Gateway West Building | |
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Gateway West (with Century City neon sign) as viewed from Santa Monica Boulevard, 1978
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General information | |
Status | Demolished |
Type | Office |
Architectural style | International Style |
Location | 1801 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, California |
Coordinates | 34°03′37″N 118°25′06″W / 34.06027°N 118.41842°WCoordinates: 34°03′37″N 118°25′06″W / 34.06027°N 118.41842°W |
Construction started | December 1961 |
Completed | 1963 |
Demolished | 2015 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 13 |
Floor area | 250,000 sq ft (23,000 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Welton Becket |
Gateway West Building was a skyscraper in Century City, Los Angeles, California.
The Gateway West Building was located on the southwest corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and the Avenue of the Stars in Century City, a suburb of Los Angeles.
Completed in 1963, Gateway West was the first building erected in Century City—an architectural plan that converted the back lot of 20th Century Fox into a modern neighbourhood with skyscrapers. Designed in the International Style by renowned architect Welton Becket (1902-1969), it was 173.56 feet (52.90 m) high and had a façade made of aluminum.
Gateway West was demolished in 2015 to make way for an expansion of Westfield Century City.
As the first high-rise building erected in Century City, this building represented the new style of the neighbourhood.