E. Clem Wilson Building

The E. Clem Wilson Building is an Art-deco skyscraper designed by Meyer & Holler and built in 1929 in Los Angeles, CA.

E. Clem Wilson Building is not the only name you might know this building by though. It is common for companies to want to attach their names to iconic buildings when they move in, or for the general public to come up with nicknames, and this one is no exception. The E. Clem Wilson Building is also known, or has been known as, General of America Building, General Insurance Building, Mutual of Omaha Building, or Samsung Building.

Its precise street address is 5225 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. You can also find it on the map here.

Meyer & Holler was the architecture firm in charge of the architectural design.

The E. Clem Wilson Building can be categorized as an Art-deco building.

The E. Clem Wilson Building was completed in 1929, right when the Art Deco movement was at its peak, so it kind of went with the trend at that time.

The E. Clem Wilson Building uses a frame structure made of steel columns and concrete slabs.

A frame structure uses a combination of beams and columns to sustain the building's weight. The walls in this case are non-load bearing, which allows for more flexibility when distributing the interior spaces.

The facade is non-load bearing either, as it is common in frame structure type buildings.

From an aesthetic point of view, the facade features a light-colored limestone cladding with multiple set-backs that create mid-high accesible terraces. The top of the building is also decorated with craved limesone, although most of that detailing is now hidden behind the now ex-Samsung billboard.