William Leonard Pereira (1909 – 1985)
William Leonard Pereira, born 1909 in Chicago was an American who is known for his futuristic designs of landmark buildings such as the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. Pereira graduated from the School of Architecture, University of Illinois and began his career in Chicago. With his brother, Hal, he designed the Esquire Theater at 58 East Oak Street. William Pereira died of cancer at age 76 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Important Buildings:
- 400 Tower, Newport Beach
- 500/550 Twin Towers, Newport Center, Newport Beach, California
- 611 Place, Los Angeles
- 800/850 Twin Towers, Newport Center, Newport Beach, California
- ABC Paramount Theatres headquarters, Los Angeles
- Ahmanson Center for Biological Research, University of Southern California
- American Red Cross Chapel, Los Angeles
- Amfac Center, Ontario, Canada
- Anderson Hills Shopping Center, Williams, California
- Armed Services Headquarters, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Art Building, Occidental College, Los Angeles
- Arthur Coons Center, Occidental College, Los Angeles
- Automation Post Office, Washington, D.C.
- Avco Research Center, Wilmington, Massachusetts
- Baghdad International Airport, Iraq
- Baghdad International AirportAmerican Airlines Corporate Headquarters, Los Angeles International Airport
- Bank of America, Whittier, California
- Bank of California, Orange, California
- Beacon Street Apartments, Santa Catalina Island, California
- Beckman Corporation plant, Newport Beach, California
- Bell Operations Training Facility, Tehran, Iran
- Berlin Hilton, Berlin, Germany
- Bethany Heights Condominiums
- Beverly Hills Hotel Addition, Beverly Hills
- Beverly Hills Medical Building, Beverly Hills
- Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara, California
- Bing Theatre, University of Southern California
- Bing Theatre, University of Southern California
- Biology Building, Cal Tech campus
- Boise Industrial Park, Boise, Idaho
- Bullock's Fashion Square, Santa Ana, California
- Bunker Hill Towers, Los Angeles
- California Bank Building, Costa MesaArizona State Prison, Florence, Arizona
- California State Capitol Building Addition, Sacramento, California
- Camp Pendleton Hospital, Camp Pendleton, California
- Carthay Circle Theatre, Hollywood
- CBS Television CityCBS Television City, Los Angeles
- Central Post Office, La Habra, California
- Cerritos Cultural Center, Cerritos, California
- Charles Lee Powell Hall, University of Southern California
- Children's Theatre Arts Center, Los Angeles
- Chrysler Sales & Service Training Center, Anaheim, California
- Citibank, Albany, New York
- Citibank, Rochester, New York
- Citibank, Smith Grove, New York
- Citibank, Syracuse, New York
- City Hall, Miami, Florida
- Civic Center, Aurora, Illinois
- Civic Center, Newport Beach, California
- Civic Center, San Dimas, California
- Civic Center, Santa Fe Springs, California
- Clear Lake City Facility, University of Houston
- Clementine Avenue Townhouses, Santa Catalina Island, California
- Columbia Records pressing plant, Santa Maria, California
- Communications Building, Los Angeles City College
- Communications Building, Los Angeles City College
- Communications School and Recreation Complex, Loyola University, Los Angeles
- Communicore, EPCOT Center, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
- Community Building, Santa Fe Springs, California
- Computer Science Center, University of Southern California
- Conference Center and Housing Complex, Lagos, Nigeria
- Continental Airlines First Class Lounge, Los Angeles International Airport
- Continental Hotel, Guam
- Continental Savings and Loan, Montebello, California
- Convair Astronautics, San Diego, California
- Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio
- Convention Center, Palm Springs, California
- Convention Center, San Francisco
- Cord Residence, Reno, Nevada
- County Government Center, San Bernardino, California
- Crocker Citizen's Bank, San Francisco
- David Bright residence
- Del E. Webb residence, Mission Bay, California
- Descanso Canyon Hotel, Santa Catalina Island, California
- Desert Hospital, Palm Springs, California
- Dickson Art Center, University of California, Los Angeles
- Disneyland Hotel
- Doha Sheraton Hotel, Doha, Qatar
- Doheny Office Building, Beverly Hills
- Don Muang Airport, Thailand
- Dormitories, Music and Science Buildings, Occidental College, Los Angeles
- Douglas Aircraft Plaza, Irvine, California
- Douglas Aircraft Research Laboratory
- Eastern Airlines Terminal, Atlanta International Airport
- Eastmont Mall, Oakland, California
- Eddie Martin Terminal, John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, California
- Eisenhower Center, Washington, D.C.
