STAFF REPORT
Meeting Date: March 24, 2026
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Nancy Hunt-Coffey, City Manager
Recommendation by the October 7th Permanent Memorial
Ad Hoc and Committee to Change Designs to “Shared Light Between Us” by Atelier Eyster Architecture (Jeffrey J. Eyster) Attachments: 1. Images of 40 Steps to the Sky
2. Original proposal from Atelier Eyster (May 2025)
3. Revised proposal from Atelier Eyster
INTRODUCTION
The October 7th Permanent Memorial ad hoc and committee recommends a change in designs for the memorial to “Shared Light Between Us” by Atelier Eyster Architecture. The change is recommended due to expected cost increases and potential project delays related to the original selection.
DISCUSSION
After the attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023, the City Council took a number of steps to commemorate the victims who were killed and hostages who were taken by Hamas. One of those steps was to create a permanent memorial at the corner of Rexford Dr. and Burton Way, to the south of the Beverly Hills Public Library. The City issued a Request for Proposals from artists and established a committee to review the responses.
Over 20 responses were submitted, and after multiple meetings, the October 7th Permanent Memorial Committee, led by ad hoc members Mayor Nazarian and Councilmember Mirisch, narrowed the selection to two responses. Ultimately the Committee and ad hoc recommended the design called “40 Steps to the Sky” by Broskin Studios. This design was universally supported by the City Council at the August 19, 2025 meeting.
Since that time, staff has worked closely with Broskin Studios to develop and detail the design in preparation for going out to bid. As one of those steps, staff worked with an independent, third-party construction firm to develop a reliable cost estimate. The cost estimate from the artist in August was $1.5 million; however, the recent cost estimate from an independent construction firm places the “all in” project cost between $7.5 - $8.7 million.
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The main driver of the cost is due to the precast concrete used extensively throughout the project. Precast concrete requires the creation of “molds” into which concrete is poured and cured. As the project includes compound curves, special details and varying heights, numerous specialized molds would need to be created to cast the concrete, which is a custom and labor-intensive process. In response to the increased cost estimate, the ad hoc worked with the Broskin team to reduce the cost by looking at phasing the project, reducing the scope, using different materials, fabricating the piece more fully in Ukraine, etc. However, even by reducing the scope to the minimum possible (fountain base, center art piece and a path around the base) the cost was approximately $3 million.
In addition to the cost factors, there were concerns related to project timing and review of the mockup of one of the “stairs.” As part of the agreement with Broskin, a “stair” mockup was originally supposed to arrive in December; however, it arrived two months late, raising concerns about the ability of the team to deliver the project in a timely fashion, particularly with pieces being fabricated in Ukraine. Furthermore, upon reviewing the mockup, the ad hoc determined that they did not like the rough nature of the welded stainless steel. Since the “stair” sculpture is the main focal point of the memorial, concerns arose about the overall design aesthetic of the project.
After much discussion, the ad hoc felt that it was not feasible to continue with the “40 Steps to the Sky” design and that attention should be turned to the other proposal that was favored by the October 7th Committee, “Shared Light Between Us” by Atelier Eyster Architecture, led by Jeffrey J. Eyster. The ad hoc met with Mr. Eyster, a resident of Beverly Hills, to review the concept, and felt that the October 7th Committee should be reconvened to consider shifting to the new concept. The Committee met on March 17th to hear from Mr. Eyster and discuss the change in design. After substantive discussion, the ad hoc and the overall committee recommended that the City Council change designs to “Shared Light Between Us.” The committee expressed appreciation for the thoughtful and respectful project proposed by Mr. Eyster. For example, the center art piece is made from 5 layers (approx. 5” overall thickness) of Corten steel. The names of each victim, in their native language, would be cut through the steel, so that at certain times of day/year sunlight or sky would show through the letters. Every year on October 7th, the light would illuminate the names and for eighty-six minutes the light is shared between Beverly Hills’ Dawn and Israel’s sunset through the names of victims.
It should be noted that two of the committee members remain firmly supportive of the creation of a Permanent October 7th Memorial but felt that the “Shared Light” design did not have the impact that they felt was merited. Another committee member supported the design change but felt that the focus of the memorial should be on the garden aspect, and that the art piece should be moved further to the east on the site.
Staff had a similar independent, third-party construction estimate conducted on the “Shared Light” proposal. The overall cost for the entire project if it is constructed in one phase is approximately $1.8 million - $2.2 million. However, the ad hoc recommends that the project be phased in three parts.
