This remarkable adaptive reuse project restored the historic integrity of a former Ford Model T showroom and factory, and turned it into an inspiring creative office and retail space.
A twist on the Corporate International "glass box" design, the towers, completed in 1983, have parallelogram-shaped bases with sharp angles soaring into the sky while trees, fountains, and rough-hewn granite give the atrium a park-like atmosphere.
Wilshire Grand Hotel, 2005. Photo by Larry Underhill
A distinctive Late Modern building that deserves a second look, Zenith Tower's architect, Maxwell Starkman, was one of the first combination architect-developers which put methods of production on equal footing with pure design.