicular movement. Even after alerting LADBS inspectors, the truck was still blocking the street a day later. If you see similar dangerous construction issues in Beverly Hills or BelAir, e-mail a photo to mlopez@bhcourier.com.
Tonight Is Movie Night At Horace Mann The Horace Mann PTA Is presenting an outdoor movie night TONIGHT. The free family friendly screening of The Book Of Life, starring Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana and Channing Tatum, will take place on the Horace Mann purple field once the sun sets. Gates open at 5 p.m. this evening with the movie starting after sunset. Blankets, pillows, and low back chairs are recommended. Face painting will be available for a fee.
301 North Rodeo Drive (Burberry) Architect: Callison Barteluce The new store on Rodeo Drive, created under the design direction of Christopher Bailey, blurs the brand’s physical and digital worlds through the Burberry Retail Theatre concept, where interior video walls and in-store digital screens showcase brand content and broadcast live events. Located over four floors on one of the most iconic streets in the world, the new flagship was designed to offer multi-sensory experiences for customers, featuring exclusive spaces, products and services. Combining Californian luxury with the brand’s iconic British elegance, the 22,000 square foot flagship features a limestone façade and cladding, clear storefront window glazing, decorative dark bronze guardrails, curved glass sidelights and reeded stone cornice and columns. A private suite on the top floor of the store, with its own dedicated entrance and direct access to a garden rooftop terrace, has been designed to offer the ultimate personalized and intimate shopping experience for Burberry customers. •••
434 N. Rodeo Drive (Hermes of Paris) Architect: Rena Dumas Architecture Interieure The recently-renovated 12,000-square-foot flagship is recognizable by its distinctive white marble facade — looking something like an ice cube
tray — which fits in nicely with the neighboring retail edifices along the luxury shopping strip. The store was designed by Paris-based firm Rena Dumas Architecture Interieure, which was founded by Pierre-Alexis Dumas' late mother Rena (who designed all the Hermès boutiques, beginning with Beverly Hills in 1972). The interior is airy and light, with a white marble spiral staircase reminiscent of a giant seashell, leading to a skylight that brings to mind a Skyspace by artist James Turrell. Dumas gave the space his personal touch by curating all the artwork, beginning with the store windows. He tapped Paris-based artists Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmermann (known as Zim & Zou) to create a colorful paper art wonderland reflecting the flora and fauna of Southern California, as well as its skyline, including a miniature Staples Center.
331 North Foothill Road Architect: Steven Ehrlich (Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects) This new City-owned, LEED Gold certified office building, is located at the intersection of the city’s industrial area and a burgeoning media office district. The building serves the City as well as the public and includes the City’s cable TV facilities and open office and retail space for lease. The building features several energy saving techniques, including an extensive photovoltaic system of both panels and thin film, water efficiency measures reducing water usage by 30 percent, and a stormwater management system. The project’s architect Steven Ehrlich’s Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects is a 2015 American Institute of Architects Firm Award winner.
225 North Canon Drive (Montage Beverly Hills) Architect: Scott Hunter (HKS Architects) Montage Beverly Hills is a perfect example of a successful (see ‘WILL ROGERS’ page 26)