Los Angeles landmarks first Corporate Modern downtown skyscraper

The Los Angeles City Council has voted to support a Historic Cultural Monument (HCM) application for the Union Bank Square complex in Downtown Los Angeles. 

The designation makes the 40-story office tower, designed by New York City architects Harrison & Abramovitz in conjunction with A.C. Martin & Associates in 1967, the first downtown skyscraper in the city to receive this rarefied designation. The tower complex features a 2.25-acre tree-filled plaza at its base that is situated above a retail and parking plinth. The plaza is designed by Garrett Eckbo of Eckbo, Dean, Austin & Williams, one of the most prominent landscape architects of the post-World War II era. 

Harrison & Abramovitz built widely around the country, as well, especially in New York City; Among the most famous works of the firm are the former Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, the Corning Museum of Glas...