Equitable Life Building
- Architect
- Welton Becket
- Year
- 1969
- Style
- International Style
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
The Equitable Life Building is a 453-foot, 34-story International Style tower in Koreatown, completed in 1969 by Welton Becket & Associates for the Equitable Life Insurance Company. It is tied with Los Angeles City Hall as the 43rd-tallest building in the city.
the building
Facade material. The exterior is precast concrete that was sandblasted to expose its beige Texas limestone aggregate, giving the tower's International Style grid a warmer, textured surface than the typical glass curtain walls of its era.
The Equitable Vitrines. The lobby's display cases, known as the Equitable Vitrines, have hosted rotating art installations, including Jennifer Moon's Will You Still Love Me: Learning to Love Yourself, It Is The Greatest Gift of All in 2014-2015, arranged by founders Ellie Lee and Matt Connolly through negotiations with building management and tenants.
the style
Built in 1969, the tower is a late example of the International Style's glass-and-grid vocabulary applied to a Koreatown office tower, distinguished mainly by its sandblasted concrete-and-limestone skin rather than a glass curtain wall.
More on International Stylethe architect
Welton Becket & Associates, the Los Angeles firm behind numerous mid-century towers, designed the building for the Equitable Life Insurance Company.
significance
Since March 2, 2015, the building has served as the chancery of the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles, occupying part of its fifth floor.
nearby
- Chapman Park Studio Building
- Chapman Park Market Building
- Brown Derby
- Immanuel Presbyterian Church
- St. Basil Catholic Church
- Wilshire Boulevard Temple