Phase 1 would include site work, installation of the art piece, paving and benches and is estimated to cost $1.1 million - $1.4 million.
Phase 2 would involve a community planting event where approximately 1200 small olive trees would be planted (one for each victim) and is estimated to cost $600,000.
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The third phase would include the installation of the water feature and is estimated to cost $390,000.
The second and third phase costs include the additional cost to mobilizing the contractor for these two phases.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City Council has allocated $500,000 toward the creation of the permanent 10/7 memorial. To date $63,187.18 has been received from various donors toward the project.
Additionally, the agreement with the Jewish Federation for $250,000 donation toward the project is scheduled to come to the City Council on April 21st. The Federation is aware that the design of the memorial may be changing. Should the City Council approve the agreement with the Federation, the total “in hand” funding so far would be $813,187.18.
Of this, $ 61,100 has been expended on the initial design.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council discuss the ad hoc/committee recommendation to change the design of the October 7th Permanent Memorial to “Shared Light Between Us” by Atelier Eyster Architecture (Jeffrey J. Eyster).
Nancy Hunt-Coffey
City Manager
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This memorial design stands not merely as a monument to the slain, but as a sacred civic act—a public recognition that these lives bear infinite dignity.
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• Fix the dead-end. Remove the cul-de-sac path to eliminate entrapment and confusion. • Connect the campus. Add paths linking Courthouse # Kelly’s Coffee Library, • More ways through. Non-linear looped paths create multiple entrances/exits to improve and activate garden.
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INDEX
1. Contact Information
2. Project Proposal3. Proposed Concept Mock-Up
4. Artifact Integration Plan
5. Style, Medium & Site Integration6. Relevant Project Experience7. Community Engagement Experience8. Résumé9. Portfolio
10. Rough Budget11. Professional References12. Legislative Advocate Disclosure
13. In-Kind Services Donation Statement
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1. Contact Information:
Jeffrey J. Eyster, AlA
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2. Project Proposal (Purpose & Significance)
“At the very hour Israel’s daylight ends, our daylight begins—and for those 86 minutes every October 7th, Beverly Hills will speak their names in light.” — Jeffrey Eyster, AlA Light Shared Between Us
At dawn on October 7, a visitor steps off North Rexford sidewalk onto the transformed Library garden, no longer a tangle of dense shrubs but an open space beneath large mature conifers.
A grid of 1,200 dwarf olive trees, each a silent tribute, shimmers silver in the pre-dawn glow, guiding toward a single ribbon of rust-red Corten steel, its surface leaning 14° toward the risingsun. In the pre-dawn glow, names cut as voids through steel—i ,200 lives lost—appear withoutdepth. As the sun breaches the urban horizon and neighboring buildings at 06:57, each void ignites, gold light threading through the steel memorial like suspended candles. For eighty-sixminutes, the precise overlap when Beverly Hills’ dawn meets southern Israel’s sunset, thenames blaze in a communal ritual, honoring the victims of October 7, 2023. By 08:23, the glow fades, the steel falls silent, yet the garden’s new purpose remains, weaving this act of memory into the daily life of Beverly Hills’ civic heart.
A Day of Unfathomable Horror
On October 7, 2023, 3,000 militants breached Israel’s border, murdering 1,200 civilians andabducting 240 others in a brutal assault, the deadliest single day for Jews since the Holocaust.
This tragedy, seared into global consciousness through graphic documentation, demands more than fleeting grief—a permanent memorial to honor the victims, preserve their memory, and unite Beverly Hills’ community, including its significant Jewish population.
The Site
The project site is a landscaped garden located on the south side of the Beverly Hills Public Library, bounded by Rexford Drive to the west, Burton Way to the south, and Civic Center Drive
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to the east. The area spans approximately 9,500 square feet and is enclosed by a perimeter of roughly 450 feet.
Despite its central civic location, the garden is underutilized and visually cluttered. A haphazard mix of dense shrubs, palms, bushes, six small trees, and three mature coniferous trees obstructs pedestrian flow and impairs visual and physical connections to Civic Center Driveand the adjacent courthouse. The lack of coherent planting design, clear wayfinding, anddefined circulation renders the garden functionally stagnant and disconnected from its urban surroundings.
Existing site elements include a bronze sculpture, signage for Kelly’s Coffee, and the landmark sign identifying the Beverly Hills Public Library.
