Welton Becket & Associates Architecture Photos

Welton Becket (1902-1969) works include the Pan Pacific Auditorium (1935), Capitol Records Tower (1954), Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (1959), LA Music Center (1964-9) & Century City. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Art Paris.

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Schoenberg Music Hall (1955) with history of music mural by Richard Haines. Los Angeles, CA. Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc. University of California at Los Angeles

Capitol Records Building (1956) (13 floors) (1750 Vine St.). Hollywood, CA
Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc.

Civic Auditorium (1959) (Main St. at Pico Blvd.) with concrete grill & masts. Santa Monica, CA. Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc.

UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior (1961) (760 Westwood Plaza). Los Angeles, CA. Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc. University of California at Los Angeles

Facade of Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior. Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Music Center Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (1964-9). Los Angeles, CA. Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc.

Columns of Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at Los Angeles Music Center. Los Angeles, CA

Main facade of Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at Los Angeles Music Center. Los Angeles, CA

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion & Mark Taper Forum of Los Angeles Music Center. Los Angeles, CA

Circular Mark Taper Forum over reflecting pool. Los Angeles, CA

Circular Mark Taper Forum of Los Angeles Music Center (1964-9). Los Angeles, CA. Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc.

Market Street with McKesson Plaza (1969) at right (1 Post Street at Market St.) 38 floors. San Francisco, CA
Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc.

People's Bank Building (1971) (5900 Wilshire Blvd.) 32 floors against Hollywood hills. Los Angeles, CA. Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc.

Spear Tower (1976) (1 Market St.) 43 floors. San Francisco, CA
Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc.

Hyatt Regency New Orleans (1976) (27 floors). New Orleans, LA
Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc.

Reunion Tower & Hyatt Regency Reunion Hotel (1978). Dallas, TX. Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc. + Culpepper, McAuliffe & Meaders.

One Mellon Center (1983) (500 Grant St.) (54 floors) over Omni William Penn Hotel. Pittsburgh, PA. Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc.

Marriott Hotel (1984-7) (333 W. Harbor Dr.) 25 floors consists of two towers which form a semi circle. San Diego, CA. Architect: F.L. Hope + Welton Becket & Assoc. San Diego Marina District

Marriott Hotel balconies. San Diego, CA

First Bank & Trust Tower (1987) (36 floors) (909 Poydras St.). New Orleans, LA
Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc.

Doris Stein Eye Research Center (1989) (200 Stein Plaza). Los Angeles, CA. Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc.

Facade of Doris Stein Eye Research Center. Los Angeles, CA

Roybal Federal Building (1991) (22 floors) (255 East Temple St.). Los Angeles, CA
Architect: Welton Becket & Assoc.

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