Theme Building

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The Theme Building is a futuristic, space-age landmark structure at Los Angeles International Airport known for its distinctive flying-saucer design and iconic mid-century modern architecture.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
landmark
restaurant building
architect Charles Luckman
Paul R. Williams
Welton Becket
William Pereira
architecturalFirm Pereira & Luckman
architecturalStyle Futurism
surface form: "Futurist architecture"

Googie architecture
Mid-century modern architecture
completionDate 1961
coordinates 33.941°N 118.401°W
country United States of America
designer Los Angeles City Department of Airports design team
EncounterRestaurantClosure 2014
EncounterRestaurantOpening 1997
formerTenant Encounter Restaurant
function observation deck
restaurant
hasLightingDesigner Disney Imagineering (for Encounter-era lighting)
hasPart central restaurant pod
elevated access bridge
observation deck
two intersecting parabolic arches
height ~39 meters
heritageDesignationBy Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission
heritageDesignationDate 1993
heritageStatus Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
inception 1961
location Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles
surface form: "Los Angeles, California"
materialUsed reinforced concrete
steel
notableFor example of Googie architecture at an airport
flying-saucer-like design
iconic symbol of Los Angeles International Airport
space-age aesthetic
openingDate 1961
operator Los Angeles World Airports
owner Los Angeles
surface form: "City of Los Angeles"
renovation seismic retrofit completed in 2010

Referenced by (3)

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Encounter Restaurant associatedWith Theme Building
this entity surface form: "Theme Building observation deck"
Encounter Restaurant locatedIn Theme Building

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