Decomposed granite paths link the library’s southern egress points to Rexford Drive but terminate at a dead-end seating area with a curved concrete bench located just below the library’s south-facing windows. A nearby concrete pad containing traffic signal pullboxes further contributes to the disjointed and unresolved character of the space. No pedestrian connections exist between the path network and Civic Center Drive.
To the west, directly across Rexford Drive, stands the City’s existing memorial to the victims of September 11, 2001. The garden gently descends toward Burton Way, though this southerngrade transition remains undeveloped, without an accessible path or defined edge.
Site-Driven Design Response: A Garden in Need of ActivationSite preparation and redesign begin with the surgical clearing of all plants, shrubs, and low-branching undergrowth up to the lower limbs of the three mature conifers that anchor the garden. This singular gesture carves a continuous horizontal sight band, visually stitching together the Library façade, the courthouse, and the 9/11 beam across Rexford Drive— restoring legibility, daylight, and passive visual surveillance. (Selective pruning of conifer limbsbelow 12 feet may be required to preserve this band.) With the view reopened, the garden is reimagined as an active east—west pedestrian corridor.
New pathways link Civic Center Drive to Rexford Drive, transforming the former dead-end into a café shortcut for courthouse staff, jurors, and library patrons.
The existing Library sign is preserved for orientation. The bronze sculpture, however, is respectfully removed to avoid conflicting with the site’s singular meaning and the symbolicmagnetism between the 9/11 and October 7 memorials. In its place, a direct axis is
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Together, these surgical and symbolic site interventions restore clarity, circulation, and purpose—preparing the ground, both physically and spiritually, for the memorial’s living canvas.
Core Parameters for a Public Memorial Program
A thoughtfully conceived memorial must rest on a clear framework of intentions before any sketch is drawn or material chosen. By first articulating the core parameters—why wecommemorate, how we honor without exploiting, and how we foster renewal and stewardship—we ensure that every subsequent design decision serves a coherent public purpose. This analysis establishes the ethical, experiential, and civic standards that transform a static monument into a living place of memory, reflection, and community engagement.
Define Purpose Before Form
• Preserve Accurate Memory: An inscriptional element listing every victim’s name and age.
• Turn Grief into Growth: A dedicated gathering space for group reflection and learning.
Guard Against Voyeurism
• No figurative sculptures or graphic depictions of violence.• Favor abstract geometry and text-based art.
Signal Humility & Permanence
• Embrace functional austerity and clear, legible forms.• Material palette of durable, unadorned long-lasting materials.• A space that encloses a smaller area for reflection, study, or quiet gathering. • A precisely positioned light aperture (or equivalent natural lighting strategy) that ties cosmic or natural rhythms to the anniversary date.
Integrate the Living
• Program for service—such as planting a grove of 1,200 saplings—to symbolize renewal.• Design the planting or other living element as a participatory event, fostering community ownership.
Maximize Civic Impact
• Locate in a highly accessible urban node.
• Ensure direct visual or material linkage to key civic landmarks.
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Endow Ongoing Stewardship
• Fund for maintenance and routine cleaning.• Include security measures to deter and quickly address desecration.• Provide for an annual review or audit of educational content to maintain factual accuracy.
Inscriptional Content
• Select a concise, universally resonant text (e.g., a verse, motto, or aphorism) that reconciles tragedy with a commitment to justice or hope.
Guiding Concept: Light as Memory
Building on these guiding parameters, the memorial’s single act of animation must come not from electricity or spectacle but from the most universal of forces—sunlight. By calibrating a precise aperture in the inscriptional wall to the annual overlap of Beverly Hills dawn and Israel dusk, we turn the sun itself into the custodian of memory: names remain silent and unseen year-round, then flare into living light on that shared anniversary. This natural ritual fulfills our mandate to preserve accurate memory without graphic trauma, avoids voyeuristic imagery, and elevates text into ceremony. To give that light-tunnel effect true gravitas requires a material that is both austere and indestructible, which is why we chose weathering (Corten) steel for theName-Blade. Its self-healing patina ages without maintenance, its deep five-inch tunnels admit only the targeted sun-bridge beam, and its warm, rusted tones whisper permanence and humility rather than shout. In this way, form follows purpose: an unadorned steel scroll that enshrines 1,200 names, activated each year by nothing more than the turning earth and the promise that memory, like the sun, returns without fail.
