Masonry Magazine January 1980 Page.33
First Los Angeles Bank
Headquarters
Beverly Hills, California
1st Place-Gold Ribbon Award
The headquarters of the First Los Angeles Bank includes 14,700 sq. ft. of office space and 14,000 sq. ft. of surface parking to accommodate 29 vehicles. The total project cost was $1.1 million. Maxwell Starkman & Associates, Beverly Hills, Calif., was the architect.
Carson Pirie Scott & Co.
Department Store
Forsyth, Illinois
Honorable Mention-Green Ribbon Award
Architectural interest was achieved entirely with yellow/buff brick, which is the client's standard. By using special shaped brick, the angles and compound angles were incorporated into the detailing, resulting in a unified thematic treatment of the entire building, accented at the entrances.
The major relief of the otherwise flat facade was realized in similar brick detailing of the garden wall of the restaurant. The interior of the wall is composed of a brick mural, executed in Denmark and reconstructed at the site.
A. Epstein & Sons, Inc., Chicago, was the architect, with C. Iber & Sons, Inc., Peoria, III., the general contractor, and Evans-Mason, Springfield, III., the mason contractor.
Guard Towers, Cook County
Department of Corrections
Chicago, Illinois
1st Place-Gold Ribbon Award
The expansion of a Department of Corrections campus in Cook County required the construction of seven additional guard towers to secure the grounds of the facility. The guard station itself consists of a prefab steel "bubble" glazed with bullet resistant, gold reflective glass. Gun ports are constructed in the bubble frame.
A. Epstein & Sons, Inc., Chicago, III., was the architect, with Walsh Construction Co. of Illinois, Chicago, the general contractor, and Crouch-Walker Corp., Chicago, the mason contractor.