Famed Architect Coming to South Bay
In case you missed it in today's paper.
Famed architect moving to El Segundo
By Muhammed El-HasanWorld-renowned architect Frank Gehry, famous for his synthesis of architecture and art in such projects as the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, plans to move his firm to El Segundo, according to city officials.
Gehry will move Gehry Partners LLP from its Los Angeles headquarters to a pair of El Segundo buildings that share a property line, at 2352 Utah Ave. and 2345Alaska Ave.
The two buildings combine for about 60,000 square feet of space, enough to house Gehry's staff of 250 people, said Bill Crowe, El Segundo's assistant city manager.
"We expect him between the end of the year and early 2009," Crowe said of Gehry's move.
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