The Southern California Gas Company Complex is a group of buildings on Flower Street in Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area...

. The complex was originally used as offices by the Southern California Gas Company, but was later converted to lofts.

The six story extension at 820 S. Flower Street was designed by Robert V. Derrah in the Art Deco

Art Deco

Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...

 style in 1942; the two concrete side sections curve into the recessed glass center.

The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 2004.

External links

• Southern California Gas Company. Los Angeles architecture photo gallery, you-are-here.com. Photo of front of building; the two concrete side sections curve into the recessed glass center.