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76-621: Located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, the center is one of two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum and draws 1.8 million visitors annually. (The other location is the Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles , California .) The center branch of the museum features pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts; and photographs from

152-578: A Residents Association of some kind. While the annual County of Los Angeles homeless count rarely attributes more than 50 persons as homeless in Brentwood, the majority of the homeless persons are Veterans. While the VA does have available beds and treatment programs, many Veterans find it hard to take the first step to accept VA assistance for a variety of reasons, including deep mistrust of the VA, dishonorable discharges that prevent them from receiving services,

228-402: A Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, due to the long, uninterrupted border of urban-wildlife interface in the hillsides that has resulted in multiple fires over many years, destroying entire neighborhoods and requiring numerous evacuations. For this reason, the Brentwood community has been strongly in favor of halting all further development in the hillside and canyon areas. On November 6, 1961,

304-425: A circular grass area, which serves as a heliport in case of emergencies, and the south promontory is anchored by a succulent plant and cactus garden. The complex is also encircled by access roads that lead to loading docks and staff parking garages on both the west and east sides of the buildings. The hillside around the complex has been planted with California Live Oak ( Quercus agrifolia ) trees. The museum has

380-606: A construction crew working in Sherman Oaks in the San Fernando Valley north of Brentwood on the far side of the Santa Monica Mountains noticed smoke and flames in a nearby pile of rubbish. Within minutes, Santa Ana winds gusting up to 60 mph (100 km/h) sent burning brush aloft and over the ridge into Brentwood. More than 300 police officers helped evacuate 3,500 residents during

456-417: A different homeowners association . Brentwood's Barrington Recreation Center has an indoor gymnasium which converts into a small auditorium with a capacity of 250. Outdoors is a lighted baseball diamond, an unlighted baseball diamond, lighted indoor basketball courts, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, picnic tables and lighted tennis courts. As of March 2018, Barrington Park received

532-643: A fire truck to pass over it. Inside the museum, the sprinkler system is designed to balance "between the potential damage of a fire and the risk of water damage to valuable artwork". The 2013 videogame Grand Theft Auto V features a museum based on the Getty Center, called the Kortz Center. Brentwood, Los Angeles Brentwood is a suburban neighborhood in the Westside region of Los Angeles , California. Modern development began after

608-605: A grade of "D" from the Los Angeles Parks and Recreation Department due its poor facilities; upon investigation, the Brentwood Community Council discovered $ 1.1 million in missing funds that were supposed to be used for capital upgrades at the park and successfully fought the city for their return. With the funds back in place, the Community has worked to improve the park. The Barrington Dog Park

684-658: A group dedicated only to residents under 40, called Brentwood '49. City Services are provided by the Los Angeles Fire Department Station 19 in Brentwood. The Los Angeles Police Department operates the West Los Angeles Community Police Station in West Los Angeles , serving Brentwood. The City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power provide utilities. All areas of Brentwood are served by

760-438: A high percentage for the city and the county. The percentages of residents in that age range with a bachelor's degree or greater were high for the county. Schools within the Brentwood borders are as follows: The public elementary schools in the area are Kenter Canyon Elementary School (an LAUSD charter school ) and Brentwood Science Magnet Elementary School (an LAUSD alternative school ). Paul Revere Charter Middle School

836-478: A mile of Bel Air and Brentwood. The fires were the fifth-worst conflagration in the nation's history at the time, burning 16,090 acres (65 km ), destroying more than 484 homes and 190 other structures and causing an estimated $ 30 million in damage. Brentwood was the site of the 1994 stabbing deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman , outside Nicole Brown Simpson's Bundy Drive townhouse. Nicole's ex-husband, football player and actor O. J. Simpson ,

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912-625: A natural state, was announced in 1983. The top of the hill is 900 feet (270 m) above sea level, high enough that on a clear day it is possible to see not only the Los Angeles skyline but also the San Bernardino Mountains , and San Gabriel Mountains to the east as well as the Pacific Ocean to the west. The price tag of the center totaled $ 733 million which includes $ 449 million for construction, $ 115 million for

988-467: A residential scholars program. At the Getty Center, GRI is located to the west of the museum. The round building encircles a landscaped garden and is located to the west of the central garden. The main entrance of GRI is connected by a terrace to the main arrival court of the museum, with outdoor sculptures placed along the route. GRI has one art gallery on its entrance level that is open to the public. Meier also designed three other buildings located next to

