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The Theme Building is a structure at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), considered an architectural example of the Space Age design style. Influenced by "Populuxe" architecture, it is an example of the Mid-century modern design movement, later to become known as "Googie". [2]
Pereira & Luckman was a Los Angeles, California architectural firm that partners Charles Luckman and William Pereira founded in Los Angeles in 1950. They had been classmates at the University of Illinois’ School of Architecture and had each become prominent thereafter, Pereira designing cinemas around the U.S. and a film studio for Paramount Pictures.
Designed in the 1950s, the tunnels were envisioned by the architecture firm Pereira & Luckman, to minimize the experienced distance of the 300–500-foot (91–152 m) tunnels. [2] [3] The work was overseen by Charles D. Kratka, [2] [4] the firm's head of interior design and they were designed by Janet Bennett, then a young artist on his team.
IBM headquarters, Los Angeles; Los Angeles International Airport; Physical Plant Building B, University of Southern California; Robinson's department store, Palm Springs, California; Signal Oil headquarters, Los Angeles; Union Oil Center, Los Angeles (now Los Angeles Center Studios) [5] Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, California
At the time, the airport consisted of a dirt landing strip in the middle of bean and barley fields. The building was constructed by the city for $35,000, and leased to the Curtiss Wright Flying Service. [2] The airport opened in 1930 as the Los Angeles Municipal Airport, and was purchased by the city in 1937 and renamed the Los Angeles Airport. [3]
Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1970s [16] 4 Two California Plaza: 750 (229) Arthur Erickson: 54 1992 Office Tallest building constructed in Los Angeles in the 1990s [17] [18] 5 Gas Company Tower: 749 (228) Richard Keating: 52 1991 Office 77th-tallest building in the United States [19] [20] 6 Bank of America Plaza: 735 (224 ...
A downtown Los Angeles building made famous as the setting of an album cover photo for the legendary rock band the Doors was heavily damaged after fire broke out Thursday morning. The building ...
Waterline, San Diego County Operations Center, San Diego, CA (2012) Euphony, Music City Center, Nashville, TN (2013) Air Garden, Bradley West Terminal, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, CA (2013) Stud Wall, Public art commission, West Hollywood, CA (2014) Corner Glory, Public art commission, West Hollywood, CA (2014)