Los Angeles Projects
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Academy Theater, S. Charles Lee (1939)
Adamson House, Stiles O. Clements (1929)
The Andalusia, Arthur and Nina Zwebell (1926)
Angelus Temple, Brook Hawkins (1925)
Art Center College of Design Hillside Campus, Craig Ellwood Associates (1976)
Avila Adobe, Francisco Avila (1818)
Aztec Hotel, Robert Stacy-Judd (1924)
B
Beverly Hills Hotel, Elmer Grey (1912)
Beverly Hills Hotel Expansion, Paul R. Williams (1949)
Biltmore Hotel, Schultze and Weaver (1923)
Binoculars Building, Frank Gehry (1991)
Boyle Hotel, W.R. Norton (1889)
Bradbury Building, Sumner P. Hunt and George H. Wyman (1893)
The Broad, Diller Scofidio + Renfro (2015)
Bullocks Wilshire, John and Donald B. Parkinson (1929)
Bumbershoot Café (Brolly Hut), Victor Miller (1968)
Burbank Bob’s Big Boy, Wayne McAllister (1949)
C
Caltech, Beckman Auditorium, Edward Durell Stone (1963)
Capitol Records, Welton Becket (1956)
Case Study House #22, Pierre Koenig (1959)
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, José Rafael Moneo (2002)
Caltrans District 7 Headquarters, Morphosis (2004)
CBS Television City, Gin Wong of Pereira & Luckman (1952)
Chapman Plaza, Morgan, Walls, & Clements (1929)
Chateau Marmont, William Douglas Lee (1929)
Chateau Mormont, Arnold A. Weitzman (1927)
Chemosphere, John Lautner (1960)
Cinerama Dome, Welton Becket (1963)
Coca-Cola Building, Robert V. Derrah (1939)
Compton City Hall and Civic Center, Harold L. Williams (1977)
Covina Bowl, Powers, Daly, & DeRosa (1956)
Crossroads of the World, Robert V. Derrah (1936)
D
Department of Water and Power Building, A.C. Martin (1965)
Dodger Stadium, Emil Praeger of Praeger Kavanaugh Waterbury (1962)
Downey McDonald’s, Stanley Clark Meston (1953)
E
Eames House, Charles and Ray Eames (1949)
Eastern Columbia Building, Claud Beelman (1930)
Eichler Homes (Thousand Oaks, Granada Hills, Orange), Jones & Emmons (?), 1949-1966
El Alisal, Charles Lummis (1910)
Emerson College, Morphosis (2014)
Ennis House, Frank Lloyd Wright (1925)
F
Farmers and Merchants Bank, Morgan & Walls (1905)
The Forum, Charles Luckman Associates (1967)
G
Gamble House, Greene and Greene (1908)
Getty Center, Richard Meier (1997)
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre (TCL Chinese Theater), Raymond Kennedy of Meyer & Holler (1927)
Griffith Observatory, John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley (1935)
H
Hale House (Heritage Square Museum), George W. Morgan (1887)
Hanna-Barbera Building (LA Fitness), Arthur Froelich (1963)
Harold-Examiner Building, Julia Morgan (1914)
The Hauser, Wilson Construction Co. (1955)
Heim House, (unknown) (1887)
Hollyhock House, Frank Lloyd Wright (1921)
Hollywood Adventist Church, Robert Burman (1962)
Hollywood Bowl, Elliott, Bowen & Walz (1929)
Hollywood Bowl Renovation, Hodgetts + Fung Design Associates (2003)
Hollywood Roosevelt, Fisher, Lake & Traver (1926)
Horatio West Court, Irving Gill (1919)
K
Kappe House, Ray Kappe (1967)
L
LAX Theme Building, Paul Williams, William Pereira, and Welton Becket (1961)
Libby House, (unknown) (1887)
Los Angeles California Temple, Edward O. Anderson (1956)
Los Angeles Central Library, Bertram Grosvenor Goohue (1926)
Los Angeles City Hall, John Parkinson and John C. Austin (1928)
