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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.
Jan 28, 2017 · So when Welton Becket, the new headquarters’ architect, showed him a model of the multistoried circular tower, Wallichs was annoyed. It would look like an advertising gimmick, Wallichs said,...
- Alan Hess
Mar 6, 2003 · In his 1972 book on Becket, “Total Design: Architecture of Welton Becket and Associates,” author William Dudley Hunt sketched the architect as a player of golf and pool, a drinker of Scotch ...
Burns paired up with J. Paul Campbell, and commissioned architects Walter Wurdeman and Welton Becket to design the house. The pair was a very logical choice:
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.
Aug 10, 2002 · To the family and fans gathered at Trader Vic's Thursday night, Welton Becket was an architect whose work is often seen but whose name is not much heard.
Born in Seattle in 1902, Becket studied architecture at the University of Washington. He and schoolmate Walter Wurdeman moved to Los Angeles in 1933. With Charles Plummer, they formed the partnership Plummer, Wurdeman and Becket, designing restaurants and shops, including the 1935 Clifton’s Brookdale Cafeteria downtown.
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