40 N. Western Ave.

Architects: Jeffrey Daniels Elyse Grinstein
Year: 1989
Style: Postmodernism
City: Los Angeles, CA

Completed in 1989 at 40 N. Western Avenue in Mid-Wilshire, this building was designed by Jeffrey Daniels and Elyse Grinstein in a novelty, postmodern idiom, an example of architecture built to be instantly recognizable from the street rather than blend into its surroundings.

the style

Classed as novelty architecture, the building uses a postmodern, attention-grabbing form rather than conventional commercial massing, a style meant to function almost like a sign for passing traffic.

the architect

Jeffrey Daniels and Elyse Grinstein designed the building; no further biographical detail is recorded here.

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Chapman Park Studio Building 0.7 mi · 1929
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