Southern California Edison building in Long Beach, CA
I thought the building had an Edward Killingsworth look to it, but Nate Cole from Unique California Property sent out the KBS bat signal and confirmed that it was not a Killingsworth, Brady, Smith and Associates project. Although, in 1970 KBS did design a building in Huntington Beach for Southern California Edison that was never constructed. I'm guessing this building came about a couple years before that.
Those are Interpace tiles. This particlular pattern was designed by Harrison McIntosh.
I'd like to thank the American Museum of Ceramic Art for confirming that.
I took the image above at the Common Ground: Ceramics in Southern California exhibition at the American Museum of Ceramic Art.
In 1962, Gladding, McBean & Company merged with Lock Joint Pipe Company, forming International Pipe and Ceramics Corporation, or Interpace. Millard Sheets was hired as a consultant to Interpace in 1963. Big names in ceramics, like Harrison McIntosh, Rupert Deese, Jerry Rothman, and Dora De Larious were hired as designers for the company. Henry Takemoto was hired as a full-time dinnerware designer in 1969. Ken Price served as a consultant in the research & development group. This line up was insane!
The Interpace line was selected by the Pasadena Museum of Art for their biannual design show in 1968.
Source: California Design Nine
Speaking of California Design, this light design by Wayne Compton and Associates was shown in Ten.
Two of them are located in the building's parking lot.
Lighting fixtures by Wayne Compton and Associates for Kim Lighting, Inc.
Source: California Design Ten
This lamp post was also in California Design Ten.
Another lighting fixture by Wayne Compton and Associates for Kim Lighting, Inc.
Source: California Design Ten