Equitable Life Building (Los Angeles)

For the early 20th-century building in Downtown Los Angeles, see Equitable Building (Downtown Los Angeles).

The Equitable Life Building is a 138 m (453 ft) International style skyscraper in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was completed in 1969 and has 34 floors. It is tied with the Los Angeles City Hall for the 39th tallest building in Los Angeles. Welton Becket & Associates designed the building for the Equitable Life Insurance Company. The facade is made of precast concrete that was sandblasted to expose the beige Texas limestone aggregate.

Equitable Life Building
Equitable Life Building, viewed from 6th street
Alternative names	Center Bank Building
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Commercial offices
Architectural style	International style Modernism
Location	3435 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34.0621°N 118.2984°W / 34.0621; -118.2984
Completed	1969
Height
Roof	138 m (453 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	34 5 below ground
Lifts/elevators	34
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Welton Becket & Associates
Structural engineer	Welton Becket & Associates
Main contractor	Turner Construction
References
[1][2][3]

The lobby of the Equitable Life Building hosts art in its vitrines. This space is called Equitable Vitrines. These vitrines have hosted art including Jennifer Moon's Will You Still Love Me: Learning to Love Yourself, It Is The Greatest Gift of All in 2014-2015.^[4] In an interview with Ocula Magazine, Equitable Vitrines founders Ellie Lee and Matt Connolly explained that they realised through negotiations with the building's management, 'bureaucrats, artists, and tenants—each required a different way of thinking and speaking about what art is and what it can or should do.'^[5]

Since March 2, 2015, the Equitable Life Building has served as the chancery of the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles, occupying part of its fifth floor.^[6]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Los Angeles

References

1. "Equitable Life Building". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
2. "Emporis building ID 116485". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "Equitable Life Building". SkyscraperPage.
4. Eler, Alicia (February 12, 2015). "An Artist Turns Surveillance into Affection". Hyperallergic. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
5. Das, Jareh (31 January 2020). "Equitable Vitrines: Public Art and Contested Space". Ocula Magazine.
6. "PHL Consulate General in Los Angeles moves to serve public better" (Press release). Department of Foreign Affairs. February 25, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2020.