List of City of Santa Monica Designated Historic Landmarks
The Santa Monica Landmarks and Historic Districts Ordinance was amended in 1987 and again in 1991, to create a more comprehensive preservation program. The ordinance established a seven-member appointed Landmarks Commission with the power to designate Structures of Merit and Landmarks, and to make recommendations to the City Council regarding ...
BIG opens Los Angeles office in renovated 1920s building - Dezeen
Jun 14, 2024 · Danish architecture studio BIG has opened an office in Santa Monica in a renovated 1928 Spanish revival building designed by iconic Los Angeles architect Paul R Williams.
How Racism Ruined Black Santa Monica - LAist
Dec 23, 2020 · In the 1880s, Louis Green and his family were the first African Americans to settle in the tiny, brand new beach community of Santa Monica, according to Dr. Alison Rose Jefferson, historian and...
Los Angeles Arts District | BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group
Located along the Los Angeles River, the complex consists of two connected 30-story buildings organized on a grid of concrete cubes, measuring 46 ft on each side. Like a flexible framework, the project operates on two scales: the big bare bones of the buildings, and the human-scale completion by its individual inhabitants.
Beyond Paul R. Williams: Black architects in Twentieth-Century Los ...
Over the last decade, the work of Paul R. Williams (1894–1980), the most prominent Black architect in Los Angeles during much of the last century and a prolific designer of houses, churches, and public buildings covering a broad and inventive stylistic range, has seen a welcome and overdue revival of interest in Southern California and ...
Tour an Enchanting Santa Monica Idyll Where Historic Design …
Apr 7, 2023 · A view through the newly planted, English-inspired gardens of a 1920s Santa Monica estate designed for a young family by designers Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller, coprincipals of Carrier and...
Construction of the 10 cut the Pico District in half in the ... - Facebook
Jan 11, 2024 · In the decade prior, Santa Monica had displaced hundreds more when it demolished the entirety of the nearby Belmar Triangle neighborhood—the heart of the city’s Black community—seizing residents’ homes and businesses through eminent domain as part of a federally-funded “urban renewal” project.
Phillips Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church | Santa ...
Oct 10, 2005 · Originally constructed circa 1890–1895 at Ashland Avenue and 4th Street, the school building was moved to 4th and Bay Streets where it was renovated and reborn as the first African American house of worship in Santa Monica.
Ten Thousand (Los Angeles) - Wikipedia
Ten Thousand is a 40-story residential skyscraper located at 10000 Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. [4] [5] [6] The high-rise tower, built by developer Crescent Heights and was designed by Handel Architects, [7] opened in 2017 with 283 luxury apartments and a maximum height of 483 feet. [1]
Historic Building Architecture Offices : BIG office - TREND HUNTER
Jun 15, 2024 · The latest BIG office opens its doors in Santa Monica inside a freshly renovated Spanish revival building first raised in 1928. It was designed by the iconic Paul R Williams and underwent a refurbishment by the talented team.