PCAD - David Kaplan

Exterior view of the Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 2013. Photo by Daniel Eidelson for the Pacific Coast Architecture Database

Exterior view of the Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, CA, from Overland Monthly, 08-09/1931

Exterior view of the Los Angeles County Hall of Records from the site of the new City Hall; view of LA Times Building tower #3 (left) and City Hall #3 (right), Los Angeles, c. 1926; from University of Southern California (USC), Libraries, California Historical Society Collection, Item #35191

Night-time postcard view of the Los Angeles City Hall #3, Los Angeles, c. 1940; from the author's collection, postcard by the Western Publishing and Novelty Company, Los Angeles, CA

Postcard view of the Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, c. 1935; from the author's collection, postcard by Novelty Distributors, Incorporated, Los Angeles, CA

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Associated with the firm network

Kaplan Chen Kaplan, Architects

Professional History

Résumé

Partner, Kaplan Chen Kaplan (KCK), Architects, Santa Monica, CA, c. 2011- . In 2023, the KCK office was located at 2526 18th Street Santa Monica, CA 90405.

The KCK firm web site said this of David Kaplan in 2016: "Along with new buildings and additions, David Kaplan has been involved in a number of award-winning projects that adapt and reuse existing facilities. He has designed projects for the historic CalTech campus, USC and UCLA. Long interested in cultural heritage, he works with numerous teams for seismic improvements and adaptive reuse of historical properties. In previous association with other firms, he has led design for laboratories, housing, high rise offices, theaters and mixed use projects. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the UCLA School of Architecture and Urban Planning." (See Kaplan Chen Kaplan (KCK), Architects and Planners, "Our Team," accessed 04/13/2016.)

Education

College

B. Arch., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

M. Arch, University of Southern California, (UCLA) School of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Personal

Spouse

He was married to Barbara Kaplan, also his business partner.

PCAD id: 6165

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
City of Los Angeles, City Hall #3, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA	1926-1928	Los Angeles	CA
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Powell Library, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA	1927-1929	Los Angeles	CA

Publications

"News Briefs: L.A. City Hall reopens after renovation and retrofit", Architectural Record, 189: 8, 41, 08/2001.

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