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American architect
Stiles Oliver Clements (March 2, 1883 – January 15, 1966) was an architect practicing in Los Angeles and
Southern California .
History
Clements trained at the
École des Beaux-Arts , Paris. He was a key figure in the 1920s
Art Deco architectural movement, and 1930s
Streamline Moderne style, in Los Angeles. He also designed in
historicist motifs and
revivalism styles, such as the
Adamson House in the
Spanish Colonial Revival and
Moorish Revival styles .
Stiles O. Clements was a partner with Octavius Morgan and John Walls in the firm of
Morgan, Walls & Clements , known for his exuberant themed designs that included the
Mayan Theater and
Wiltern Theatre , and the famous Art Deco
Richfield Tower . He also formed the firm of Stiles Clements & Associates.
Jefferson High School — Los Angeles, California;
Streamline Moderne style (1935).
Notable buildings
1926 Masque Theatre Building —(Present day
Hayworth Theatre + La Fonda ) — 2509 Wilshire Boulevard
1926
El Capitan Theater Building —
Hollywood Boulevard ,
Hollywood , California.
1927:
Mayan Theater —
Downtown Los Angeles ;
Mayan Revival architecture .
1927: McKinley Building — Los Angeles (demolished 2004).
1920–1929: Chapman Market — Sixth Street,
Koreatown, Los Angeles .
1929:
Adamson House —
Malibu , California;
Spanish Colonial Revival and
Moorish Revival architecture .
1929:
Richfield Tower — Downtown Los Angeles,
Art Deco (demolished 1969).
[4]
1929: Samson Uniroyal Tire Factory (present day
Citadel Outlets mall) —
City of Commerce , Southern California; designed in
Mesopotamian Revival style, inspired by the Assyrian
Dur-Sharrukin (Palace of Sargon II)
34°00′24″N 118°09′15″W / 34.006775°N 118.154196°W / 34.006775; -118.154196
1931: Dominguez-Wilshire Building — 5410
Wilshire Boulevard , Los Angeles, (
Morgan, Walls & Clements )
1931:
Leimert Cinema —
Leimert Park , Los Angeles
[5]
1931:
Pellissier Building and Wiltern Theatre — Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles; Art Deco style.
1935:
Jefferson High School — South Los Angeles;
Streamline Moderne style.
1936: KEHE/
KFI /KECA Radio Building — Los Angeles (demolished 2003)
[6]
1938:
Coulter's Department Store, Wilshire Branch —
Miracle Mile , Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles; moderne style (demolished 1980).
[7]
1938:
Philharmonic Auditorium remodel of Clune's Auditorium for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra — Downtown Los Angeles (demolished 1980s).
1939: "Swim Gym",
Beverly Hills High School —
Beverly Hills , California.
1939: Facade of the refurbished
Blackstone Building (Los Angeles)
1949:
Mullen & Bluett Building —
Miracle Mile , Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles; moderne style (demolished 2006); (disputed, may have been designed by son Robert Clements, Sr.)
[8]
1954: Occidental Savings Bank,
Valley Plaza , 12140
Victory Boulevard ,
North Hollywood, Los Angeles
[9]
References
^
Clements, Stiles O. [
permanent dead link ] architect record. ArchitectDB, Architecture and Urban Planning Library, University of Washington.
^ "Miracle Mile Designer Stiles Clements Dies". Los Angeles Times , January 16, 1966: 3.
^
"Finding Aid for the Stiles O. Clements drawings of the Coulter Dry Goods Co. Department Store, 1937-1938" .
Online Archive of California . oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 25 October 2015 .
^
Richfield Oil Building , Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress.
^
Leimert Park Theater , Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress.
^
KEHE Radio Studios , Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress.
^
Coulter's Department Store , Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress.
^ Pool, Bob.
"A Wilshire jewel, or imitation?" . Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2003.
^
"Occidental Savings Bank Opens Doors Tomorrow" . Valley Times (North Hollywood, CA). January 21, 1954.
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