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AKA: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
Structure Type: built works - public buildings - assembly halls
Designers: Becket, Welton D., and Associates, Architects (firm); Shellhorn, Ruth P., Landscape Architect (firm); Welton David Becket (architect); Ruth Patricia Shellhorn (landscape architect)
Dates: constructed 1956-1958
Building History
The very busy Los Angeles architect Welton D. Becket (1902-1969) designed the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in the mid-1950s. Ruth P. Shellhorn (19099-2006) produced the landscape plan around the building; Becket worked with Shellhorn on many commissions, including this building, several Bullock's Department Stores and the Prudential Insurance Company of America Western Home Office in Los Angeles, CA.
Building Notes
The 3,000-seat Santa Monica Civic Auditorium hosted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscar Awards from 04/17/1961 until 04/10/1968.
PCAD id: 5251
