Does anybody have better pictures of the new Caltrans Tower?

[Daortiz]

The other day that I went downtown I saw it for the first time and it is an amazing building, I was in shock that I have not heard more about it
it has an interesting deconstructivist architecture I think, even though I am not an expert.

The new $165.2 million home to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 7 will feature 1,142 parking spaces, a vehicle repair shop and warehouse space. The design-builder is Main and First Design/Build Associates, an entity composed of contractor Clark Construction, Bethesda, Md.; design architect Morphosis, Santa Monica, Calif.; and architect of record Gruen Associates, Los Angeles

http://img8.exs.cx/img8/9862/1179114.jpg

http://img8.exs.cx/img8/9901/caltrans1.jpg

http://img8.exs.cx/img8/6551/caltrans2.jpg

http://img8.exs.cx/img8/1396/caltrans3.jpg

http://img8.exs.cx/img8/92/caltrans4.jpg

[Daortiz]

I found one more :D

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/688/CaltransHQ.jpg

[Money Man]

WoW!!That's an awesome looking building. Very different from the rest of the area. It rivals that of Disney Concert Hall for flare and irregularity. :)

[vicecityguy]

Here in downtown LA they are calling it the Death Star! :)

[savvysearch]

Are they going to put another skin on the building? It's black, but the renderings make it look metallic/silver.

[Daortiz]

Are they going to put another skin on the building? It's black, but the renderings make it look metallic/silver.

I think the building is almost completed but I don't remember seeing a metalic skin, just parts of it
but the whole side of the building reminds me of the really old old old cards used in the IBM mainframes from the early 70's :)

[savvysearch]

I don't really like it as much as I thought I would. Maybe I have to see it up close. I just don't think black buildings look all that great in LA.

[New Jack City]

The rendering's glass looks much shinier than the built one, nice shaped building.

[Imperial Teen]

I don't really like it as much as I thought I would. Maybe I have to see it up close. I just don't think black buildings look all that great in LA.


Savvy,

I think that the building is pretty cool. It is "bold new modernism". It's a great building. Why doesn't it look good in IYO?

[Steve2726]

Here is a new article and several photos-
http://www.theslatinreport.com/top_story.jsp?StoryName=0111caltrans2.txt&Topic=Finance&fromPage=

and another-
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/08/arts/design/08calt.html?ex=1260248400&en=7360902f19d71b16&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

and this is the architects website-
http://www.morphosis.net/morph.html

http://www.theslatinreport.com/pictures/caltransoverhed.jpg

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2004/12/08/arts/08caltL.jpg

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2004/12/07/arts/CALTRAN.slide4.jpg

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2004/12/07/arts/CALTRAN.slide5.jpg

[lazar22b]

wow, that building is amazing!

[LAuniverse]

^It (and its architect Thom Mayne) is part of the reason LA is our nation's most progressive architectural city at the moment.