One of many such buildings, 1801 Century Park West began life a steel-framed tower with 6 office floors over 3 floors of parking, all clad in a dark bronze curtainwall. Barton Myers Associates was engaged to renovate the building so that it read as an entirely new structure.

The tower was articulated as two volumes; the eastern half, facing the high-rises of Century City, was re-clad in a clear glass curtainwall, while the other half was re-skinned with gypsum plaster and individual windows in blue-green glass, reflecting the stucco boxes of its neighbors to the west, and responding to the severe heat loads of that exposure. At the top of the tower, a two-story glass box serves as a highly visible beacon along the visual axis west from Beverly Hills.

The automobile is addressed as the primary means of entering the building by creating a 'car court' on the ground floor, opening the east facade to the street and providing a dramatic space for drop-off and visitor parking.

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