1064-681: A series of articles in the Los Angeles Times about the spending practices of the Getty Trust and its then-president Barry Munitz , the California Attorney General conducted an investigation of the Getty Trust and found that no laws had been broken. The trust agreed to appoint an outside monitor to review future expenditures. The Getty Trust experienced financial difficulties in 2008 and 2009 and cut 205 of 1,487 budgeted staff positions to reduce expenses. Although

1140-404: A seven-story deep underground parking garage with over 1,200 parking spaces. Its roof has an outdoor sculpture garden. An automated three-car, cable-pulled hovertrain people mover , the " Getty Center Tram ", takes passengers between the parking garage at the bottom of the hill and the museum at the top of the hill. Visitors typically arrive at a tram station in the arrival plaza located between

1216-467: A two-block stretch offering a wide variety of cuisine. Dutton's Brentwood Books, a local landmark called by Sunset magazine "the last of the truly independent bookstores", closed its doors in April 2008. Brentwood and Pacific Palisades both chose to form community councils in order to have an independent voice with regard to issues that impact their communities, such as their joint Community Plan, which

1292-816: A visitors center in New Harmony, Indiana (completed 1979), and for the High Museum of Art in Atlanta , Georgia (completed 1983). Although Meier was an acclaimed architect for years, his design for the Getty Center , a large museum complex in Los Angeles (completed 1997), brought him an elevated level of recognition. Other notable commissions from this period include museums such as the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art in Spain (completed 1995) and

1368-642: Is Lindsey Horvath . Brentwood is represented in the California State Senate by Ben Allen and in the California State Assembly by Richard Bloom . The United States Postal Service operates the Barrington Post Office in Brentwood. Ted Lieu represents the area in the U.S. House of Representatives . Seventy percent of Brentwood residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000,

1444-672: Is "always changing, never twice the same". After the original design, an outdoor sculpture garden, called the "Lower Terrace Garden" was added in 2007 on the west side of the central garden just below the scholar's wing of the GRI building. The Getty Research Institute (GRI) is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts". Among other holdings, GRI's research library contains over 900,000 volumes of books, periodicals, and auction catalogs; special collections; and two million photographs of art and architecture. GRI's other activities include exhibitions, publications, and

1520-509: Is Brentwood's public middle school. High school students are zoned to University High School in West Los Angeles , and Palisades Charter High School , in the nearby neighborhood of Pacific Palisades . The following private schools are located in the Brentwood area: Los Angeles Public Library operates the Donald Bruce Kaufman - Brentwood Branch Library. Richard Meier Richard Meier (born October 12, 1934)

1596-420: Is a City approved document that governs the aesthetics of zoning and design for the neighborhoods. The Brentwood Community Council holds monthly public meetings, as does its Land Use Committee, and has been a powerful and effective voice for the community since the 1990s. The BCC Board includes members from all local HOA's, plus members representing schools, business, environment, transportation, civic affairs and

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1672-463: Is a cost for parking in the garage depending on the day of the week and time visited. The Getty Center features a tram to allow for visitors to use to transport them up the hills to the center itself. The tram runs continuously throughout the day. The J. Paul Getty Museum's estimated 1.8 million visitors annually make it one of the most visited museums in the United States. The collection of

1748-754: Is across the street from the recreation center and is part of Barrington Veterans Park, which is owned by the West LA VA and leased to the City of Los Angeles. The vast majority of office space in Brentwood is rented to professional services firms: accountants, lawyers, medical care. There are three upscale commercial areas: Brentwood Country Mart, Barrington Plaza and the San Vicente Business District, which include restaurants, clothing stores, and other high-end retailers. A few long time businesses should be noted: Brent-Air Pharmacy, run by

1824-675: Is also a second cousin of Peter Eisenman , an architect, theorist, and fellow member of The New York Five . In New York City, Meier worked briefly in 1959 for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill , and then for three years for Marcel Breuer before starting his own firm in 1963. In 1972, he was identified as one of The New York Five , a group of modernist architects: Meier, Peter Eisenman , Michael Graves , Charles Gwathmey , and John Hejduk . Early in his career, Meier worked with artists such as painter Frank Stella and favored structures that were white and geometric. Meier first gained recognition for his designs for various houses, for The Atheneum ,

1900-622: Is an American abstract artist and architect, whose geometric designs make prominent use of the color white. A winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1984, Meier has designed several iconic buildings including the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art , the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and San Jose City Hall . In 2018, some of Meier's employees accused him of sexual assault, which led to him resigning from his firm in 2021. Meier

