Los Angeles Union Station
Los Angeles, CA
A classic civic transit precedent showcasing monumental white stucco volumes, grand arched fenestration, and integration with palm-lined public arrival spaces.
- What we like about this project
- Intricately detailed colorful tile work lining the deep recess of the main entrance archway.
Materials
- stucco
- glass
- metal
- tile
Visual identifiers
- arched-windows
- clock-tower
- palm-trees
- white-stucco-facade
- monumental-entrance
Style tags
- mission-revival
- art-deco
- historic
- civic-architecture
Visual tags
- civic
- historic
- transit-hub
- public-plaza
- twilight
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical long horizontal station building featuring grand arched windows, a prominent corner clock tower, and a monumental arched entrance portal.
- Facade system
- Smooth white plaster over heavy masonry with deep-set metal framed arched windows.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame and reinforced concrete with masonry infill.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental civic scale; double-height facade arches and tower dwarf human pedestrians and vehicles below.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue hour sky balanced by warm interior lighting glowing through large arched windows and exterior uplighting.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, dignified twilight atmosphere where warm heritage lighting contrasts with cool dusk skies.
- Environmental context
- Urban transit hub plaza set with mature palm trees, native planting beds, and multi-lane vehicular circulation at the front.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the landscaped plaza and palm-lined walks leads visitors toward the grand illuminated hall entrance.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic series of tall arched windows stepping across the long facade, anchored by the vertical tower at one end.
- Style reading
- Mission Revival and Art Deco vernacular fusion
- Program
- Railway and transit passenger terminal
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, glass, metal, tile
- Visual identifiers
- arched-windows, clock-tower, palm-trees, white-stucco-facade, monumental-entrance
- Style tags
- mission-revival, art-deco, historic, civic-architecture
- Visual tags
- civic, historic, transit-hub, public-plaza, twilight
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical long horizontal station building featuring grand arched windows, a prominent corner clock tower, and a monumental arched entrance portal.
- Facade system
- Smooth white plaster over heavy masonry with deep-set metal framed arched windows.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame and reinforced concrete with masonry infill.
- Spatial scale
- Monumental civic scale; double-height facade arches and tower dwarf human pedestrians and vehicles below.
- Lighting
- Twilight blue hour sky balanced by warm interior lighting glowing through large arched windows and exterior uplighting.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, dignified twilight atmosphere where warm heritage lighting contrasts with cool dusk skies.
- Environmental context
- Urban transit hub plaza set with mature palm trees, native planting beds, and multi-lane vehicular circulation at the front.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the landscaped plaza and palm-lined walks leads visitors toward the grand illuminated hall entrance.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic series of tall arched windows stepping across the long facade, anchored by the vertical tower at one end.
- Style reading
- Mission Revival and Art Deco vernacular fusion
- Program
- Railway and transit passenger terminal
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture