Summary
The Beverly Hills Civic Center is a landmark building serving as a civic center in Beverly Hills, California.
| Beverly Hills Civic Center | |
|---|---|
 Entrance of Beverly Hills Civic Center | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Civic center |
| Architectural style | Hybrid: Spanish Revival, Art Deco and Post-Modern |
| Address | 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 90210 |
| Coordinates | 34°4′24.76″N 118°23′57.65″W / 34.0735444°N 118.3993472°W |
| Completed | 1990 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Charles Moore |
Location edit
The Beverly Hills Civic Center stands at 455 North Rexford Drive in Beverly Hills, California.[1]
History edit
In 1982, as the adjacent Beverly Hills City Hall was being renovated, the project to build this civic center was put forward.[2]
The building was designed by Charles Moore (1925-1993).[1][2][3][4] Drawing upon the Spanish Revival architecture of the city hall, Moore designed this building in a mixture of Spanish Revival, Art Deco and Post-Modern styles. It includes courtyards, colonnades, promenades, and buildings, with both open and semi-enclosed spaces, stairways and balconies.[1] It was completed in 1990.[2]
As part of the Beverly Hills Centennial Arts of Palm Installation in 2014, the Palm Court of the Civic Center displayed a temporary mosaic mural by R. Kenton Nelson and an art piece by Michael C. McMillen.[5]
Secondary source edit
- Robin E. Johnson, The Beverly Hills Civic Center by Charles Moore: The Semiotics of Wealth and Power, California State University, Northridge, 1992, 376 pages.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c Beverly Hills Civic Center, Los Angeles Conservancy
- ^ a b c City of Beverly Hills: Civic Center
- ^ Allen John Scott, Edward W. Soja, The City: Los Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the Twentieth Century, Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 1998, p. 57 [1]
- ^ Dorothy Rice, Beverly Hills With Love: Paintings and Text, Glen House Communications, 1998, p. 35 [2]
- ^ City of Beverly Hills: Beverly Hills Centennial Arts of Palm Installation
- ^ Google Books