The Pacific Design Center
, or PDC
, is a multi-use facility for the design community located in West Hollywood, California. One of the buildings is often described as the Blue Whale
because of its outsize nature relative to surrounding buildings and its brilliant blue glass cladding.
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Site and Brief
The PDC houses the West Coast's top decorating and furniture market, with showrooms, public and private spaces, a branch of the
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and two restaurants operated by chef and restaurateur
Wolfgang Puck. The Center has 130 showrooms which display and sell 2,100 interior product lines to professional interior designers, architects, facility managers, decorators and dealers.
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The Pacific Design Center hosts many screenings, exhibitions, lectures, meetings, special events and receptions for the design, entertainment and arts communities. The
Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party
has traditionally been held at the PDC. The party is one of the longest running and best known of the post-Oscar parties as well as being a multi-million dollar fundraiser for the foundation.
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Architecture
Designed by architect
Cesar Pelli, the 14 acre campus opened in 1975, with the
Center Blue
.
Center Green
opened in 1988, adding . A long planned third phase,
Center Red
, was announced in April 2006, with plans for completion in 2008. Center Red has evolved into a structure with two state-of-the-art office towers — six and eight stories high respectively — sitting atop seven levels of enclosed parking for 1,500 cars.
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References
- About PDC
- EJAF Fundraising
- Cesar Pelli Finally Sees “Red”: Long-awaited LA building will complete triad at Pacific Design Center
- Developer Charles C. Cohen and architect Cesar Pelli unveil plans for 'red', a spectacular 400,000 sf red glass office building that completes Pacific Design Center master plan