Bay Cities Showroom
8826 Burton Way
Beverly Hills
Tel: 310.358.8855
Architect: Michele Saee

Through bold gestures in glass and white diagonals of steel, Michele Saee has radically transformed a once flat-faced, punched-window brick structure into a new LA landmark. Saee imagined the Bay Cities Kitchen & Appliance Showroom through the image of the Star of David, linking the design to its immediate neighbors, a synagogue, nursery school, and early childhood center for Temple Emanuel. The dramatic diagonal structural steel framework—combined with slightly angled storefront windows—defines the building’s two street-facing facades, doubles as a light shelf, and even creates seating and display areas inside. The design seemingly dematerializes the building’s most prominent corner, producing an intimate connection between the interior and the adjacent streets.