Binoculars Building

Binoculars Building
The Binoculars Building seen in May 2007
Alternative names	Chiat/Day Building
General information
Type	Commercial office
Architectural style	Postmodern
Address	340 Main Street
Town or city	Venice, Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Coordinates	33°59′43″N 118°28′37″W / 33.99539°N 118.47692°W / 33.99539; -118.47692
Current tenants	Google
Completed	1991
Owner	W. P. Carey & Co.
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Frank Gehry

The Binoculars Building is the common name of Google's Venice campus in Los Angeles, California. Originally known as the Chiat/Day Building, it was built in 1991 for the advertising agency Chiat/Day (now TBWA\Chiat\Day) and designed by architect Frank Gehry. The building has a prominent public artwork entitled Giant Binoculars (1991), designed by artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, on its street-facing façade, hence the vernacular name.^[1]

The Giant Binoculars sculpture covers both a car and pedestrian entrance; the entrance to the parking garage is between the two telescopes of the binoculars. The 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m²) building was delayed for a few years after hazardous materials were found on the building site, requiring removal. The latest tenant of this building was Google in 2011,^[2] which added two neighboring buildings as part of a major expansion to establish a larger employment presence in Los Angeles.^[3][4][5]

• List of works by Frank Gehry

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