1976-623: Is closed to the public and provides staff workspace and storage areas. Five public, two-story towers on the base are called the North, East, South, West and the Exhibitions Pavilions. The Exhibitions Pavilion acts as the temporary residence for traveling art collections and the Foundation's artwork for which the permanent pavilions have no room. The permanent collection is displayed throughout the other four pavilions chronologically:

2052-597: Is defined by ridges and canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains and is located in a Cal-Fire designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone; south of Sunset the area is mostly flat. The area South of San Vicente features an underground spring which bubbles up into a small creek along "the Gully" near the Brentwood Country Club. The 2000 U.S. census counted 31,344 residents in the 15.22-square-mile Brentwood neighborhood —or 2,059 people per square mile. In 2008,

2128-595: Is one of the last reminders of that namesake. Local traditions include a Maypole erected each year on the lawn of the Archer School for Girls , carrying on that set by the Eastern Star Home previously housed there. This building was the exterior establishing shot for the "Mar Vista Rest Home" that provided a key scene in the 1974 film Chinatown . The State Cal-Fire Authority officially designated Brentwood, from Mulholland down to Sunset Boulevard,

2204-706: The Getty Conservation Institute , the Getty Foundation , and the J. Paul Getty Trust . The center's design included special provisions to address concerns regarding earthquakes and fires. Originally, the Getty Museum started in J. Paul Getty 's house located in Pacific Palisades in 1954. He expanded the house with a museum wing. In the 1970s, Getty built a replica of an Italian villa on his home's land to better house his collection, which opened in 1974. After Getty's death in 1976,

2280-597: The Northridge earthquake struck. It caused "disturbing hairline cracks... in the welds and plated joints of the steel framework". As a result, the steelwork through the site was retrofitted. The center's buildings are thought to be able to survive an earthquake of 7.5 magnitude on the Richter scale . In the 16 electrical transformers at the center, silicone fluid is used as a coolant "with less risk of ignition" than hydrocarbon coolant. The native flammable chaparral

2356-1001: The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California (completed 1996); The Hague, The Netherlands City Hall (completed 1995) and San Jose City Hall (completed 2005); commercial buildings such as the reconstruction of City Tower in Prague, Czech Republic (completed 2008); and residential buildings such as 173 and 176 Perry Street in the West Village of Manhattan (completed 2002) and Meier on Rothschild in Tel Aviv, Israel (completed 2015). Today, Richard Meier & Partners Architects has offices in New York and Los Angeles, with projects ranging from China and Tel Aviv to Paris and Hamburg. Much of Meier's work builds on

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2432-578: The Santa Monica city limit, is a shopping and food center that first opened in 1948. Vicente Foods is an independently owned and operated grocery market that has served Brentwood since 1948. Other local markets include Whole Foods and Ralphs. A popular area for dining and coffee for local residents is located in Brentwood Village at the intersection of Barrington and Sunset. More than a dozen restaurants and coffee shops are located within

2508-498: The 12-hour fire, and some 2,500 firefighters battled the blaze, pumping water from neighborhood swimming pools to douse flames. Pockets of the fire smoldered for several days. Even as firefighters battled what was to become a Bel Air disaster, another fire erupted in Santa Ynez Canyon to the west. That blaze was contained the next day after consuming nearly 10,000 acres (40 km ) and nine structures and burning to within

2584-535: The 1830s through present day from all over the world. In addition, the museum's collection at the center includes outdoor sculpture displayed on terraces and in gardens and the large Central Garden designed by Robert Irwin . Among the artworks on display is the Vincent van Gogh painting Irises . Designed by architect Richard Meier , the campus also houses the Getty Research Institute (GRI),

2660-635: The East Building to the main walkway that connects the auditorium and North Buildings to the rotunda. These buildings house the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Getty Foundation. These buildings are generally closed to the public except for special events held in the auditorium. They are linked to the museum both by landscaped terraces and by an enclosed glass walkway that leads from

2736-401: The Getty Trust endowment reached $ 6.4 billion in 2007, it dropped to $ 4.5 billion in 2009. The endowment rebounded to $ 6.2 billion by 2013. Meier has exploited the two naturally-occurring ridges (which diverge at a 22.5 degree angle) by overlaying two grids along these axes. These grids serve to define the space of the campus while dividing the import of the buildings on it. Along one axis lie

2812-548: The Getty Trust: service, philanthropy, teaching, and access". GCI has activities in both art conservation and architectural conservation . The Getty Foundation awards grants for "the understanding and preservation of the visual arts". In addition, it runs the Getty Leadership Institute for "current and future museum leaders". Its offices are north of the museum. The foundation offices are located in

