Jerde architecture firm will quit congested Venice for downtown Los Angeles
A mural by Hugo Ballin, titled “Power,” in the lobby at downtown’s CalEdison Building. The historic Art Deco-style office building, formerly known as One Bunker Hill, will house an architecture firm that’s leaving the Venice boardwalk.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)Jerde Partnership will move in February to the former headquarters of Southern California Edison Co., a 13-story, Art Deco-style landmark completed on Bunker Hill in 1931.
The elevator lobby inside the historic CalEdison Building.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)Windows are reflected on the marble floor into a bright sitting area and coffee bar inside the CalEdison Building.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)Architecture firm The Jerde Partnership is moving its offices from Venice to the historic Art Deco-style CalEdison Building in downtown L.A.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)In the CalEdison Building, a coffered ceiling rests 30 feet high in the lobby.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)The Fifth Street entrance to the historic CalEdison Building.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)Elevator door detail inside the CalEdison Building.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)The lobby with public entrance and coffee bar inside the historic CalEdison Building.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)The CalEdison building, right, set against the US Bank Tower, left, in Los Angeles.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)Relief panels by Merrell Gage above the entrance to the CalEdison Building, formerly known as One Bunker Hill.
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