Stiles Clements

Stiles Oliver Clements
Born(1883-03-02)March 2, 1883
Centerville, Maryland, U.S.
DiedJanuary 15, 1966(1966-01-15) (aged 82)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology, École des Beaux-Arts
OccupationArchitect
PracticeMorgan, Walls & Clements
Stiles Clements & Associates

Stiles Oliver Clements (March 2, 1883 – January 15, 1966) was an American architect practicing in Los Angeles and Southern California.

History

Clements trained at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He was a key figure in the 1920s Art Deco and 1930s Streamline Moderne architectural movements in Los Angeles. He also designed in historicist motifs and revivalism styles, such as the Adamson House in the Spanish Colonial Revival and Moorish Revival styles. He obtained his Master's Degree in Architecture from MIT.

Clements was a partner with Octavius Morgan and John Walls at Morgan, Walls & Clements, known for his exuberant themed designs that included the Mayan and Wiltern theaters, the Richfield Tower, and many others. In 1937, he formed the firm Stiles Clements & Associates.

Notable buildings

Jefferson High School (1935).

Morgan, Walls and Clements

Stiles O. Clements & Associates

References

  1. ↑ "Miracle Mile Designer Stiles Clements Dies". Los Angeles Times, January 16, 1966: p. 3.
  2. ↑ "Finding Aid for the Stiles O. Clements drawings of the Coulter Dry Goods Co. Department Store, 1937-1938". Online Archive of California. oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ Winter, Robert (2009). An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles. Gibbs Smith. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-4236-0893-6.
  4. ↑ KEHE Radio Studios, Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress.
  5. ↑ Coulter's Department Store, Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress.
  6. ↑ Pool, Bob. "A Wilshire jewel, or imitation?", Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2003.
  7. ↑ "Occidental Savings Bank Opens Doors Tomorrow". Valley Times (North Hollywood, CA). January 21, 1954.