Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Anderton Court Shops
Image View:
Spire, detail at base
Creator:
Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959)
Location:
site: Beverly Hills, California, United States
Location Note:
332 N. Rodeo Drive
GPS:
34.068578-118.402036
Date:
1952 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Modernist; Modern; Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
shopping arcade
Classification:
architecture
Material:
concrete; steel; glass
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architecture; business, commerce and trade
Description:
In 1952, Frank Lloyd Wright completed his last Los Angeles building, the Anderton Court Shops, a small three-story group of shops. The entrance to all the shops is off of an angular ramp which wraps around an open parallelogram as it leads upward to the shops. Four shops were envisioned (around a central light well) with the penthouse space, an apartment. Like the Marin Civic Center, this is another example of a secular Wright building with a "steeple". The inverted ?V? front elevation stands out in sharp contrast to its traditional, flat-front urban neighbors. Since the Anderton Court Center's completion, the space has been subdivided. Today the complex consists of six small shops; three on each side, each staggered a half-floor from one another and offset by the ramp. The facade, which was once light buff with oxidized-copper-colo r trim, has been painted white with black detailing. Today's canopy and signage are later additions, not consistent with Wright's original design. It is on the National Register. (
Image Description:
Like the Marin Civic Center, this is another example of a secular Wright building with a "steeple".
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Five
Identifier:
1A1-WFL-ACS-A9
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Anderton Court Shops