Beverly Hills Civic Center

The Beverly Hills Civic Center is a landmark building serving as a civic center in Beverly Hills, California.

Palm Court inside the Beverly Hills Civic Center
Map of the Beverly Hills Civic Center
Beverly Hills Civic Center
Entrance of Beverly Hills Civic Center
General information
TypeCivic center
Architectural styleHybrid: Spanish Revival, Art Deco and Post-Modern
Address455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 90210
Completed1990
Design and construction
ArchitectCharles Moore

Location

The Beverly Hills Civic Center stands at 455 North Rexford Drive in Beverly Hills, California.[1]

History

In 1982, as the adjacent Beverly Hills City Hall was being renovated, the project to build this civic center was put forward.[2]

The building was designed by Charles Moore (1925-1993).[1][2][3][4] Drawing upon the Spanish Revival architecture of the city hall, Moore designed this building in a mixture of Spanish Revival, Art Deco and Post-Modern styles. It includes courtyards, colonnades, promenades, and buildings, with both open and semi-enclosed spaces, stairways and balconies.[1] It was completed in 1990.[2]

As part of the Beverly Hills Centennial Arts of Palm Installation in 2014, the Palm Court of the Civic Center displayed a temporary mosaic mural by R. Kenton Nelson and an art piece by Michael C. McMillen.[5]

Secondary source
  • Robin E. Johnson, The Beverly Hills Civic Center by Charles Moore: The Semiotics of Wealth and Power, California State University, Northridge, 1992, 376 pages.[6]

References
  1. Beverly Hills Civic Center, Los Angeles Conservancy
  2. City of Beverly Hills: Civic Center
  3. Allen John Scott, Edward W. Soja, The City: Los Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the Twentieth Century, Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 1998, p. 57
  4. Dorothy Rice, Beverly Hills With Love: Paintings and Text, Glen House Communications, 1998, p. 35
  5. City of Beverly Hills: Beverly Hills Centennial Arts of Palm Installation
  6. Google Books
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