2888-416: The J. Paul Getty Museum on display at the Getty Center includes "pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts; and 19th- and 20th-century American and European photographs". The paintings include: Getty's extensive photograph collection is located on the lower level of the west pavilion. The museum building consists of a three-level base building that

2964-643: The VA, proving that multiple leases of VA property had been used for fraudulent means. Several individuals went to prison, including a former VA executive. As a result of the settlement in the Veterans civil suit against the VA, the $ 1B VA Master Plan Redevelopment of the West LA VA property, including 2000+ units of housing, was approved by Congress in 2019 and was completed in late 2020. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Brentwood. The Supervisor for this area

3040-402: The administrative buildings and the museum entrance. A large set of steps leads to the main doors of the rotunda building. The rotunda building houses information desks, two orientation theatres and museum shops. It also holds a grand staircase that starts a path toward the paintings located on the second floor of each art pavilion. The rotunda opens to the south to a terrace that links all five of

3116-411: The allegations and Meier's apology, his alma mater Cornell University declined his intended endowment of a named chair and instituted a review of his previous donations. On April 6, 2018, an additional four women who formerly worked at Meier's architecture firm came forward with allegations against him. The most recent allegations dated to 2009. On October 9, 2018, the firm announced that his resignation

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3192-516: The city estimated that the population had increased to 33,312. The population was 84.2% Non-Hispanic White , 6.5% Asian American , 4.5% Hispanic or Latino , 1.2% African American , and 3.6% of other origins. Iran (27.2%) and the United Kingdom (4.8%) were the most common places of birth for the 21.1% of the residents who were born abroad—which was a low percentage for Los Angeles as a whole. The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars

3268-572: The colour). White has been used in many architectural landmark buildings throughout history, including cathedrals and the white-washed villages of the Mediterranean region, in Spain, southern Italy and Greece. The Mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno , included in his campaign platform a promise to tear down the large travertine wall of Meier's Museum of the Ara Pacis . Alemmano had agreed with Meier to modifications including drastically reducing

3344-458: The entire property was turned over to the Getty Trust for museum purposes. However, the collection outgrew the site, which has since been renamed the Getty Villa , and management sought a location more accessible to Los Angeles. The purchase of the land upon which the center is located, a campus of 24 acres (9.7 ha) on a 110-acre (45 ha) site in the Santa Monica Mountains above Interstate 405 , surrounded by 600 acres (240 ha) kept in

3420-507: The establishment of the 600-acre (2.4 km ) Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors in the 1880s. A small community sprang up outside that facility's west gate, taking on the name Westgate . Annexed by the City of Los Angeles on June 14, 1916, Westgate's 49 sq mi (130 km ) included large parts of what is now the Pacific Palisades and a small portion of today's Bel-Air . Westgate Avenue

3496-480: The exhibitions pavilion and the east pavilion are aligned on the true north–south axis as a reminder that both grids are present in the campus. The primary grid structure is a 30-inch (760 mm) square; most wall and floor elements are 30-inch (760 mm) squares or some derivative thereof. The buildings at the Getty Center are made from concrete and steel with either travertine or aluminium cladding. Around 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m) of travertine

3572-401: The exhibitions pavilion, and finally the ramp besides the west pavilion and the central garden. Its corresponding east–west visual axis starts with the edge of the scholar's wing of the Getty Research Institute (GRI), the walkway between the central garden and the GRI, the overlook to the azalea pool in the central garden, the walkway between the central garden and the west pavilion, and finally

3648-497: The founding Lassoff family from its inception until June 2007, served Brentwood for more than 50 years. The drug store has been the scene of many famous scandals and, like its defunct West Hollywood cousin Schwab's , is known as the pharmacy to the stars, where many now-notable actors and actresses worked as delivery boys or "candy counter" girls. The Brentwood Country Mart , near the corner of San Vicente Blvd and 26th Street next to

3724-407: The galleries and along the other axis lie the administrative buildings. Meier emphasized the two competing grids by constructing strong view lines through the campus. The main north–south axis starts with the helipad, then includes a narrow walkway between the auditorium and north buildings, continues past the elevator kiosk to the tram station, through the rotunda, past the walls and support columns of

3800-506: The height of the wall between an open-air space outside the museum and a busy road along the Tiber river. The city plans are to build a wide pedestrian area along the river and run the road underneath it. "It's an improvement," says Meier, adding that "the reason that wall was there has to do with traffic and noise. Once that is eliminated, the idea of opening the piazza to the river is a good one." The mayor's office said Alemanno hoped to complete

