The Century City Medical Plaza is a landmark set of two buildings in Century City, Los Angeles, California.
| Century City Medical Plaza | |
|---|---|
 Century City Medical Plaza (black towers), 1978. | |
| General information | |
| Type | Office tower; hospital |
| Architectural style | Late Modern architecture |
| Address | 2070-2080 Century Park East, Century City, Los Angeles, California 90067 |
| Completed | 1969 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Anthony J. Lumsden & César Pelli |
| Developer | Realtech Construction Co. |
| Website | |
| ccmpla | |
Location edit
The building is located at 2070-2080 Century Park East in Century City, on the West side of Los Angeles in California.[1]
History edit
It was designed in the Late Modern architectural style by architects Anthony J. Lumsden and César Pelli.[1][2] Construction was completed in 1969.[1][2][3] It is made up of two buildings: a seventeen-story office tower, and a ten-story hospital.[2][3] The plaza originally housed Century City Hospital, which was owned by Tenet Healthcare Corporation.[4] Tenet closed the hospital in 2004 as it sold it to Salus Surgical Group.[4] The hospital was renamed as Century City Doctors Hospital, which closed in 2008 after filing for bankruptcy.[5] In late 2016, the hospital was remodeled and re-opened as California Rehabilitation Institute, owned by Select Medical, providing inpatient rehabilitation including: physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, recreational therapy, and neuropsychology .
Heritage significance edit
The two buildings resemble two large black boxes made of skin glass.[1] The mullions are reversed, thus playing on the idea of deconstructing the traditional architectural feature of columns.[1] They were the first two buildings to be entirely enclosed in glass skin.[1] This architectural style became a feature of "corporate architecture" for the next twenty years.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g Century City Medical Plaza, Los Angeles Conservancy
- ^ a b c Gebhard, David; Winter, Robert (2009). An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. p. 161. ISBN 978-1586853082.
- ^ a b Pastier, John (1980). Cesar Pelli. Whitney Library of Design. pp. 30, 37. ISBN 9780246115041.
- ^ a b Hymon, Steve (April 6, 2004). "Century City Hospital Shutters ER Unit". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Costello, Daniel (August 23, 2008). "Hospital begins shutting down". Los Angeles Times.