Palos Verdes Art Center

The design of administrative offices for an eighty-plus-year-old California art institution, Palos Verdes Art Center—PVAC turned out to be an all-encompassing dream project for Meyer that included the reconfiguration and design of the administrative offices, but also of the lobby, galleries, gift shop, logo, developing and designing a cafe; researching and establishing a permanent collection within the center. The use of plywood by Ray and Charles Eames in the 1940s and the California Case Study houses became the starting point for the administrative and director’s offices. Meyer refers to plywood as a comfort material: it is something his generation had growing up - recognizable and accessible. He likes for spaces and objects to have a purpose; “It’s not about pretty—it’s about a concept, and in this case design follows concept. I also love things that actually look utilitarian. I find in our current time that looking useful is actually the new way to adorn a space,” says Meyer.