Theme Building

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The Theme Building is a futuristic, space-age landmark structure at Los Angeles International Airport known for its distinctive flying-saucer design and iconic mid-century modern architecture.

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How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Theme Building

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Theme Building (The Theme Building is a futuristic, space-age landmark structure at Los Angeles International Airport known for its distinctive flying-saucer design and iconic mid-century modern architecture.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Theme Building canonical 3
Theme Building observation deck 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
restaurant building ⓘ
architect Charles Luckman ⓘ
Paul R. Williams ⓘ
Welton Becket ⓘ
William Pereira ⓘ
architecturalFirm Pereira & Luckman ⓘ
architecturalStyle Futurist architecture ⓘ
linked to: Futurism

Googie architecture ⓘ
Mid-century modern architecture ⓘ
completionDate 1961 ⓘ
coordinates 33.941°N 118.401°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
designer Los Angeles City Department of Airports design team ⓘ
EncounterRestaurantClosure 2014 ⓘ
EncounterRestaurantOpening 1997 ⓘ
formerTenant Encounter Restaurant ⓘ
function observation deck ⓘ
restaurant ⓘ
hasLightingDesigner Disney Imagineering (for Encounter-era lighting) ⓘ
hasPart central restaurant pod ⓘ
elevated access bridge ⓘ
observation deck ⓘ
two intersecting parabolic arches ⓘ
height ~39 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1993 ⓘ
heritageStatus Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument ⓘ
inception 1961 ⓘ
location Los Angeles International Airport ⓘ
Los Angeles, California ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles
materialUsed reinforced concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ
notableFor example of Googie architecture at an airport ⓘ
flying-saucer-like design ⓘ
iconic symbol of Los Angeles International Airport ⓘ
space-age aesthetic ⓘ
openingDate 1961 ⓘ
operator Los Angeles World Airports ⓘ
owner City of Los Angeles ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles
renovation seismic retrofit completed in 2010 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Encounter Restaurant → locatedIn → Theme Building ⓘ
Encounter Restaurant → associatedWith → Theme Building observation deck ⓘ
linked to: Theme Building