The Corten Name-Blade: Material, Mass, and Monumentality At the heart of the memorial lies a five-inch-thick Corten steel “Name-Blade” whose mass and material embody both permanence and humility. By welding together thirteen %“-thickplates—the name wall sculpture achieves a net thickness of 4.875”, weighing approximately 10 tons. This weight is not accidental but fundamental: it roots the memorial in the earth even asthe cantilevered ribbon form reaches skyward.
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Assembly & Anchoring
Each 5’xlO’ plate is precision laser-cut with each of the 1,200 names, then brake-formed, character registered, and shop-welded into a single monolithic slab. In the field, the memorialsits atop a 5 ft x 8 ft x 10 ft concrete footing poured in undisturbed soil (eliminating formwork), reinforced by a rebar cage and heavy-duty anchor bolts. A significant sized base plate is welded to the steel slab’s base, and non-shrink grout fills the gap to lock the structure in place—ensuring no movement.
Ribbon Geometry
Rather than a flat wall, the memorial is sculpted as a gentle S-curve, with one wing in the ground and the other in the air, then leans to find the sun’s altitude on October 7. This ribbon-scroll gesture echoes the hostage ribbon and the unrolling of a scroll with names — ensuring the slab’s face is almost exactly perpendicular to the mid-window sun vector (approx. 9° altitude at 07 : 35 PDT). The result is that only the Sun-Bridge beam can pass cleanly through the sun-tunnels, igniting every letter in sequence.
Permanence & Resistance
The nearly five-inch steel plate defies vandalism. Graffiti can be removed with a pressure wash or sanding; any “ghost” markings re-oxidize quickly, blending back into the patina. This permanence aligns with our mandate to signal humility (no ostentatious finishes) andpermanence (no scheduled repainting), as outlined in the design parameters.
Fulfillment of Core Parameters
• Define Purpose Before Form: The mass of steel gives weight—literally and figuratively—to each name, preserving accurate memory.
• Guard Against Voyeurism: Only text in pure abstraction.• Signal Humility & Permanence: The raw, self-healing steel and unadorned concrete rooting the wall in simple, enduring materiality.
• Integrate the Living: The surrounding grid of 1,200 saplings frames the steel, symbolizing both renewal and communal action.
• Maximize Civic Impact & Accessibility: The sculpture’s scale is monumental yet legible from the new east—west path, knitting the Library, courthouse, and 9/11 beam into a continuous civic narrative.
• Endow Stewardship: The Corten slab’s low-maintenance nature, paired with a modest cleaning and security fund, guarantees that the memorial remains unbroken and unforgotten.
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In sum, the Corten Name-Blade is more than a ackdrop for names; it is a living artifact whose mass, form, and material are inseparable from the ritual of light—an unadorned yet unyieldinghomage that stands unbroken, self-healing, and ever-ready to speak 1,200 names in sunlight.Solar Calibration and Name-Blade Orientation Methodology To refine the orientation of the memorial name-blade for optimal visual and symbolic resonance, we propose a site-specific solar calibration process centered on the shared sun window between Los Angeles and Western Israel. Recognizing that the sunlight on the morning of October 7 carries profound commemorative weight, we will use this annual moment—and its half-anniversary in early April—as a natural alignment benchmark.
A full-scale plywood mock-up of the name-blade will be temporarily installed on site. For three consecutive mornings—before, during, and after the anniversary —the mock-up will be used to physically register the sun’s angle, projection, and the shadows it casts during the sharedillumination window. Observations will focus on how the morning light interacts with the blade’s surface, edges, and potential inscriptions, allowing us to document subtle variations in contrast, glow, legibility, and spatial alignment.
This analog method, supported by solar simulation data, will enable micro-adjustments to thetilt, azimuth, and curvature of the final name-blade. The goal is to choreograph a moment in which light itself becomes an active participant in remembrance—whether by illuminating names, casting symbolic shadows, or tracing a radiant line of morning light along the curved form.The plywood mock-up serves not only as a design tool but also as a ceremonial gesture—inviting observation, calibration, and eventual commitment to a precise, meaningfulorientation rooted in the physics of light and the poetics of time.
The Phenomenology of Sacred Space in the GardenThe memorial garden is not bounded by walls or gates, but by a shift in material, sound, and ground—an invisible but tangible transition sensed through the body. The overall garden is surfaced with decomposed granite, a quiet and familiar civic material that invites meandering and informal use. It is neutral ground: public, open, unassuming.
