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100 Wilshire

DMJM
More than just an entertainer, Lawrence Welk was also a canny developer who put his mark on Santa Monica with the Champagne Towers apartment complex and the General Telephone high-rise office tower.
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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.
Photo by Gary Leonard/Los Angeles Public Library

777 Tower

Cesar Pelli
One of downtown's most graceful high-rise office buildings, the 777 Tower designed by Cesar Pelli effortlessly pierces the downtown skyline with subtle articulation and detail.
Photo by Larry Underhill

American Cement Building Lofts

DMJM
Built to house the American Cement Company's headquarters and to showcase the strength, construction advantages, and architectural possibilities of concrete.
Photo by Adrian Scott Fine/L.A. Conservancy

Capitol Records Tower

Welton Becket & Associates
The world's first circular office building and one of L.A.'s most iconic buildings, an important illustration of the evolving work of Welton Becket and Associates during the 1950s.
Flynt Publications
Photo by Larry Underhill

Flynt Publications

William L. Pereira & Associates
One of the first buildings to champion the use of computer-aided design (CAD), the Great Western Savings building also maximized floor space with its eye-catching oval shape.
Fox Plaza
Photo by Tristan Reville on Flickr

Fox Plaza

Johnson Fain Architects
Before its starring role as Nakatomi Plaza in the Bruce Willis smash hit "Die Hard," Fox Plaza was better known as one of the most architecturally appealing buildings to rise in the city during the 1980s.
General Motors Training Center
Photo by Jessica Hodgdon/L.A. Conservancy

General Motors Training Center

Earl Heitschmidt
Behind the walls of a low-slung, unassuming Modern building on Riverside Drive in Burbank lies a state-of-the-art training facility for GM mechanics and salesmen.

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