Southern California Gas Company Complex (Los Angeles, California) | office building, apartment building, historic landmark

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800, 810, 820 and 830 S. Flower St.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 955-5700

www.gascompanylofts.com
www.essexapartmenthomes.com/california/los-angeles-area...

The Southern California Gas Company Complex is a group of buildings on Flower Street in Downtown Los Angeles. The complex was originally used as offices by the Southern California Gas Company, but was later converted to lofts. The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Father and son architects Parkinson & Parkinson designed the Gas Company's 13-story headquarters tower in 1924. Hailed for its Renaissance Revival style, it heralded a new era in the city's growth.

In 1942 the Gas Company engaged renowned architect Robert Derrah to design a six-story expansion that combined modern minimalism and art deco styling.

In 1960 the Gas Company asked LA's most enduring architecture family, A.C. Martin, to construct a modern curtain wall building at 8th & Flower. The blue metal panels and white walls are symbolic of the Gas Company's logo and vision of a pristine future.