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CLAUD BEELMAN’S CORPORATE MODERNE STYLE 1951-1963
by
George V. Credle III
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
May 2012
Copyright 2012 George V. Credle III
Object Description
| Title | Claud Beelman's corporate modern style 1951-1963 |
| Author | Credle, George V., III |
| Author email | credle@usc.edu;gvcredle3@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Historic Preservation |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Historic Preservation |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-05-09 |
| Date submitted | 2012-05-09 |
| Date approved | 2012-05-09 |
| Restricted until | 2012-05-09 |
| Date published | 2012-05-09 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Breisch, Kenneth |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Platt, Jay Sandimeir, Trudi |
| Abstract | When he arrived in 1921/22 Claud Beelman brought with him his mid-western cultural background and a set of professional skills which enabled him to integrate smoothly into the Los Angeles of the period. Upon his arrival he formed a partnership with Alexander Curlett which lasted until about 1930. The incredible boom of the 20s was fueled by the expansion of the oil industry and by the expansion of automobile related manufacturing. The swelling population also sparked immense growth in the construction industry. This exponential growth enabled the partners to garner major commissions for over twenty significant buildings throughout Southern California. ❧ The depression brought about an end to the Curlett and Beelman partnership. Beelman continued to practice architecture during this difficult time. In partnership with other architects he designed the Hollywood Post Office and on his own Woodbury Business College and the headquarters building for MGM Studios. During this period he was commissioned to design a number of additions and to undertake renovations to existing buildings. ❧ World War II brought Beelman commissions for large military hospitals at Corona and Long Beach. After the war as boom times resumed, Beelman was sought to design smaller scale retail, banking and warehouse structures and one major hospital addition for the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. In fulfilling the commissions from 1930 through the early 50s Beelman developed components of an approach to design which became recurrently utilized tools. ❧ Increasing prosperity generated commissions for large office buildings as had been the case in the 20s. The commissions for the major office buildings designed from 1951 to 1963 enabled Beelman to integrate his gradually acquired set of design tools into a consistent approach for the major buildings of the period. Five building on Wilshire Boulevard and two downtown particularly embody this approach. These were the culmination of Beelman’s career, his own iteration of corporate Modern. |
| Keyword | architecture; Los Angeles; Claud Beelman; corporate moderne |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Credle, George V., III |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-CredleGeor-841.pdf |
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| Full text | CLAUD BEELMAN’S CORPORATE MODERNE STYLE 1951-1963 by George V. Credle III A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION May 2012 Copyright 2012 George V. Credle III |
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