Filmland Corporate Center, now called the Sony Pictures Plaza was designed by Los Angeles-based architect Maxwell Starkman in 1986. The architect, best known for his design of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance, began his career building tract homes for the post-World War II Southern California housing boom. His gift for drawing was encouraged at an early age. He went on to study art at Central Technical School during which time he was offered a job with one of Toronto's leading architectural firms, Kaplan and Sprachman. With the outbreak of World War II, He joined the Royal Canadian Engineers and was posted to London.
When the war ended, Starkman returned home, graduating with honors from the University of Manitoba. A short time afterwards, he accepted a position in the office of Modernist Architect Richard Neutra in Los Angeles. It didn't take long for him to recognize the commercial possibilities in booming Los Angeles; in a short period of time he left Neutra to start up his own firm. Espousing "architecture for investment" — combining design and construction to complete projects quickly and return speedy profits to investors, he designed more than 20,000 single-family homes and thousands of apartment projects, pioneered shopping centers, office buildings, luxury condominiums, hotels and mixed-use projects including.he Dunes hotel tower on the Las Vegas Strip where the Bellagio now stands and the Mirabella Condominiums in the Wilshire Corridor. By 1983 Maxwell Starkman & Associates was ranked as the fourth largest architectural firm in the U.S.
The dramatic, cantilevered building was the headquarters of Wolfram & Hart, the demonic law firm featured in the television show, "Angel". Located at 10202 W. Washington Boulevard in Culver City, California.
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Architect Max Starkman designed the Modernist style apartment building in 1955. The building is a good example of a dingbat building with over-hanging street-front parking and signature lettering in the mid-century style. Located at 324 South Kenmore Avenue in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.
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Architect Max Starkman designed the Modernist style house for Morris and Evelyn Felcen in 1954. The house is located at 1919 San Ysidro Drive in Bevely Hills, California. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved.
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Filmland Corporate Center, now called the Sony Pictures Plaza was designed by Los Angeles-based architect Maxwell Starkman in 1986. The architect, best known for his design of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance, began his career building tract homes for the post-World War II Southern California housing boom. His gift for drawing was encouraged at an early age. He went on to study art at Central Technical School during which time he was offered a job with one of Toronto's leading architectural firms, Kaplan and Sprachman. With the outbreak of World War II, He joined the Royal Canadian Engineers and was posted to London.
When the war ended, Starkman returned home, graduating with honors from the University of Manitoba. A short time afterwards, he accepted a position in the office of Modernist Architect Richard Neutra in Los Angeles. It didn't take long for him to recognize the commercial possibilities in booming Los Angeles; in a short period of time he left Neutra to start up his own firm. Espousing "architecture for investment" — combining design and construction to complete projects quickly and return speedy profits to investors, he designed more than 20,000 single-family homes and thousands of apartment projects, pioneered shopping centers, office buildings, luxury condominiums, hotels and mixed-use projects including.he Dunes hotel tower on the Las Vegas Strip where the Bellagio now stands and the Mirabella Condominiums in the Wilshire Corridor. By 1983 Maxwell Starkman & Associates was ranked as the fourth largest architectural firm in the U.S.
The dramatic, cantilevered building was the headquarters of Wolfram & Hart, the demonic law firm featured in the television show, "Angel". Located at 10202 W. Washington Boulevard in Culver City, California.
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The Spanish Colonial Revival style house, originally built in 1926 has been extensively remodeled over the years by architects Maxwell Starkman (1967), Buff & Hensman (1980) and Richard Turner (1988, 1991).
I have included it in the Buff & Hensman archive although the house is not in their typical oeuvre.
The house is located at 712 North Palm Drive in Beverly Hills California. Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved
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