Architecture in Los Angeles

Overshadowed by the theme park opposite it, this small museum explores a major moment in American history.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

This house turned museum chronicles the life and work of Richard Neutra.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.