Welton Becket (August 8, 1902 – January 16, 1969) was an architect who designed many of the most famous buildings in Los Angeles, California.
Becket was born in Seattle, Washington and graduated from the University of Washington program in Architecture in 1927 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree (B.Arch.).
He settled in Los Angeles in 1933 and formed a partnership with his University of Washington classmate Walter Wurdeman and Angelean archite...
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Welton Becket (August 8, 1902 – January 16, 1969) was an architect who designed many of the most famous buildings in Los Angeles, California.
Becket was born in Seattle, Washington and graduated from the University of Washington program in Architecture in 1927 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree (B.Arch.).
He settled in Los Angeles in 1933 and formed a partnership with his University of Washington classmate Walter Wurdeman and Angelean architect Charles F. Plummer. Their first major commission was the landmark Moderne Pan-Pacific Auditorium in 1935, which won them residential jobs from James Cagney, Robert Montgomery, and other film celebrities. Plummer died in 1939.
The successor firm Wurdeman and Becket went on to design Bullock's Pasadena (1944) and a couple of corporate headquarters. Wurdeman and Becket developed the concept of 'total design', meaning that their firm should be responsible for master planning, engineering, interiors, furniture, fixtures, landscaping, signage,...
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