At the center of this field lies the memorial’s inner core, a precisely measured rectangle defined not by fences, but by a living edge of dwarf olive bushes and a deliberate change underfoot. Here, the surface becomes Gravelpave2 (ADA accessible), filled with larger,
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This sensory contrast—between the smooth silence of decomposed granite and the textured resonance of gravel—acts as a phenomenological threshold. No signs or walls are needed.
The foot feels it, the ear hears it, and the mind follows. The space asks for attention, notthrough spectacle, but through the intimacy of texture and sound.
In this way, the garden choreographs reverence without demand. The sacred core is offered, not enforced. It relies on human perception to complete its meaning, much like the sand gardens of Kyoto or the shadowed forecourts of ancient temples. One need not understand it to feel it: the body recognizes the shift, and behavior changes. Steps slow. Conversation softens. Eyes lift.
This is sacred space at its most democratic: quietly sensed, gently marked, yet profoundly distinct.
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3. Proposed Concept:
The following drawing sheets translate the memorial concept from narrative to form, showing how light, material, and landscape interlock on the Library garden. A scaled site plan locates the Corten name-blade, new paths, and olive grid within the existing tree canopy; a plan detail and front elevation describe the “Name-Blade,” its shape, and the orientation that captures theshared sunrise of 7 October. The conceptual planting plan replaces dense shrubs with adisciplined dwarf-olive matrix, and a series of 3-D perspectives and material renderings convey the visitor experience: dark cut-outs on an ordinary day and the brief, golden ignition on the anniversary morning. Together these visuals demonstrate that the memorial fits seamlessly inside the landscape, meets all technical constraints, and delivers the intended moment of shared light and remembrance.
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4. Artifact Integration
Mourning and remembrance should prioritize spiritual legacy, collective memory, and symbolic acts over physical relics, especially for events with profound trauma.
A physical relic could narrow, rather than deepen, the visitor’s moral imagination.
Unlike the 9/11 beam, whose abstracted damage helps the public visualize mostly unseen human death, the October 7 massacre is already seared into public consciousness through graphic footage. Any physical relic—would reduce that vast human loss to a single object and risk fetishizing the violence. This memorial proposal therefore renounces artifacts and insteadpresents the complete roll of names, each one pierced by the same light that joins Israel and Beverly Hills. In doing so it keeps the focus on human life, the value that was violated, and thelight that endures.
Why an artifact worked for the 9/11 steel wideflange
• Most of the horror was hidden inside collapsing towers; the twisted flange offers a single, graspable proxy for invisible loss.
• The beam is inert—no ideology, no gore—so it stands as a dignified abstract of the event.
Why an artifact risks diminishing October 7
• Video has already made the violence brutally visceral; adding a relic risks feeling clinical, even voyeuristic.
• Any relic shifts the narrative away from the human void the memorial must hold.• Object-centered grief can displace the names; the eye goes to the thing, not the people.
What the name voids + light achieve that no object can
• Totality. All 1 200 names and ages declare the scale of loss in one sweep—nothing is edited out.
• Universality. A name belongs to any culture; visitors do not need to decipher or deconstruct symbolism to understand.
• Moral clarity. The wall demands focus on innocent life, not on the instruments of defence or death.
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5. Style, Medium, and Integration
Corten steel — celebrated in Richard Serra’s monumental sculptures — anchors the memorial because it marries a commanding, contemporary presence to unsurpassed performance in the open landscape. As a true “weathering” steel, Corten develops its own protective oxide whenalternately wetted and dried, losing less than a millimeter in forty years even in polluted urbanair. It never needs paint, sealant, or cyclical recoating, making it the most economical metal for installations intended to last generations. Left raw, the surface records passing seasons in deepening russet, telling a quiet story of time, climate, and gravity—an evolving patina that suits a memorial designed to mature alongside the community.
The slab’s mass—nearly ten tons of five-inch-thick steel—also provides practical security.
