Gabi James Restaurant in Riviera Village, California Commercial Design, American Architecture Photos
Gabi James Restaurant in Riviera Village, California
Commercial Building Development, CA, United States ? design by Blanchard Fuentes Design+Build
May 31, 2018
Gabi James Restaurant
Architecture: Blanchard Fuentes Design+Build
Location: Riviera Village, Southbay, California, USA
Gabi James Restaurant

Signaled by Rivera Village?s multi-year, development plan, the dining establishment formally known as Zazou was to be rebranded and re-thought in anticipation of the upscale food trends fast approaching the area.

The existing store front, a classically derived 2 storied arcade would be stripped down to framing and retro-fit for expansive openings at the ground floor with a suspended ?timber? curtain enclosing the upper.
A prefabricated carrying system of bolt-able steel struts and CNC milled aluminum girders was designed to suspend the new surface out from the existing building line. Tension-able steel tie-rods, connecting these systems would handle all associated vertical and lateral loading produced by the new design.

Responding to the cities call for walk street vibrancy on all new design proposals, we believed the new facade should play primarily the role of communicator at the street interface while offering a more private venue above. We worked on the frequency of the member to achieve this, spacing each cedar stave 1/2 distance apart from one another. Increased sur...