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Welton David Becket (August 8, 1902 – January 16, 1969) was an American modern architect who designed many buildings in Los Angeles, California.
After studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Fontainebleau for four months and traveling Europe with fellow classmate Paul Thiry for two months, Becket moved to California. By chance he ran into former UW classmate, Walter Wurdeman in 1930.
Dec 26, 2016 · He moved to Los Angeles in 1933 and formed a partnership with his University of Washington classmate Walter Wurdeman and architect Charles F. Plummer. Their first major commission was the Pan-Pacific Auditorium in 1935, which won them residential jobs from James Cagney, Robert Montgomery, and other film celebrities.
Mar 4, 2009 · Prolific L.A. architect Welton Becket (1902-1969) designed dozens of buildings in Los Angeles between the 1930s and 1960s that reflected and shaped a distinctive L.A. aesthetic. Becket built the Cinerama Theater on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard in 1963.
Aug 16, 2024 · The Welton Becket architectural drawings and photographs document the career of this architect whose iconic designs defined the built environment of Los Angeles in the mid-twentieth century.
In his last year in Seattle, Welton lived at at home with his mother, and sibling, Evro, at 2552 5th Avenue North in Seattle. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1932, p. 170.) In the midst of the Depression, in 1933, Becket relocated to Los Angeles, CA.
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Jul 1, 2015 · A native of Seattle, Becket came to Los Angeles in 1933 and quickly gained notoriety when he and his partners designed the Streamline Moderne Pan-Pacific Auditorium. Much of the building, in L.A.’s Fairfax District, was destroyed by fire in 1989.
