California Plaza & Bunker Hill Development
Los Angeles, California, USA
Planned and Designed 1980, with Kamnitzer & Cotton, Gruen Associates.
California Plaza was a winning entry in an international developer/architect competition for the redevelopment of 11 acres
of land (four downtown city blocks) in the Bunker Hill Redevelopment area of Los Angeles. The proposal included over a
million square feet of office space, 750 units of condominium housing, a 400-room luxury hotel, 82,000 square feet of retail
space; and a 33,000 square feet Museum of Contemporary Arts. The project urban design concept was to integrate the
project's diverse uses with the surrounding area and provide an active link between the down-town office core and the
Music Centre, proposed at opposite ends of the site. The solution incorporated cultural, recreational and commercial activities, which
combined to create a new public and commercial focus for the greater Los Angeles region.
See "Commercial Buildings" for more California Plaza photos.