Vandalism is largely futile: graffiti can be removed with pressure-wash or sand blasting; anyfaint “ghosting” re-oxides naturally or can be accelerated with an iron-nitrate mist, blending quickly into the surrounding patina. The plate will not dent, buckle, or yield; marks fade, rust returns, and the monument endures. In its form, durability, and self-healing surface, Cor-ten embodies the memorial’s purpose: to stand unbroken—permanent witness and reminder—longafter transient scars have vanished, a material that neither forgets nor disintegrates.Sited just east of the prominent conifer at the Rexford—Burton Way corner, the October 7th memorial reorganizes and integrates the Library garden so visitors experience a clear east—west sequence: Library façade —* new memorial —* 9/11 monument. Removing dense understory plantings and introducing a low, ordered grid of dwarf olives opens an unobstructed horizontal band beneath the mature tree canopy; pedestrians on the courthouse walk, drivers on Burton Way, and patrons exiting the Library can now perceive all three civic touchpoints in a single glance, greatly improving wayfinding. The memorial’s placement gives breathing room around the Library sign and the heavier 9/11 monument while remaining outside the Library’s window views, ensuring interior study areas remain unencumbered by a sacred focal point. Framed by two towering evergreens that function as natural bookends, the October 7th marker occupiesthe compositional midpoint, balancing the symbolic weight of the 9/11 memorial to the west with the Library’s public frontage to the north and weaving the entire campus into one coherent, contemplative landscape.
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6. Relevant Experience
Each project listed below underscores my record of blending robust materials, exacting public or agency oversight, and lasting aesthetic impact—skills critical to realizing the Beverly HillsOctober 7 Memorial.
Project & Year Location /
Client
Scope & Key Features Relevance to October
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Santa Monica City
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Monica, CA
• Remodel of multi-acre
municipal services campus.
• Hosted multi-department
charrette;
• Secured Building &
Safety approvals.
• 1 500 st retail interior +
façade within
security-sensitive Disney
district. • Presented to 17
Imagineering executives;
achieved unanimoussign-off. $100,000 budget
Demonstrates ability to
navigate complex civic
oversight, coordinate
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low-maintenance,
organized space
planning.
Shows experience
designing in a public,
high-foot-traffic setting
under rigorous
design-control review.
LAPD Bicycle-Arc
Rack Public Art
(Installed 1995)
Los Angeles
PoliceDepartment
• Steel & Concrete
sculptural bike rack outside
Parker Center. • Met LAPD
safety criteria. $2,000
material budget.
Proof of creating
functional public art that
withstands heavy urbanwear and vandalism.
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“Box House”
(Completed 2007)
Private /
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self-developed
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• 3 800 sf cantilevered
steel-frame residence. •
Extensive hillside grading,Mulholland Scenic CorridorDRB approval; Hill-side engineering,premium detailing in
weather-exposedsteel—directly pertinent
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(Built 2006)
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Bel Air ConcreteResidence
(Completed 2025;CEI magazine01-25)Creative Office
Adaptive Re-use
(1580 Jesse St.,
Arts District LA,
completed 2019)
• 11 000 sf Type I concrete
home. • Post tensioned
cantilever, integrated MEP,
landscape roof decks.
$15,000,000 construction
budget
Conversion of a 1920s
vegetable warehouse into42 000 sf creative offices..
All-gravel (GravelPave2)
permeable parking court
doubling as sculpturegarden. • Spray-foam cool
roof & upgraded drainage.
Water-permeable
concrete walks, ramps, and
stairs; full ADA compliance.
$2,000,000 construction
budget
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in exposed
structural-sculpturalconcrete and complex
foundation systems
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proposed memorial
foundation.
Demonstrates adaptive
reuse, sustainablehardscape withGravel Pave2 (identical system proposed for
memorial viewing pad),
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integration of industrialhistory with
contemporary public
space.
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7. Community Engagement Experience
Over the past two decades I have led community-facing design reviews from the Bay Area to Los Angeles, turning public scrutiny into constructive collaboration.As project architect I have presented at dozens of city-planning and design-review hearings—listening to neighborhood concerns, adjusting massing, circulation, and materials in real time, then returning with refinements that won consensus. Highlights include guiding a Downtown Disney building through Walt Disney Imagineering’s 17-member review panel, where I fielded every question and secured unanimous sign-off; hosting a multi-department round-table for Santa Monica’sCityYards modernization, integrating staff feedback to earn council approval; and co-facilitatinga public-comment session for an environmental-impact report, translating technical findings into plain language and weaving community input back into the design. Within LosAngeles’ Mulholland Scenic Corridor I have shepherded several projects through successive Design Review Boards—earning remarks such as “the best project we have seen” and even aninvitation to join the board—by arriving with scale models, clear graphics, and a calm, open demeanor that diffuses hostility and turns critics into stakeholders. These experiences have honed my ability to transform diverse, and sometimes adversarial, voices into shared ownership of the finished work.
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Throughout my career, I have developed a reputation for finding creative Solutions that turn problems and constraints into integral design features, enhancing both functionality and aesthetics. My approach emphasizes thoughtful innovation, where challenges become opportunities to create architecture that is both purposeful and iconic.
