Images of Los Angeles Central Library and Extension, by Bertram Goodhue and Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. Digital Imaging Project: Art historical images of European and North American architecture and sculpture from classical Greek to Post-modern. Scanned from slides taken on site by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton College.

Los Angeles Central Library and Extension

Bertram Goodhue
1926
Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates
1993

The main facade
This landmark building, one of the last designed by Goodhue, has a tall central tower, topped by a tiled mosaic pyramid. See also his skyscraper State Capitol building in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Like the piers between the windows in the Nebraska State Capitol, these terminate in figural sculpture. Other figurative sculpture decorates the entrances. Lee Lawrie was responsible for the bas reliefs and statuary.

The terraces at the main entrance

The lower entrance

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	The main facade This landmark building, one of the last designed by Goodhue, has a tall central tower, topped by a tiled mosaic pyramid. See also his skyscraper State Capitol building in Lincoln, Nebraska.



Like the piers between the windows in the Nebraska State Capitol, these terminate in figural sculpture. Other figurative sculpture decorates the entrances. Lee Lawrie was responsible for the bas reliefs and statuary.




The terraces at the main entrance


	The lower entrance