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Home Savings and Loan, Hollywood (Millard Sheets, 1968). Photo by Larry Underhill

Architecture of the late twentieth century often reflected the influence of the contemporary art of its time.

Architects and artists inspired each other and collaborated together, from designers such as Millard Sheets integrating art into his civic architecture and Home Savings and Loan branches, to architects like Frank Gehry, who in 1976 said, “My approach to architecture is different. I search out the work of artists, and use art as a means of inspiration.”

As natural companions, architecture and art often go hand in hand in the Modern architecture of Greater Los Angeles.

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Gemini G.E.L.

Frank Gehry
While many of Gehry's designs appear to be as much sculptures as structures, The Gemini G.E.L. (Graphics Editions Limited) building fits squarely into the latter category.
Herman Miller Showroom
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Herman Miller Showroom

Charles and Ray Eames
Charles and Ray Eames designed only a small number of buildings, and even fewer were ever built. One of the few remaining is the Herman Miller Showroom on Beverly Boulevard in West Hollywood.
Indiana Avenue Houses/Arnoldi Triplex
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Indiana Avenue Houses/Arnoldi Triplex

Frank Gehry
The Deconstructivist triplex design features separate, loft-like, two-story units which the architects dubbed "the three little pigs," one in stucco, one in plywood, and one covered head to toe in green asphalt roof shingles.
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Kate Mantilini

Morphosis
For her steakhouse named after 1930s boxing promoter Kate Mantilini, restaurateur Marilyn Lewis directed her architects to create "a roadside steakhouse for the future – with a clock."
Los Angeles County Hall of Records
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Los Angeles County Hall of Records

A rare example of a Neutra high-rise, this T-shaped wonder projects an elegant sense of bureaucratic diligence, monumental in scale.
Loyola Law School
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Loyola Law School

Frank Gehry
Little known at the time and having never designed a campus, Frank Gehry drew on classical settings like the Roman Forum to visually evoke the history and weight of the legal profession.

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Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A. - An Initiative of the Getty

Curating the City: Modern Architecture in L.A. is part of Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A. This collaboration, initiated by the Getty, brings together seventeen cultural institutions from April through July 2013 for a wide-ranging look at the postwar built environment of the city as a whole, from its famous residential architecture to its vast freeway network, revealing the city’s development and ongoing impact in new ways. Major support for this project has been provided by the Getty Foundation. pacificstandardtimepresents.org.