# Five Tangram Projects Recognized at Los Angeles Business Journal Commercial Real Estate Awards
The Los Angeles Business Journal's annual Commercial Real Estate Awards recently honored five major projects featuring Tangram Interiors' design expertise. These award-winning spaces span office, healthcare, education, and athletic facilities, showcasing the versatility and quality that defines exceptional commercial interior design.
## Shifting Focus: Design for Well-Being
This year's awards highlighted a significant industry shift. As Publisher and CEO Anna Magzanyan noted, architectural design now prioritizes employee well-being and environments that foster health, human connectivity, and collaboration. The winning projects demonstrate how thoughtful design brings people together through open workspace environments while supporting genuine work-life balance.
## Award-Winning Office Projects
**Boston Consulting Group Los Angeles Headquarters** earned Gold in the Best Office Project category. Tangram Studio designed custom workspace solutions for this 45,000 square foot headquarters, featuring:
- 130 traditional workstations alongside 80 alternative "touchdown" spaces - Standing height stations strategically placed between building columns - 24 private offices and 30 meeting rooms positioned to preserve perimeter city views - Custom furniture throughout the hanging garden, sky lounge, and café areas
**Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures** in Manhattan Beach took Silver for Best Tenant Improvement. This 55,000 square foot space required flexible solutions across two floors:
- Custom, power-free workstation height adjustment systems - Hexagonal mobile conference tables for adaptable meeting spaces - Movable furniture and removable tack boards for dynamic scrum rooms - Team-specific floor plan areas with integrated lounge and collaboration zones
## Healthcare and Education Excellence
**Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Hills Medical Office Building** received Gold for Best Medical Project. Tangram provided comprehensive space planning and furniture solutions for the 105,000 square foot, four-story facility, including specialized systems furniture for nurses' stations and provider offices.
**USC Village Los Angeles** earned Silver in Best Redevelopment Project. This massive 1.25 million square foot project required furniture solutions for lobbies, multi-purpose rooms, study areas, outdoor spaces, and dining halls throughout the campus.
## Sustainable Innovation
**UCLA Health Training Center, Home of the Los Angeles Lakers** in El Segundo won Gold for Best Sustainable Project. Tangram Flooring contributed resilient flooring solutions, concrete leveling, moisture barriers, and specialized gym flooring for this 124,649 square foot facility.
## Comprehensive Design Approach
"The range and scope of these projects represent the full set of challenges Tangram meets every day in creating environments that reinforce our customers' brands while delivering quality and performance to enhance their productivity," said Tangram CEO Joe Lozowski.
These award-winning projects showcase Tangram's comprehensive approach through five specialized business units:
- **Core furniture solutions** through flagship Steelcase dealership - **Flooring expertise** for all surface needs - **Architectural walls** for space definition - **Custom furniture** for unique requirements - **Move management** for seamless transitions - **Technology integration** through unified ecosystems
## The Future of Workplace Design
Tangram Studio's focus on custom and co-designed workplaces, combined with Tangram Technology's unified ecosystems incorporating audiovisual, acoustics, lighting, and sound masking, demonstrates how comprehensive design thinking creates environments where people and organizations thrive.
These award recognitions reflect more than design excellence—they represent a commitment to creating spaces that enhance productivity, support well-being, and foster the kind of human connections that drive organizational success. As commercial interior design continues evolving, projects like these set the standard for what's possible when vision meets execution.
