Century City Medical Plaza

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
TypeOffice tower; hospital
Architectural styleLate Modern architecture
Address2070-2080 Century Park East, Century City, Los Angeles, California 90067
Completed1969
Design and construction
ArchitectAnthony J. Lumsden & César Pelli
DeveloperRealtech Construction Co.
Website
ccmpla.com

Location

The building is located at 2070-2080 Century Park East in Century City, on the West side of Los Angeles in California.[1]

History

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, a Cedars Sinai/UCLA partnership providing in-patient rehabilitation and physical therapy treatment.

Heritage significance

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
  1. Century City Medical Plaza, Los Angeles Conservancy
  2. Gebhard, David; Winter, Robert (2009). An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. p. 161. ISBN 978-1586853082.
  3. Pastier, John (1980). Cesar Pelli. Whitney Library of Design. pp. 30, 37.
  4. Hymon, Steve (April 6, 2004). "Century City Hospital Shutters ER Unit". Los Angeles Times.
  5. Costello, Daniel (August 23, 2008). "Hospital begins shutting down". Los Angeles Times.
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