Water and Power

"In his 1970 book 'The Architecture of Four Ecologies,' architecture critic Reyner Banham glowingly called it 'the only public building in the whole city that genuinely graces the scene, lifts the spirit and sits in firm control of the whole basis of human existence in Los Angeles.'"

The Los Angeles Times reports the death of architect Albert C. Martin, Jr., who designed the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power building in 1965.

Scott Timberg adds an analysis in the Los Angeles Times.