3876-580: The land and site work, $ 30 million for fixtures and equipment, and $ 139 million for insurance, engineers' and architects' fees, permits and safety measures, according to Stephen D. Rountree, former director of the Getty's building program and director of operations and planning for the trust. Current appraisal for the property fluctuates with the market, but in June 2013 the land and buildings were estimated at $ 3.853 billion (art not included). In 1984, Richard Meier

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3952-462: The main rotunda. GCI, which is headquartered at the Getty Center but also has facilities at the Getty Villa, commenced operation in 1985. It "serves the conservation community through scientific research, education and training, model field projects, and the dissemination of the results of both its own work and the work of others in the field" and "adheres to the principles that guide the work of

4028-444: The mandatory sober living environment on the VA campus. The Brentwood Community Council took the lead in 2013 to help establish Veteran safe parking and safe camping programs, which allow Veterans to take an 'intermediate step" between homelessness and accepting full VA assistance and these programs have been successful and have grown over time. Some Veterans believed the VA was derelict in its duty to provide housing and successfully sued

4104-406: The museum have been provided for youth who visit the museum to engage them in a sort of scavenger hunt for exhibits and art throughout the museum along with fun facts regarding items listed on the brochure. The 134,000-square-foot (12,400 m) Central Garden at the Getty Center is the work of artist Robert Irwin . Planning for the garden began in 1992, construction started in 1996, and the garden

4180-413: The museum pavilions. A separate building to the west of the arrival plaza and stairs holds a cafeteria and restaurant. Next to the restaurant is a stone arch, which separates the museum from the GRI. Stairs from the terrace connecting the GRI and the restaurant lead down to the central garden. The Getty Center also has a seven-story underground parking garage for visitors use as they visit the center. There

4256-423: The north houses the oldest art while the west houses the newest. The first-floor galleries in each pavilion house light-sensitive art, such as illuminated manuscripts, furniture, or photography. Computer-controlled skylights on the second-floor galleries allow paintings to be displayed in natural light. The second floors are connected by a series of glass-enclosed bridges and open terraces, both of which offer views of

4332-467: The north promontory and offset at a 22.5 degree angle from the main axis of the museum pavilions. The north-most building is an auditorium. Next to it is the North Building, with the East Building sitting between the North Building and the rotunda. The main entrance to the East Building is flanked by two round silos that hold its elevators. A bridge over a sunken courtyard links the main entrance of

4408-399: The north wall of the west pavilion and the courtyard between the south and east pavilions. The main axes of the museum grid that is offset by 22.5 degrees begins with the arrival plaza, carries through the edge of the stairs up to the main entrance, aligns with the columns supporting the rotunda as well as the center point of the rotunda, aligns with travertine benches in the courtyard between

4484-680: The occasion of his firm's 50th anniversary, the Fondazione Bisazza presented the exhibition “Richard Meier: Architecture and Design” in Vicenza , Italy. In 2014, Meier opened a 15,000-square-foot exhibition space museum at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City . The space gathers much of his life's work under one roof, and replaces a much smaller version that opened in 2007 in Long Island City, Queens , and that until 2013

4560-431: The pavilions, includes a narrow walkway between the west and south pavilions, a staircase down to the cactus garden and ends in the garden. The corresponding cross axis starts with the center point of the circle forming the GRI library garden, then passing to the center of the entrance rotunda, and aligning with the south wall of the rotunda building. Although all of the museum is aligned on these alternative axes, portions of

4636-563: The project before the end of his term in 2013. The new project of the underpass along the river Tevere has not progressed since then and in 2024 the area is unchanged. In 1984, Meier was awarded the Pritzker Prize . The jury citation declared that Meier has "created structures which are personal, vigorous, original." In 2008, he won the gold medal in architecture from the Academy of Arts and Letters and his work Jesolo Lido Village

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4712-521: The public on December 16, 1997. Although the total project cost was estimated to be $ 350 million as of 1990, it was later estimated to be $ 1.3 billion. After the center opened, the villa closed for extensive renovations and reopened on January 28, 2006, to focus on the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. Currently, the museum displays collections at both the Getty Center and the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades. In 2005, after

4788-475: The southwest, Sullivan Canyon/Westridge Trail on the west and Mulholland Drive on the north. Brentwood, like nearby Santa Monica , has a temperate climate influenced by water breezes off the Pacific water. Residents frequently wake to a " marine layer ", sunshine and birds singing in the air. The topography is generally split into two characters, broadly divided by Sunset Boulevard : the area north of Sunset