I excel in balancing design intent with technical precision, ensuring that every detail contributes to the project’s overall success. My eTtenaive experience spans alt phases of design, from concept development and detailing to construction
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9. Portfolio
Project Showcase:
The following selected works represent a cross-section of high-performance, architecturallydistinct projects completed by Atelier Eyster. Each project reflects a rigorous attention to material integrity, spatial clarity, and the unique constraints of its site—whether an urban infill lot,hillside terrain, or adaptive reuse scenario. Ranging from large-scale concrete residential architecture to inventive creative office and multi-family housing, these projects demonstrate notonly design capability, but an ability to deliver complex work across varying typologies, largeconsultant teams, challenging budgets, and unique construction methods.
1. Concrete House
Completed 2025 — Bel A1r CA
This 11,000-square-foot residence, completed in 2025, was recently featured in the January issue of Concrete Engineering International as a leading example of resilient residentialarchitecture. Designed in response to the devastation of the 2017 Skirball Fire, the project replaces a fire-destroyed home with an uncompromising commitment to permanence. It is constructed entirely of cast-in-place concrete—interior and exterior—and was permitted as a Type I building, a rarity for single-family hillside homes.
More than a house, it is an architectural statement about building for centuries, not decades. Its structural and material strategy reflects a desire to transcend the short-term cycles ofconsumption, renovation, and disaster recovery. This ethos directly parallels the memorial project’s conceptual grounding: that architecture, like memory, can carry forward across generations. The Bel Air Concrete House serves as a proof of concept—of how design canembody longevity, resist time and trauma, and remain culturally relevant for those who follow.
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2. Arts District Creative Office
Completed 2022 — 1580 Jesse Street, Los Angeles, CA
Located in the heart of the Los Angeles Arts District, this adaptive reuse project transformed a former vegetable warehouse into a dynamic, multi-tenant creative office campus. The design honors the industrial character of its surroundings while introducing sustainable infrastructure, distinctive workspaces, and a park-like campus atmosphere.
A defining feature of the project is its 30,000-square-foot gravel-scaped parking area, finished entirely with the GravelPave2 system—a permeable, ADA-compliant surface that integrates stormwater management, material durability, and tactile richness.The Jesse Street project demonstrates how infrastructural materials, when deployed with intention, can heighten sensory awareness, choreograph movement, and elevate the experience of the everyday. This same philosophy underpins the memorial proposal, wheregravel and ground texture are used not merely for access, but to define threshold, evoke reverence, and quietly signal the presence of sacred space.
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3. Hollywood Hills Box House
Completed 2007 — Thames Street, Los Angeles, CA
Designed and built by Jeffrey Eyster, AlA, the Hollywood Hills Box House is a highly personal architectural work—executed on a steep, undersized hillside lot using a refined palette of teak, Douglas Fir, glass, and steel. The project’s bold cantilever and intricate detailing were achieved through hands-on oversight from concept to completion, demonstrating the architect’sfull-spectrum capability in design, permitting, and construction.
Clad in all wood, the structure is a serene, post-and-beam residence hovering above the city,offering panoramic views and a profound connection to its hillside site. A subterranean garage buried under 14 feet of planted landscape reclaims green space while preserving the home’s sense of elevation and quietude.The home was featured in the Los Angeles Times as one of the early sustainably built green residences influencing contemporary Los Angeles architecture. It holds historical significance as the last residence photographed by Julius Shulman, securing its place within the broader narrative of modern architectural photography.
This project demonstrates the architect’s ability to not only design but also directly manageconstruction and realize complex construction—merging vision with execution under real-worldconditions.
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4. The Wrinkle Townhomes
Completed 2016 — Los Angeles, CA
The Wrinkle Townhomes present a thoughtful urban infill solution tailored to Los Angeles’shifting housing needs. The five-unit, 12,000-square-foot development sits atop a concrete podium deck with wood-framed construction and a clean white stucco exterior. The project’s sculptural massing—formed through deliberate shifts in volume and rhythm—gives the townhomes their namesake identity and allows each unit to feel distinct while part of a cohesive ensemble.
Located on a tight urban lot, the design maximizes light, privacy, and efficiency, offering amiddle-density alternative to the city’s increasingly polarized housing landscape. The Wrinkle demonstrates how small-lot subdivision can foster livable, walkable neighborhoods without resorting to large apartment blocks or unaffordable single-family homes.
Awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2018 Architecture Masterprize, the project exemplifies how multi-family housing in Los Angeles can be both attainable and architecturallyexpressive. ‘1
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10. Concept Budget
Concept Budget Summary
The conceptual budget for the memorial project outlines a comprehensive scope of work,totaling just under $500,000. It includes site clearing and grading, new planter walls and integrated concrete seating, accessible pathways, signage, and the installation of a gravelpave2 viewing pad. The budget also covers the fabrication and installation of the Corten steel name-blade—including custom laser-cut panels, structural concrete foundation, and cranehoisting—as well as landscape planting, lighting, and essential professional services. All costsreflect realistic unit pricing, coordination with City crews where applicable, and a 6% contingency to accommodate unforeseen conditions.
A portion of the planting will be carried out through a community-led volunteer effort, helping to keep costs low while deepening public engagement. Electrical, irrigation, and relatedinfrastructure are assumed to be performed by City services. Additional funds raised by the City or supporting organizations would significantly enhance the project’s long-term success—providing for annual memorial events, site maintenance, landscape care, and routine cleaning to preserve the integrity and dignity of the memorial over time.
Site Clearing & Preparation
1 Remove 8500sf shrubs & groundcover $21 250
2 Tree relocation by City crew3 Soil prep & fine grading (8500sf) 255004 Drip-irrigation modifications (City crew) Planter Walls & Bench
5 Outer planter wall —100 If x 18 in h 150006 Inner planter wall —80 If x 36 in h 160007 Continuousfooting8inxl2in 60008 Waterproof & backfill planter 80009 Cast-in-place concrete bench —20 If 6000 Paths, Stairs & Signage
10 Rehab existing DG paths —1 000sf 4000
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16 Excavate 444 sf viewing pad (12 in deep) 2000
17 Install Gravelpave2 + decorative gravel 16660
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Corten Name-Blade Fabrication
& Install
21 Supply 14 Corten plates (% in x 5’ x 10’) 2200022 Laser-cut 1 200 names —14 plates 42000 23 Brake, weld 14-plate stack + baseplate 4500024 Blast-clean, QC, load-out 800025 90-ton crane & rigging (1 day) 1500026 Non-shrink grout levelling 5000 Electrical Fixtures (City installs)
27 Supply ten LED bollard lights 800028 Supply two in-grade uplights 1 200 Landscape Installation
29 Purchase 1 200 Dwarf Olive Bushes 21 600
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30 Community planting (City-supervised)
Professional & Design Services
31 Structural engineering allowance 1000032 Landscape-architecture allowance 1500033 Graphic designer — name layout 1000034 Architectural services (lump-sum fee) 5000 General Requirements
35 Bonds, insurance 25000
SUB-TOTAL $469710Contingency (6 %) 30289
PROJECT TOTAL $499999
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11. References
Jeffrey J. Eyster, AlA, is pleased to offer a range of professional references representing government, private clients, community leadership, and peer collaboration:
• Miriam Mulder, AlA — City Architect, City of Santa Monica A respected public-sector client who can speak to Jeffrey’s work on municipal architecture and civic processes.
• [email protected]
• Dr. Sid Friedman — Private Client
A long-term residential client familiar with Jeffrey’s ability to deliver high-end architectural work tailored to individual needs.
• [email protected]
• Rabbi Shalom Rodal — Community Leade, Chabad of Mount Olympus A community-based reference reflecting Jeffrey’s sensitivity to cultural values and civic engagement.
Ph: 323-650-1444 chabadmtolympus.com
• Edmund Einy, FAIA — Fellow Architect & Collaborator
A distinguished peer and former co-worker able to attest to Jeffrey’s professional rigor, creative process, and team integration.
oi [email protected]
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12. Legislative Advocate Disclosure
I, Jeffrey Eyster, hereby affirm that neither I nor any member of the team submitting this proposal has ever registered, acted, or been retained as a paid legislative advocate with the City of Beverly Hills, nor are we presently engaged in any lobbying, advocacy, or compensation-based representation before the City. We therefore have no financial,contractual, or advisory relationship that could be construed as a conflict of interest under the City’s Municipal Code or its Legislative Advocate Ordinance.
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13. In-Kind Donation
To streamline contracting and maintain full insurance coverage, the architect will provide professional architecture services for a lump-sum fee of $5,000, which covers requiredliability endorsements while reflecting our commitment to serve the community. atelier eyster architecture