Equitable Life Building (Los Angeles)

{{Short description|Skyscraper in Los Angeles}}

{{For|the early 20th-century building in Downtown Los Angeles|Equitable Building (Downtown Los Angeles)}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox building

|name = Equitable Life Building

|image = Equitable2.jpg

| alternate_names= Center Bank Building

|caption = Equitable Life Building, viewed from 6th street

|location = 3435 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

|coordinates = {{coord|34.0621|-118.2984|region:US-CA_type:landmark|display=it}}

|status = Complete

|building_type = Commercial offices

| architectural_style = International style Modernism

|start_date =

|completion_date = 1969

|roof = {{convert|138|m|abbr=on}}

|floor_count = 34
5 below ground

|elevator_count = 34

|floor_area =

|architect = Welton Becket & Associates

|structural_engineer= Welton Becket & Associates

|main_contractor = Turner Construction

|developer =

|owner =

|management =

| references = {{ctbuh|4373}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/116485 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306031450/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/116485 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 116485 |work=Emporis}}{{skyscraperpage|2548}}

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The Equitable Life Building is a {{convert|138|m|abbr=on}} International style skyscraper in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was completed in 1969 and has 34 floors. It is tied with the Los Angeles City Hall for the 43rd-tallest building in Los Angeles. Welton Becket & Associates designed the building for the Equitable Life Insurance Company. The facade is made of precast concrete that was sandblasted to expose the beige Texas limestone aggregate.

The lobby of the Equitable Life Building hosts art in its vitrines. This space is called [https://equitablevitrines.com/ Equitable Vitrines]. These vitrines have hosted art including Jennifer Moon's Will You Still Love Me: Learning to Love Yourself, It Is The Greatest Gift of All in 2014-2015.{{cite magazine|last1=Eler|first1=Alicia|authorlink=Alicia Eler|title=An Artist Turns Surveillance into Affection|url=http://hyperallergic.com/176057/an-artist-turns-surveillance-into-affection/|magazine=Hyperallergic|date=February 12, 2015|accessdate=March 8, 2015}} In an interview with Ocula Magazine, Equitable Vitrines founders Ellie Lee and Matt Connolly explained that they realised through negotiations with the building's management, 'bureaucrats, artists, and tenants—each required a different way of thinking and speaking about what art is and what it can or should do.'{{Cite web|url=https://ocula.com/magazine/conversations/equitable-vitrines/|title=Equitable Vitrines: Public Art and Contested Space|last=Das|first=Jareh|date=31 January 2020|website=Ocula Magazine|access-date=}}

Since March 2, 2015, the Equitable Life Building has served as the chancery of the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles, occupying part of its fifth floor.{{cite press release | title=PHL Consulate General in Los Angeles moves to serve public better | url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2015/02/25/phl-consulate-general-in-los-angeles-moves-to-serve-public-better/ | publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs | date=February 25, 2015 | access-date=June 8, 2020}}