- Electronics and Radio Propagation Research Laboratories, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, California
- Elgin Watch Company Industrial Plant, Chicago
- Fallbrook Hospital, Fallbrook, California
- Farmers & Stockmen's Bank, Phoenix, Arizona
- Federal Correctional Facility, Camarillo, California
- Ferris Rehearsal Hall, University of Southern California
- Fine Arts Building, University of Vermont
- Fine Arts Complex, University of California, Irvine
- Firestone Aeronautical Research Laboratory, Cal Tech campus
- Firestone Tire company headquarters, Los Angeles
- First Hawaiian Bank Building, Honolulu
- First National Bank, Denver, Colorado
- Ford Aeronutronics, Irvine, California
- Ford Aeronutronics, Newport Beach, California
- Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Power Plant, Denver, Colorado
- Fox Hills Home Savings and Loan, Fox Hills, California
- Fox Theatre, San Francisco
- Frank Hagel Social Security Building, Richmond, California
- Fremont Junior College
- Gaylord Apartments, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Geisel Library, San DiegoCivic Center and Auditorium, Inglewood, California
- Geisel Library, University of California, San Diego
- Gene Donovan residence, Salt Lake City
- General Atomic, La Jolla, California
- General Atomics headquarters, Sorrento Valley, California
- General Telephone Company Administration Building, Whittier, California
- General Telephone Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California
- Geneva Presbyterian Church, Laguna Hills, California
- Gibraltar Savings & Loan Headquarters, Beverly Hills, California
- Gibraltar Savings and Loan, Baldwin Hills, California
- Gibraltar Savings and Loan, San Marino, California
- Gildread Theatre, Mexico City
- Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California
- Grand Slam Health Club, Costa Mesa, California
- Great Western Savings and Loan, Los Angeles
- Greyhound Bus Terminal, Reno, Nevada
- Grossmont Hospital, San Diego, California
- Gulf Mall, Panama City, Florida
- H.S. Pogue Department Store, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Hall of Science, University of Southern California
- Harbor Justice Center, Irvine, California
- Harrah's, Reno, Nevada
- Harrah's, Reno, NevadaBarstow Community College, Barstow, California
- Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City
- Harrisburg International Airport, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Hartsfield Airport, Atlanta, Georgia
- Hawaii Kai Studio, Honolulu
- Hillcrest Hospital, Petaluma, California
- Hilton Hotel, Kuta, Bali
- Hilton Hotels headquarters, Beverly Hills
- Hoag Hospital, Kona, Hawaii
- Hoffman Electronics headquarters, Santa Barbara, California
- Hoffman Science Center, Santa Barbara, California
- Hollywood Communications Center, Hollywood
- Hollywood Motion Picture and Television Museum
- Hollywood Park Hotel and Office Complex, Hollywood
- Honolulu Medical Complex, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Horrock's, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Horticulture Building and Greenhouse, University of California, Irvine
- Hospital, University of Southern California
- Host International Headquarters, Los Angeles
- Hotel Ivoire, Ivory Coast
- Howard Johnson Hotel, Anaheim, California
- Hunt Branch Library, Fullerton, California
- Hunter Engineering plant, Riverside, California
- Hyatt Hotel, Kuwait
- Hydrocarbon Institute, University of Southern California
- IBM headquarters, Los Angeles
- Imperial Medical Center, Tehran, Iran
- International Clubs headquarters, Los Angeles
- International Motion Pictures studio, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Intevep Laboratories, Caracas, Venezuela
- J.C. Penney, Honolulu, Hawaii
- J.C. Penney, Sacramento, California
- J.C. Penney, San Bernardino, California
- Jack Langson Library, University of California, IrvineAvalon Townhouses, Santa Catalina Island, California