4864-470: The stream bed to vary the sounds from the flowing water. A tree-lined stream descends to a plaza, while the walkway criss-crosses the stream, which continues through the plaza, and goes over a stone waterfall into a round pool. A maze of azaleas floats in the pool, around which is a series of specialty gardens. More than 500 varieties of plant material are used for the Central Garden, but the selection

4940-421: The surrounding hillsides and central plaza. Sculpture is also on display at various points outside the buildings, including on various terraces and balconies. The lower level (the highest of the floors in the base) includes a public cafeteria, the terrace cafe, and the photography galleries. Programs at the museum consist of exhibitions, family workshops, school visits, performances, talks, and tours. Brochures at

5016-403: The two administrative buildings that are north of the museum. The J. Paul Getty Trust, which oversees the Getty Conservation Institute, Getty Foundation, Getty Research Institute, and J. Paul Getty Museum, also has offices there. Although the center's site was thought to have little motion during earthquakes, which are frequent in the Los Angeles area, in 1994, as the center was being constructed,

5092-689: The work of architects of the early to mid-20th century, especially that of Le Corbusier , particularly his early work. Meier is considered to have built more using Corbusier's ideas than anyone, including Le Corbusier himself. Meier expanded many ideas evident in Le Corbusier's work, particularly the Villa Savoye and the Swiss Pavilion. His work also reflects the influences of other designers such as Mies Van der Rohe and, in some instances, Frank Lloyd Wright and Luis Barragán (without

5168-470: Was acquitted of the murders , but was later found liable for the deaths in a civil trial . O. J. Simpson's Brentwood home was subsequently sold. The new owners demolished Simpson's home and built a new residence. The district is located at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains , bounded by the San Diego Freeway on the east, Wilshire Boulevard on the south, the Santa Monica city limits on

5244-403: Was $ 112,927, high for the city of Los Angeles as well as the county. San Vicente Boulevard is divided by a wide median on which stand many large coral trees . This green belt replaced a Pacific Electric trolley track, and the trees have been named a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. Brentwood features a number of residential sub-districts: Each sub-district is represented by

5320-874: Was awarded the Dedalo Minosse International Prize for commissioning a building . Meier is a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council . He was awarded the AIA Gold Medal in 1997. In 2013, he was awarded the A+ Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1996, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement . In 2010, Cornell established a new professorship named for Meier. Paying tribute Meier on

5396-491: Was born to a Jewish family, the oldest of three sons of Carolyn (Kaltenbacher) and Jerome Meier, a wholesale wine and liquor salesman, in Newark, New Jersey . He grew up in nearby Maplewood , where he attended Columbia High School . He earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University in 1957. After graduating, Meier traveled to Israel , Greece , Germany, France, Denmark , Finland , and Italy, among other places, to network with architects. Meier

5472-558: Was chosen to be the architect of the center. After an extensive conditional-use permit process, construction by the Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company began in August 1989. The construction was significantly delayed, with the planned completion date moved from 1988 to 1995 (as of 1990). By 1995, however, the campus was described as only "more than halfway complete". The center ultimately opened to

5548-494: Was completed in December 1997. Irwin was quoted as saying that the Central Garden "is a sculpture in the form of a garden, which aims to be art". Water plays a major role in the garden. A fountain near the restaurant flows toward the garden and appears to fall into a grotto on the north garden wall. The resulting stream then flows down the hillside into the azalea pool. The designers placed rocks and boulders of varying size in

5624-442: Was open only by appointment to students and tour groups. The new venue provides room to show his own sculptures, architectural drawings and collages for the first time, and is planned to include a research library. On March 13, 2018, The New York Times detailed allegations from women that Meier had sexually harassed or assaulted them. Meier responded by saying that he would take a leave of six months from his firm. In response to

5700-419: Was removed and fire-resistant poverty weed was added to the slopes around the center. Each year, a herd of goats is rented to clear brush on the surrounding hills. At the north end of the center, a tank with 1,000,000 US gal (3,800,000 L) of water, together with a grass-covered helipad, allow helicopters to collect water. The access ramp from the entry plaza to the museum was constructed to allow

5776-467: Was used to build the center. Throughout the campus, numerous fountains provide white noise as a background. The initial design has remained intact; however benches and fences have been installed around the plaza fountains to discourage visitors from wading into the pools. Some additional revisions have been made in deference to the Americans with Disabilities Act . The north promontory is anchored by

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