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Central component of Chiat/Day Inc. building designed by Frank O. Gehry & Associates, Inc., 340 Main Street, Venice, California
Steel frame; exterior: concrete and cement plaster painted with elastomeric paint; interior: gypsum plaster
45 x 44 x 18 ft. (13.72 x 13.41 x 5.49 m)
Commissioned May 1986 by Jay Chiat
Installed August 1989-August 1991
Inaugurated September 23, 1991
Photo: Attilio Maranzano