26 ODD ONES AND SHOPS / VENICE, LOS ANGELES
Binoculars Building
You drive into the parking garage between giant binoculars. A Gehry office building with an Oldenburg/van Bruggen pop-art sculpture as its front door, it is postmodern Venice at its most playful.
The facts
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| Where | 340 Main Street, Venice, Los Angeles |
|---|---|
| Built | 1991 |
| Architect or builder | Frank Gehry |
| Kind | Odd ones and shops |
| Status | standing |
| Visiting | exterior only |
| From El Segundo City Hall | 6.3 miles, straight line |
| Coordinates | 33.99539, -118.47692 |
What the sources say
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- Its giant binoculars are a 1991 artwork by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.
a prominent public artwork entitled Giant Binoculars (1991), designed by artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen,
Wikipedia ↗ reported - It was built in 1991 for ad agency Chiat/Day.
Originally known as the Chiat/Day Building, it was built in 1991 for the advertising agency Chiat/Day
Wikipedia ↗ reported - Google became the tenant in 2011.
The latest tenant of this building was Google in 2011,
Wikipedia ↗ reported
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Nearby on the list
Closest entries, straight line
- Venice Canals, Venice, Los Angeles 1.1 mi
- Looff Hippodrome (Santa Monica Pier carousel), Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica 1.5 mi
- Gehry Residence, Santa Monica 2.8 mi
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Binoculars Building. elsegundo.xyz Architecture, checked Nov 3, 2026. https://elsegundo.xyz/architecture/binoculars-building/
Machine-readable: this entry is record 26 in catalog.json. Not an official City of El Segundo page, and not written with or for the owner.