1980s

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1100 Wilshire

A. C. Martin & Associates

A great example of adaptive reuse, this former office tower now houses luxury condos.

Project Rendering by HOK

1330 Pico Boulevard

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6500 Wilshire

I. M. Pei

Luckman Partnership

Cadillac Fairview hired architects I. M. Pei and the Luckman Partnership to design its flagship building, apparently sparing no expense in either construction or materials.

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Once a one-story house designed by James H. Caughey for the Case Study House program in 1948, remodeled by architect Eric Owen Moss for his family and now an exuberant testament to the lighter side of the Deconstructivist style.

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Air and Space Gallery, California Science Center

Frank Gehry

Architect Frank Gehry's first major public work celebrates California's history in the aviation and aerospace industries with an ingenious use of space and light, an allusion to the challenges of aerospace design.

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Al Struckus House

Bruce Goff

Embodying architect Bruce Goff's philosophy of organic architecture, which held that each design should be as unique as its owner, the building undeniably reflects the architect's "gonzo flair."

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Auto Chek Smog Center

Kenneth Aronson

A new industry, minimal marketing budget, and artist as designer yielded a truly unique collection of buildings that are quintessentially Los Angeles.