Welton Becket
Welton David Becket (August 8, 1902 – January 16, 1969) was an American modern architect who designed many buildings in Los Angeles, California.
Welton Becket
January 16, 1969(1969-01-16) (aged 66)
Architect
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Welton Becket and Associates
First National Bank of Arizona Building, Phoenix, AZ, 1950
Welton Becket Residence, Los Angeles, CA, 1952
Mall, Long Beach, CA 1953
Los Altos Center
Los Angeles, CA, 1953
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Baptist Memorial Hospital, Kansas City, MO, 1953
(formerly the Police Administration Building), Los Angeles, CA, 1955 (demolished)
Parker Center
department store (now Walmart) at Panorama City Shopping Center, Panorama City, Los Angeles, CA, 1955[8]
The Broadway
Los Angeles, CA, Project Designer Lou Naidorf, 1956
Capitol Records Building
Phoenix, AZ, 1956
Park Central Mall
(formerly the Texaco Building) on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1957[9]
Ace Hotel Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, 1959 (demolished)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
expansion, Las Vegas, NV, 1959 (demolished)
Riviera Hotel and Casino
Los Angeles Customs House and Federal Office Building, Los Angeles, CA, 1960 (with and Paul R. Williams)
Albert C. Martin
San Francisco, CA, 1960
100 California Street
Clark County Courthouse, Las Vegas, NV, 1961 (with )
Zick & Sharp
Robert McCulloch Residence, Palm Springs, CA, 1962
(formerly a Seibu and Ohrbach's department store), Los Angeles, CA, 1962
Petersen Automotive Museum
Huntington Station, NY, 1962
Walt Whitman Shops
Interiors of the new Los Angeles International Airport, 1962
McCulloch Building (now Homewood Suites by Hilton LAX) Los Angeles, CA, 1962
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Security First National Bank, Los Angeles, CA, 1963 (demolished)
Warsaw, Poland, 1963
U.S. Embassy
Los Angeles, CA, 1963
Cinerama Dome
(masterplan), Los Angeles, CA, 1963
Century City
Century City, Los Angeles, CA, 1963
Gateway West Building
Phoenix, AZ, 1963
Biltmore Fashion Park
Hartford, CT 1963
Hartford National Bank
(formerly Humble Oil Building) Houston, TX, 1963
ExxonMobil Building
Las Vegas, NV, 1963
McCarran International Airport
Orange, CA, 1963
Orange Civic Center
(formally Century City Mall) Century City, Los Angeles, CA, 1964
Westfield Century City
Bartlesville, OK, 1964
Phillips Petroleum Building
Los Angeles, CA, 1964
Federal Building
North American Aviation Building, Los Angeles, 1964
(officially the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County), which includes Dorthy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 1964
Los Angeles Music Center
New York City, NY, 1964 (demolished)
Ford Pavilion
New York City, NY, 1964 (demolished)
General Electric Pavilion
Mutual Savings and Loan Building, Pasadena, CA, 1964
Airport Center Building (now Hyatt Place LAX / Century Blvd) Los Angeles, CA, 1965
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Santa Monica Shores Apartments, Santa Monica CA, 1967
(now known as the Riverplace Tower), Jacksonville, FL, 1967
Gulf Life Tower
Rochester, New York, 1967
Xerox Tower
Los Angeles, CA, 1968 (with William Pereira)
5900 Wilshire
La Habra, CA, 1968 (Welton Becket and Associates)
La Habra Fashion Square
Los Angeles, 1969
Equitable Life Building
San Francisco, CA, 1969
McKesson Plaza
San Francisco, CA, 1969
One California
Park Plaza Shopping Center, Oshkosh, WI, 1969
Los Angeles, CA, 1970
800 Wilshire
33 Washington Street, , 1971
Newark, New Jersey
(formerly the Bank One Center and Valley Bank Center), Phoenix, AZ, Project Designer MacDonald Becket, 1972
Chase Tower
Nashville, TN, 1972
Grand Ole Opry House
Knoxville, TN, 1972
Hyatt Regency
San Francisco, CA, 1972
One Market Plaza
San Francisco, CA, 1972
Union Bank Building
Pittsburgh, PA, 1972
One PNC Plaza
(formerly the AmSouth Center, AmSouth-Sonat Tower, and First National-Southern Natural Building), Birmingham, AL, 1972
Regions Center
(formerly Hampshire Plaza), Manchester, N.H., 1973
Brady Sullivan Plaza
Chase Plaza, Lexington, KY, 1973
United Plaza, Philadelphia, PA, 1974
Intourist Hotel, Moscow, Russia, 1976
Dallas, TX, 1978
Reunion Tower
Dallas, TX, 1978
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Washington, D. C. 1978
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Louisville, KY, 1978
Boise, ID, 1978
US Bank Plaza
Pittsburgh, PA, 1980
BNY Mellon Center
(formerly the GTE Building) Tampa, FL, 1981
One Tampa City Center
Stanton Tower, El Paso, TX, 1981
San Diego, CA, 1983
Wells Fargo Plaza
OneOK Plaza, Tulsa, OK, 1984 (with )
HKS, Inc.
New Orleans, LA, 1987
First Bank and Trust Tower
Skyview Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1987
Becket's extensive list of credits includes:[7]
Oral history — Perkins quote (pg. 75)
Bigfloridacountry.com: Video clip of construction of the Contemporary Resort
Bigfloridacountry.com: Contemporary Pictures
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession No. 2012.M.43
MacDonald Becket papers, Welton Becket and Associates
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession No. 2010.M.83