| Wells Fargo Center | |
| Alternate Names: | Crocker Center Crocker Center North & South Wells Fargo Center I & II IBM Tower |
| Location: | 333 S. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates: | 34.0524°N -118.2522°W |
| Start Date: | 1980-1981 |
| Completion Date: | 1983 |
| Building Type: | Commercial offices |
| Roof: | Tower I: 220.37m (723feet) Tower II: 170.69m (560.01feet) |
| Floor Count: | Tower I: 54 Tower II: 45 |
| Elevator Count: | Tower I: 29 Tower II: 26 |
| Floor Area: | Tower I: 1391000square feet Tower II: 1140000square feet |
| Architect: | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| Structural Engineer: | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| Main Contractor: | Turner Construction |
| Developer: | Maguire Properties Thomas Properties Group |
| Owner: | Brookfield Properties Inc.[1] |
| References: | [2] |
Wells Fargo Center is a twin tower skyscraper complex in Downtown Los Angeles on Bunker Hill, in Los Angeles, California. It comprises South and North towers, which are joined by a three-story glass atrium.
The project received the 1986–1987 and 2003–2004 Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Office Building of the Year Award, and numerous others. A branch of the Wells Fargo History Museum is located at the center.[3]
Wells Fargo Tower (Tower I), at 220m (720feet) it is the tallest building of the complex. It has 54 floors and it is the 8th tallest building in Los Angeles, and the 92nd-tallest building in the United States. When it opened in 1983, it was known as the Crocker Tower, named after San Francisco-based Crocker National Bank. Crocker merged with Wells Fargo in 1986.
South Tower (Tower II) is 171m (561feet), and was completed in 1983 with 45 floors. It is the 17th tallest building in the city.
Cultural critic Fredric Jameson used Skidmore, Owings and Merrill's Crocker Bank Center (as it was then named) as an example of what he sees as Postmodern architecture's "depthlessness":