Century City Medical Plaza
office tower; hospital in Los Angeles, California
The Century City Medical Plaza is a landmark set of two buildings in Century City, Los Angeles, California.
Location
The building is located at 2070-2080 Century Park East in Century City, on the West side of Los Angeles in California.
History
It was designed in the Late Modern architectural style by architects Anthony J. Lumsden and César Pelli. Construction was completed in 1969. It is made up of two buildings: a seventeen-story office tower, and a ten-story hospital. The plaza originally housed Century City Hospital, which was owned by Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Tenet closed the hospital in 2004 as it sold it to Salus Surgical Group. The hospital was renamed as Century City Doctors Hospital, which closed in 2008 after filing for bankruptcy. In late 2016, the hospital was remodeled and re-opened as California Rehabilitation Institute, owned by Select Medical, providing inpatient rehabilitation including: physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, recreational therapy, and neuropsychology .
Heritage significance
The two buildings resemble two large black boxes made of skin glass.
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