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

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.

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