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, John and Donald Parkinson (1923)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ahamanson Building, William Pereira (1965, demolished 2020)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art of the Americas Building (Robert O. Anderson Building), Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer (1986)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Bing Center, William Pereira (1965, demolished 2020)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, BP Grand Entrance, Renzo Piano (2008)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Renzo Piano (2008)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Hammer Building (Frances and Armand Hammer Building, Lytton Gallery), William Pereira (1965, demolished 2020)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pavilion for Japanese Art, Bruce Goff (1988)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Resnick Exhibition Pavilion (Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion), Renzo Piano (2010)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Zumthor Redesign, Peter Zumthor and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (projected 2026)
Los Angeles Theater, S. Charles Lee (1931)
Los Angeles Times Building, Gordon Kaufmann (1935)
Los Angeles Times Building Addition, Rowland H. Crawford (1948)
Los Angeles Times Building Addition, William L. Pereira (1973)
Lovell House, Richard Neutra (1929)
M
Magic Castle, Lyman Farwell and Oliver Dennis (1909)
May Company Department Store, Albert C. Martin (1939-1940)
May Company Department Store Renovations (Saban Building, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures), Renzo Piano (2020)
N
Natural History Museum, Frank Hudson and William A.D. Munsell (1913)
Neutra VDL Research House, Richard and Dion Neutra (1964)
Nishi Hongwanji Buddist Temple, (unknown) (1925)
Norms La Cienega, Armet & Davis and Helen Fong (interior) (1957)
O
Oviatt Building, Walker & Eisen (1928)
P
Pacific Design Center, Cesar Pelli (2013)
Pann’s, Armet & Davis and Helen Fong (interior) (1958)
Pantages Theater, B. Marcus Priteca (1930)
Parker Center (Police Facilities Building), Welton Becket (1955, demolished 2019)
Pasadena City Hall, John Bakewell and Arthur Brown, Jr. (1927)
Peterson Automotive Museum (Seibu Department Store), Welton Becket (1962)
Peterson Automotive Museum Renovation, Kohn Pederson Fox(2015)
Phineas Banning House, Phineas Banning (1863)
Pico House, Ezra F. Kysor (1869)
Point Fermin Lighthouse, Paul J. Pelz (1874)
Powers House, Arthur L. Haley (1904)
Pterodactyl, Eric Owen Moss (2014)
R
Randy’s Donuts, Henry Goodwin (1953)
S
Saint Basil Catholic Church, A.C. Martin (1969)
Saint Vibiana’s, Ezra F. Kysor (1876)
Samuel Freeman House (Freeman House), Frank Lloyd Wright (1923)
San Gabriel Mission, Father Antonio Cruzado, (1794-1805)
Santa Anita Park, Gordon B. Kaufman (1934)
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Welton Becket (1958)
Schindler House, Rudolf Schindler (1922)
Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, Millard Sheets (1961)
Sessions House, Joseph Cather Newsom (1889)
Sheats Goldstein Residence, John Lautner (1963)
The Silvertop House, John Lautner (1957)
Sinai Temple, Sidney Eisenshtat (1960)
Sowden House, Lloyd Wright (1926)
Spadena House, Harry Oliver (1921)
Stahl House, John and Donald Parkinson (1960)
Star Apartments, Michael Maltzan (2014)
Stimson House, Carroll H. Brown (1891)
Sunset Tower, Leland A. Bryant (1931)
U
Union 76 Station, Gin Wong of William L. Pereira & Associates (1965)
Union Station, John and Donald Parkinson (1939)
US Bank Tower, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners (1989)
United Artists Building (Ace Hotel), C. Howard Crane and Walker & Eisen (1927)
W
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Frank Gehry (2003)
Walt Disney Studios, Michael Graves (1990)
Walter Theater and Pellissier Building, Morgan, Walls, & Clements (1931)
Watts Towers, Simon Rodia (1921-1954)
Wayfarer’s Chapel, Lloyd Wright (1951)
Westin Bonaventure, John C. Portman, Jr. (1976)
Wilshire Boulevard Temple, S. Tilden Norton, A.M. Adelman, and David C. Allison (1929)
Wilshire Grand, A.C. Martin (2014-2017)
Y
Yamashiro, Franklin Small (1914)
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