Los Angeles Art Deco & Moderne Buildings Photos |
LA was the American epicenter for these two styles which sometimes merge. Art Deco tends to have zigzag, square or octagonal hard edges. Moderne tends to round the corners & curve its glass & appears streamlined. |
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| See also: Los Angeles & Orange Counties, California Cinemas & Theaters |
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| Detail of top of Los Angeles City Hall. Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles City Hall (1926-28) (South Spring at West Temple Streets, southeast corner). Los Angeles, CA Style: Art Deco. Architect: John C. Austin, John Parkinson, Donald B. Parkinson, Albert C. Martin. | Los Angeles City Hall from distance. Los Angeles, CA | Title Guarantee or Guarantee Trust Building (1929-31). Los Angeles, CA Style: Art Deco. Architect: John & Donald Parkinson. |
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| Zigzag top details of Guarantee Trust Building. Los Angeles, CA | Southern California Edison Building (now One Bunker Hill) (1930-1) (601 West Fifth Street) 14 floors. Los Angeles, CA Style: Art Deco. Architect: Austin Whittlesey of Allison & Allison. | One Bunker Hill Art Deco reliefs showing energy over portal. Los Angeles, CA | Art Deco details of One Bunker Hill. Los Angeles, CA |
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| Art Deco reliefs of water power on One Bunker Hill. Los Angeles, CA | Tiled pyramid atop Los Angeles Public Library (1922-6) (5th at Flower Streets). Los Angeles, CA. Architect: Bertram G. Goodhue & Carleton M. Winslow. On National Register. | Los Angeles Public Library. Los Angeles, CA | Art Deco reliefs of Los Angeles Public Library featuring philosophy & poetry. Los Angeles, CA |
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| Iron fence with literary themes of Los Angeles Public Library. Los Angeles, CA | Tower Theater (1925-6) (Broadway at 8th). Los Angeles, CA. Style: Art Deco. Architect: S. Charles Lee. | Eastern Columbia Building (1929) (849 South Broadway) 13 floors with turquoise terra-cotta. Los Angeles, CA Style: Art Deco. Architect: Claude Beelman. | Art Deco top of Eastern Columbia Building. Los Angeles, CA |
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| Art Deco panels of Eastern Columbia Building. Los Angeles, CA | Art Deco detail of Eastern Columbia Building. Los Angeles, CA | Sunburst over main door of Eastern Columbia Building. Los Angeles, CA | Portal sunburst of Eastern Columbia Building. Los Angeles, CA |
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| Art Deco panel detail of Eastern Columbia Building. Los Angeles, CA | Eastern Columbia plus 9th & Broadway Buildings. Los Angeles, CA | Metalwork over portal of 9th & Broadway Building (1929) (850 South Broadway) 13 floors. Los Angeles, CA Style: Art Deco. Architect: Claude Beelman. | Art Deco entrance of 9th & Broadway Building. Los Angeles, CA |
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| Window detail of 9th & Broadway Building. Los Angeles, CA | Art Deco panel detail of 9th & Broadway Building. Los Angeles, CA | Terra-cotta panel on 9th & Broadway Building. Los Angeles, CA | Texaco / United Artists Theater Building (1927) (929 South Broadway) 13 floors. Los Angeles, CA Style: Art Deco & Spanish Revival. Architect: Walker & Eisen plus Charles Howard Crane. |
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| Former United Artists Theater entrance. Los Angeles, CA | Carved face above United Artists Theater entrance. Los Angeles, CA | Row of carved figures on United Artists Theater facade. Los Angeles, CA | Sculpted woman holding globe on United Artists Theater facade. Los Angeles, CA |
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| Contrasting United Artists Theater Spanish revival & Art Deco detail of neighboring building. Los Angeles, CA | Garfield Building (1928-30) (403 West 8th Street) 13 floors. Los Angeles, CA Style: Art Deco. Architect: Claude Beelman. On National Register. | Federal Building & Post Office (now US Federal Courthouse (1938-40) (South Spring at West Temple Streets, northeast corner). Los Angeles, CA. Style: Moderne. Architect: Louis A. Simon, Gilbert Stanley Underwood. | Times-Mirror Building (1931-5) (South Spring at West 1st Streets, southwest corner). Los Angeles, CA Style: PWA Moderne. Architect: Gordon B. Kaufmann. |
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| Times-Mirror Building detail of carved eagle to equal rights & true industrial freedom. Los Angeles, CA | Times-Mirror Building detail of clock & moderne carvings. Los Angeles, CA | Times-Mirror Building detail of knight slaying dragon carved by Gage. Los Angeles, CA | Times-Mirror Building detail of printer holding the torch of truth as carved by Gage. Los Angeles, CA |
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| Pacific Coast Stock Exchange (1929-30) (618 South Spring Street) with sculptures by Salvatore Cartaino Scarpitta. Los Angeles, CA Style: PWA Moderne. Architect: Samuel E. Lunden plus John Parkinson & Donald B. Parkinson. | Bullocks Wilshire Department Store Building (1928) (3050 Wilshire Blvd.). Los Angeles, CA Style: Moderne. Architect: John Parkinson, Donald B. Parkinson, Feil & Paradice. | Moderne portal of Bullocks Wilshire Department Store. Los Angeles, CA |
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