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Lauren Carpenter, William Caskey, Richard K. Ciceri, Bradley Thomas Cloepfil, Ronald W. Frink, Marc Goldstein, Aleks Istanbullu, Richard Keating, Raymond A. Kuca, John Ogden Merrill, Nathaniel Alexander Owings, Maris Peika, Terry Don Poindexter, Lauren Rottet, Louis Skidmore Sr., Kenneth A. Soldan, Martha Lampkin Welborne
Active 1974-
Firm Notes
A branch office of the Chicago-based architectural firm, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, opened in 1974. It was the sixth branch office to be opened. In 1989, SOM, Los Angeles had its office at 725 South Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles. At this time, SOM maintained offices in Chicago, IL, San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Washington, DC, Portland, OR, and London, England. Richard Keating managed the Los Angeles office in 1989. This office did 80% of its work in CA, 10% outside CA in the US, and 10% internationally in 1989. It employed 72 architetural staff members, 14 engineering, 8 interior design, 3 technicians and 12 administrative staff. (See "Skidmore Owings & Merrill," ProFile, The Official Directory of The American Institute of Architects, 1989-1990, Henry W. Scchirmer, Publisher, [Topeka, KS: Archimedia, 1989], p. 101.)
PCAD id: 916
| Name | Date | City | State |
|---|
| 1 Wilshire Boulevard Office Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA | 1964-1966 | Los Angeles | CA |
| 725 South Figueroa Street Office Building, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA | 1982-1985 | Los Angeles | CA |
| Beneficial Plaza, Los Angeles, CA | | Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles | CA |
| City of Long Beach, Civic Center #2, Downtown, Long Beach, CA | 2016-2019 | Long Beach | CA |
| Claremont Colleges, Honnold-Mudd Library, Claremont, CA | 1952 | Claremont | CA |
| Crocker Center, Atrium, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA | 1981-1983 | Los Angeles | CA |
| Crocker Center, Crocker Bank Tower, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA | 1981-1983 | Los Angeles | CA |
| Crocker Center, KPMG Tower, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA | 1981-1983 | Los Angeles | CA |
| Symphony Towers, Financial District, San Diego, CA | 1987-1989 | San Diego | CA |
| United States Government, Department of Justice, Federal Courthouse, Office Building #5, Los Angeles, CA | 2012-2016 | Los Angeles | CA |
| Universal City Plaza (UCP), Getty Oil Company Headquarters, Universal City, Los Angeles, CA | 1984 | Los Angeles | CA |
| Universal City Plaza, Masterplan, Universal City, Los Angeles, CA | | Los Angeles | CA |
| Wells Fargo and Company Bank, Southern California Data Center, El Monte, CA | 1980-1981 | El Monte | CA |
"Two buildings require delicate placement of structural link", Building Design and Construction, 30: 5, 34, 1989-04. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Crocker Center, 1982-83", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 228, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 317, 1994. "Universal City Plaza Phase 2 Goundbreaking", Los Angeles Times, 1, 09/09/1973. "Lobby modernized, building renovated", Los Angeles Times, 1, 10, 11/20/1977. "1 Wilshire Boulevard Office Building plans", Los Angeles Times, 10/16/1964. Sherwood, David C., "Solution File: Symphony Towers", Urban Land, 53: 4, 70-71, 1994-04. 
