PCAD - Derrah and Associates

Aerial view of the Southern California Gas Company Headquarters #1, (center), Los Angeles, CA, c. 2019. From Google Maps/Street View

Exterior view of the Southern California Gas Company Building #1, Robert V. Derrah, architect, 2008; from Wikimedia Commons, photo by Los Angeles

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Robert Vincent Derrah

Active -1946

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PCAD id: 432

Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Coca-Cola Company, Bottling Plant #2, Los Angeles, CA	1936-1937	Los Angeles	CA
Crossroads of the World, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1936	Hollywood, Los Angeles	CA
Southern California Gas Company, Headquarters Building #1, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1924	Los Angeles	CA

Publications

"The Coca Cola Bottling Plant, Los Angeles", California Arts and Architecture, 50: 43, 11/1936. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Farmer's Market", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 187, 1994. "Coca-Cola Building now L.A. monument", Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, pt. A: 3, 6/16/1976. Lord, Rosemary, Los Angeles Then and Now, 108-109, 2002. "Crossroads of the World Restoration Story 1965", Los Angeles Times, 11/14/1965. Hong, Peter Y., "Built in 1930s, bottling plant still shipshape", Los Angeles Times, B2, 8/22/2002. Los Angeles Times, 8/26/1983. "Retrospect--LA", Los Angeles Times, pt. VIII: 26, "Refurbished building named landmark 'Coke-boat' is permanently 'docked' on Central Ave.", Los Angeles Times, 2, 06/13/1976. "Derrah altering Southern California Gas Company Building", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 31, col 2, 10/31/1941. "Building Prospects for 1929", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 40-41, 01/04/1929. Story of the Coca Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles, Dawes, Amy, Sunset Boulevard: Cruising the Heart of Los Angeles, 80-107, 2002. Tyrnauer, Matt, "L.A. Century", Vanity Fair, 541: 284-286, 09/2005.

Links

Bottles in Mimetic Architecture Coca-Cola Building Southern California Gas Company