PCAD - Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, (SOM), Los Angeles, CA

Aerial view of the 1 Wilshire Boulevard Office Building, Los Angeles, c. 2017; from Google Maps/Street View

Aerial view of the site of the Junipero Serra State Office Building and later the Federal Courthouse #5, Los Angeles, c. 2013; from Google Maps/Street View

Exterior view of the Federal Courthouse #5, Los Angeles, 2017, with the Disney Concert Hall in the background (right); from Google Maps/Street View

Exterior view of the Federal Courthouse #5, Los Angeles, 2017; from Google Maps/Street View

Exterior view of the West 1st Street facade of the Federal Courthouse #5, Los Angeles, 2017; from Google Maps/Street View

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Partners: network

Lauren Carpenter, Richard K. Ciceri, Bradley Thomas Cloepfil, Marc Goldstein, Aleks Istanbullu, John Ogden Merrill, Nathaniel Alexander Owings, Maris Peika, Louis Skidmore Sr.

Firm Notes

The Los Angeles office of the Chicago, IL, architecture firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill was very active building skyscrapers in the city during the 1960s through the 1980s.

PCAD id: 916

Buildings and other works

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 College, Honnold Library, Claremont, CA		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, MCA Tower
Universal City Plaza, Masterplan		Los Angeles	CA
Wells Fargo and Company Bank, Southern California Data Center, El Monte, CA	1980-1981	El Monte	CA

Publications

"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.

Links

Clark Construction Celebrates Opening of Long Beach Civic Center Honnold/Mudd Library: A Brief History Judges are moving into LA’s shiny new federal courthouse New United States Courthouse--Los Angeles