LOS ANGELES | The Century | 497' Pinnacle / 480' Roof | 42 FLOORS

[Quixote]

By Kingofthehill

[dktshb]

nice progress.

[edluva]

Originally Posted by Patrick

Just dosnt belong :/

not to mention ugly.

[Quixote]

February 4, 2008

Originally Posted by TICONLA1

Taken on 2/4/08,

Looks like it's up to the 10th floor, and rising fast

[friedpez]

Some more photos, taken Feb 13





Also, I drove past the site and saw from Olympic Blvd that they're already adding some panels or pre-cast walls or something to the first few floors. You can even see it at the bottom of the tower, through the trees from this view...

[Quixote]

Construction Watch: The Century and Its $27 Million Penthouse

By Dakota
February 20, 2008

Jean Nouvel's leafy blade isn't the only high-end project planned for Century City--construction continues on The Century, the 42-story, Robert A.M. Stern-designed building, a Related project that'll be topped off by a two story, five-bedroom unit listed for $27 million. Sadly, floor plans of the penthouse are only available to interested buyers, the plans protected to stave off the cat burglars, we imagine.

• Yowzer! The Century's $27 Million Penthouse [Curbed LA]

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Source: Curbed LA

[friedpez]

Some more photos from yesterday...

Wide view


Closeup


Century City sunset


Looks like they've added a couple more floors and it seems the cranes have definitely gotten taller, too.

And, just for fun, some sunset pics from yesterday...

[Steve2726]

Here are some links relevant to this project:

The building's website:
http://www.thecentury.com/home.html

The Architect:
http://www.ramsa.com/project.aspx?id=227

The Contractor:
http://www.webcor.com/current.html?proj_id=239

[friedpez]

^ Thanks!!

[colemonkee]

March 30, 2008

This is a tough building to photograph up close, only because there's nowhere to park nearby (that you don't have to pay for). I had to park illegally in a "no stopping anytime" zone, throw on my hazards and hope no one nailed my car while I ran across the street. I count at least 16 floors.

[friedpez]

Great pics, colemonkee... The last one with the birds of paradise is especially nice. As for the parking, that's why I tend to just take pics from our rooftop. I suppose I could walk there but walking along Olympic feels like walking on a freeway's shoulder.

[Quixote]

Construction Watch: The Century in Century City

By Neal Broverman
April 28, 2008

Architect Robert A.M. Stern's The Century is rising like a phoenix in CC; the 42-story stunner looks about half-done now. One caveat—except for the Century City mall and its wicked-good food court, the neighborhood is an after-hours ghost town (kinda like New York in I Am Legend but scrubbed clean). But that hasn't stopped someone from snapping up the $15 million penthouse. Meanwhile, what's interest like in one of the priciest Westside condos of them all--the $27 million penthouse?

• The Century [Official Site]

• Yowzer! The Century's $27 million penthouse [LA Curbed]

[SLO]

Outstanding project - Looks like they could've fit two towers on that site though....

[Steve2726]

Interesting tidbit from the Webcor website-

http://www.webcor.com/current.html?proj_id=239

"Some major design changes are currently taking place to accommodate an indoor swimming pool for a client who purchased the top two penthouse suites at levels 40 and 41."

[colemonkee]

Monday, May 26

Starting to make it's presence known. You gotta love those Jacaranda trees.

[LosAngeles]

ouhh man would these skyscrapers stand in DT LA it would look so much denser lol
but nice progress

[Quixote]

June 8, 2008


From Flickr, by Atwater Village Newbie

[plinko]

I saw this yesterday while down in BH for something. Looks totally sweet driving down Olympic toward the 405. It's up to about 350' now. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera.

[Steve2726]

Los Angeles condo sells for $2,848 (per square foot) Candy Spelling's penthouse in Century City will have a $47-million view.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...0,856602.story

Excerpt-
The top two floors of a Century City residential tower still under construction have been sold for a record $47 million to Candy Spelling, the widow of TV mogul Aaron Spelling.

The 62-year-old heiress with a reputation for embracing opulence will be moving out of Los Angeles County's largest home -- a 123-room, 56,500-square-foot mansion on six acres in the Holmby Hills neighborhood off Sunset Boulevard.

Her new home will be less than a third the size of the old one -- just 16,500 square feet -- but with a killer 360-degree view spanning the horizon from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Catalina Island. The condominium building called the Century is going up next door to the Century Plaza Hotel on Avenue of the Stars and will be completed in late 2009.




Building developer Related Cos. of New York said Spelling would work with her own architects and designers to customize her space on the 41st and 42nd floors. But a few of the details have been negotiated.

The lower floor will have a living room with two working fireplaces, a dining room for 25 guests, and staff quarters. The top floor will house the bedrooms including a 4,000-square-foot master suite, a massage room, an exercise room, a conservatory complete with rose garden, and a swimming pool and deck.

Builders have yet to start construction of the top of the building, so they were able to make structural adjustments to accommodate the indoor pool that opens onto a balcony, said David Wine, vice chairman of Related Cos.

[JDRCRASH]

$47 Million..................all I can say...is !!!!!!