Résumé

Principal, Walter L. Dickey, Structural Engineer. In 1982, Dickey had an office at 1014 Fortune Way in Los Angeles, CA.

Building History

According to an article in Progressive Architecture, 01/1958, this project was "for Josephine M. Kump," his wife. (See P/A Fifth Annual Design Awards Program," Progressive Architecture, vol. 39, no. 1, 01/1958, pp. 98-99.)

Building Notes

Lytton Square was given an award citation for commerce in Progressive Architecture's Fifth Annual Design Awards competition in 01/1958. A writer for Progressive Architecture said this about the two-story office building: "In the design of this two-story office building (planned for addition of other floors at a later date) 24-ft.-deep office areas are arranged at either side of a central, open, building-height elevator and stair lobby, which, among other amenities, includes planting bays and a pool. A rooftop canopy of lightweight steel members and translucent plastic provides bilateral lighting for the offices. The cruciform housigns around structural columns carry utility lines to each bay on both floors. Exterior walls are of transparent glass, protected by a decorative pierced concrete screen hung 4 ft. from the glass on cantilevered supports. Generous parking space adjoins. The Jury admired the building's humane quality, rare in today's office structures, which they felt would benefit all concerned." (See "P/A Fifth Annual Design Awards Program Commerce: Award Citation," Progressive Architecture, vol. 39, no. 1, 01/1958, p. 88.)

PCAD id: 25028