- JC Penney, San Diego
- Jet Production and Test Center, Palmdale, California
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
- John Stauffer Hall of Science, University of Southern California
- John Steinbeck Library, Salinas, California
- Jonathan Club, Los Angeles
- Kauai Inn and Conference Center, Hawaii
- KEYT Television Station, Santa Barbara, California
- Kona Bishop Hotel, Kona, Hawaii
- KTTV Television Station, Los Angeles
- Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Beach, California
- Lake County General Hospital, Hobbs, New Mexico
- Lake County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Waukegan, Illinois
- Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe, California
- Law Building, University of Southern California
- Lear Corporation, Goleta, California
- Lear Industrial plant, Santa Monica
- Leleiwe Beach Hotel, Hilo, Hawaii
- Library, Cypress, California
- Library, Santa Fe Springs, California
- Library, University of Cincinnati
- Linda Island homes, Newport Beach, California
- Litton Industries headquarters, Santa Catalina Island, California
- Lockheed headquarters, Calabasas, California
- Lockheed Power Plant, Palmdale, California
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Los Angeles International Airport
- Los Angeles Times, Costa Mesa, California
- Los Angeles Times, Northridge, California
- Los Angeles Trade Tech Library, Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Zoo
- Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Arizona
- Makaha Towers and Country Club, Makaha, Hawaii
- Maricopa Jail, Maricopa, California
- Marineland of the Pacific, Palos Verdes, California
- Marriott Hotel, Bermuda
- Marriott Hotel, Newport Center, Newport Beach, California
- Mauna Loa Shores Apartments, Hawaii
- Medical and Dental Clinic, San Diego Naval Training Center
- Metropolitan Water District building, Los Angeles, California
- Motion Picture Country House and Hospital, Woodland Hills, California
- Mutual Benefit Life Building, Cincinnati, Ohio
- National Bureau of Standards building, Boulder, Colorado
- Naval Base, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Naval Hospital, Port Hueneme, California
- Naval Hospital, San Diego, California
- Nellis Air Force Base buildings, Nevada
- New England Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham
- Newport Beach MarriottAlbert S. Raubenheimer Music Building, University of Southern California
- Newport Medical Towers, Newport Center, Newport Beach, California
- Newport Medical Towers5900 Wilshire Tower, Los Angeles
- Nob Hill Condominiums, San Francisco
- North American Aviation, Santa Catalina Island, California
- Occidental Life Insurance Company headquarters, Los Angeles
- Olin Hall of Engineering, University of Southern California
- Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles
- Otis Chandler residence, San Marino, California
- Pacific Financial Center, Los Angeles
- Pacific Life building, Newport Center, Newport Beach, California
- Pacific Mutual Building, San Francisco
- Pan Am Terminal, Honolulu International Airport
- Pan Pacific Theatre, Los Angeles
- Park La Brea, Los Angeles
- Park Wellington Condominiums, Los Angeles
- Pepsi plant, Santa Ana, California
- Performing Arts Center, Whittier, California
- Physical Plant Building B, University of Southern California
- Physical Sciences Building, University of Southern California
- Pontiac Office Tower, Singapore
- Produce Market, Los Angeles
- Professional Office Building, Glendale, California
- Prudential Office Building, Costa Mesa, California
- Prudential Savings and Loan #2, Salt Lake City
- Prudential Savings and Loan building, Salt Lake City
- Prudential Savings and Loan, Butte, Montana
- Prudential Tower, Boston
- Quail Springs Shopping Center, Quail Springs, Oklahoma
- Raley's Landing, Sacramento, California
