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L.A. CONSTRUCTS THE FUTURE
1940–1990
1. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion by Welton Becket & Associates, ca. 1960
Watercolor on paper
Image: 50.2 x 94.2 cm (19 3/4 x 37 1/16 in.)
The Getty Research Institute
© J. Paul Getty Trust
2. Romeo’s Time Square Restaurant by Armet & Davis, 1955
Pencil on paper
Unframed: 55.9 x 160 cm (22 x 63 in.)
Collection of Armet Davis Newlove Architects
3. Dave Packwood
Santa Monica Freeway (Interstate 10) and Harbor Freeway (Interstate
110) Interchange, May 1962
Photograph
Image: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)
Automobile Club of Southern California Archives
4. Capitol Records by Louis Naidorf of Welton Becket & Associates, 1954
Pencil on coated tracing cloth with added black screen tone
Sheet: 71.6 x 106.8 cm (28 3/16 x 42 1/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Welton Becket, Laguna Beach, CA
The Getty Research Institute
© J. Paul Getty Trust
5. Lakewood Center by A. C. Martin and Associates, 1950s
Print
Image: 10.2 x 13 cm (4 x 5 1/8 in.)
D. J. Waldie Collection
6. Century Plaza Hotel by Minoru Yamasaki, 1962
Screenprint by Carlos Diniz
Unframed: 66 x 101.6 cm (26 x 40 in.)
Courtesy of the Diniz Family Archive and Edward Cella Art and
Architecture
7. Art Center campus by Craig Ellwood Associates, 1976. Drawing by
Carlos Diniz, 1968
Ink on vellum
Unframed: 61.6 x 181.6 cm (24 1/4 x 71 1/2 in.)
Collection of L.J. Cella
8. Kentucky Fried Chicken by Grinstein/Daniels Inc.,1990
Foam Core and plastic
Object: H: 52.1 x W: 50.8 x D: 50.8 cm (20 1/2 x 20 x 20 in.)
Jeffrey Daniels Architects
9. Getty Villa by Langdon Wilson Architects and Norman Neuerburg,
1971–1974
Photograph of a painting
Unframed: 27.9 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.)
Langdon Wilson International
10. Rail Rapid Transit Now! by Rapid Transit Action Group, Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce, 1948
Brochure cover
28 x 21.9 cm (11 x 8 5/8 in.)
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Library &
Archive
11. Bethlehem Baptist Church by Rudolph M. Schindler, 1944
Pencil on tracing paper
Unframed: 53.3 x 76 cm (21 x 29 15/16 in.)
Rudolph M. Schindler Papers, Architecture and Design Collection, Art,
Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara
12. KTLA Studios by Thornton M. Abell, 1948
Ink and pencil on tracing paper
Unframed: 52.7 x 102.6 cm (20 3/4 x 40 3/8 in.)
Thornton Abell Papers, Architecture and Design Collection,
Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara
13. Port of L.A. Passenger Terminal by Edward H. Fickett, about 1959
Pencil and crayon on yellow tracing paper
Unframed: 35.6 x 65.6 cm (14 x 25 13/16 in.)
Courtesy of University of Southern California, on behalf of the USC
Libraries Special Collections.
14. Sinai Temple by Sidney Eisenshtat, 1959
Pencil, watercolor, and gouache on board
Unframed: 50.2 x 72.9 cm (19 3/4 x 28 11/16 in.)
Courtesy of the USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine
Arts Library
© Sidney Eisenshtat Estate
15. LAX, Theme Building by Pereira & Luckman, Welton Becket &
Associates, and Paul R. Williams, 1958
Pencil, watercolor, and gouache on board
Unframed: 76.5 x 101.6 cm (30 1/8 x 40 in.)
From the Alan E. Leib Collection
Image courtesy of and © Luckman Salas O’Brien
16. Valley Unitarian Universalist Church by Frank Ehrenthal, 1964
Photograph
Image: 8.9 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)
Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society
17. Eastland Shopping Center by A. C. Martin and Associates, about 1957
Photo by David M. Mills
Image: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Chris Nichols Collection
18. Case Study House No. 22 by Pierre Koenig
Photo by Julius Shulman, 1960
Gelatin silver print
25.2 x 20.1 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
© J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman
Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research
Institute
19. Department of Water and Power Building by A.C. Martin &
Associates
Photo by Julius Shulman, 1965
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 25.4 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 1/16 in.)
© J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman
Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research
Institute
20. Department of Water and Power Building by A.C. Martin &
Associates
Photo by Julius Shulman, 1965
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
© J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman
Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research
Institute
21. Lincoln-Zephyr Showroom by John Lautner, 1948
Ink on paper
Sheet: 30.5 x 24.1 cm (12 x 9 1/2 in.)
The Getty Research Institute
© The John Lautner Foundation
22. Corbin Palms Development by Palmer and Krisel, 1953
Pencil on vellum
Sheet: 45.6 x 127.8 cm (17 15/16 x 50 5/16 in.)
Gift of Wiliam and Corinne Krisel, William Krisel Architectural Archive
The Getty Research Institute
23. Michael Light
Highways 5, 10, 60, and 101 Looking West, L.A. River and Downtown Beyond, 2004
Archival pigment print
Framed: 101.6 x 127 cm (40 x 50 in.)
Courtesy of Michael Light and Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
© Michael Light
24. Julian Wasser
Tower Records, Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, CA, 1973
Gelatin silver print
Image: 19.1 x 23.4 (7 1/2 x 9 3/16 in.)
Courtesy of Julian Wasser and Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
© Julian Wasser
25. Peter Alexander
PA and PE, 1990
Acrylic and oil on canvas
Unframed: 190.5 x 508 cm (75 x 200 in.)
Courtesy of Pacific Enterprises
© Peter Alexander
26. Roger E. Kuntz
Inside Out, 1961
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 61 x 76.2 cm (24 x 30 in.)
Courtesy of Maureen Murphy Fine Arts and Mary Kuntz
© The Estate of Roger E. Kuntz
27. Camilo José Vergara
Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostes Jesucristo es el Camino, 7316 South
Broadway, 1996
Chromogenic print
Sheet: 28 x 35.5 cm (11 x 14 in.)
The Getty Research Institute
© Camilo José Vergara