- Regent Beach Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand
- Reno International Airport, Reno, Nevada
- Rio de Janeiro International Airport, Brazil
- Riverside Administration Building, Riverside, California
- Robinson's department store, Beverly Hills
- Robinson's department store, Palm Springs, California
- Robinson's department store, Pasadena, California
- Robinson's La Cumbre Plaza, Santa Barbara400 Tower, Newport Center, Newport Beach, California
- Robinson's, Fashion Island, Newport Beach, California
- Robinson's, La Cumbre Plaza, Santa Barbara, California
- Rockwell Autonetics, Laguna Niguel, California
- Rosenweig Commercial Center, Phoenix, Arizona
- Rye Canyon Science Laboratory, Palmdale, California
- San Diego International Airport
- San Francisco International Airport
- San Nicolas Place, Newport Center, Newport Beach, California
- Santa Ana Cinema, Santa Ana, California
- Satellite Building 2, Los Angeles International Airport
- Scripps Clinic, San Diego
- Seaquarium, Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Sears Shopping Center, La Puerte, California
- Seaver Science Center, University of Southern California
- Security Pacific National Bank, Oakland, California
- Service Bureau Office Building, Los Angeles
- Shuttle Terminal, La Guardia Airport, New York City
- Signal Oil headquarters, Los Angeles
- Social Security Administration Center, San Francisco
- South Coast Town Center, Costa Mesa, California
- Southern California School of Theology, Claremont, California
- St. Vincent's Hospital, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California
- Staten Island Hospital, New York City
- Studio Theatre, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
- T-2 Information Systems, Carlsbad, California
- Tehran International Airport, Tehran, Iran
- Texas Industrial Laundries, Corpus Christi
- The Broadway, Fox Hills, California
- The Broadway, Santa Anita, California
- Toyota Headquarters, Torrance, California
- Transamerica headquarters, Los Angeles
- Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco
- Transamerica Pyramid, San FranciscoBob Hope residence, Burbank, California
- Tunis Airport, Tunisia
- Two Houston Center, Houston, Texas
- Two Transamerica Center, San Francisco
- UCI Fine Arts Complex
- Union Bank, Fullerton, California
- Union Bank, Pasadena, California
- Union Oil headquarters, Los Angeles (now Los Angeles Center Studios)
- United California Bank, San Mateo, California
- United States Air Force and Naval Bases, Cádiz, Spain
- United States Navy Defense Office Complex, Washington, D.C.
- United States Navy training facility, San Diego, California
- Universal City Sheraton Hotel, Burbank, California
- University of California, Irvine campus
- USC Marine Science Center, Santa Catalina Island, California
- Vacia Talega Hotel and Condominiums, Puerto Rico
- Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, California
- Ventura Bank and Office Building, Ventura, California
- Virginia Ramo Hall of Music, University of Southern California
- Vivian Hall, University of Southern California
- Vogue Theatre, Hollywood
- Wadsworth General Hospital, Veteran's Administration, Los Angeles
- Warner Bros. Office Building, Burbank, California
- Wells Fargo Bank, Newport Center, Newport Beach, California
- West Covina Country Club and Apartments, West Covina, California
- Western Hydraulics Plant 2, Van Nuys, California
- Western Hydraulics plant, Van Nuys, California
- Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco
- William H. Block Department Store, Indianapolis
- William Pereira's own house, Los Angeles
- Wilshire County Country Club, Los Angeles
- Wilshire Regent Hotel, Los Angeles
- World Airways Terminal, Los Angeles International Airport
- World's Fair, Washington, D.C.
- WSBT Television Station, South Bend, Indiana
- Yanbu Residential Community, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
