One of LAX airport’s iconic buildings is the LAX Theme Building, hovering like an alien spaceship/UFO in the midst of the transportation hub. If you have enough of a layover in Los Angeles ...

LAX’s terminals will be the first thing that tourists see when they land, followed immediately by its darkened central Theme Building, an icon of architecture that is both celebrated by the city ...

Since 1961, it has loomed over the airport as an icon of the Midcentury ... Besides the Theme Building, the central terminal area of LAX includes a 13-story retired air-traffic control tower ...

The Encounter restaurant atop the iconic Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport closed ... While the building is an L.A. icon, there is not much historical significance to the ...

When the Theme Building opened in 1961, it became an instant icon with its part-spider, part-UFO aesthetic. On opening day, the Los Angeles Times wrote, “The structure will house a restaurant, ...

The space-age Theme Building — which bears a resemblance to typical depictions of UFOs — is considered “a true Modern icon,” according to the Los Angeles Conservancy. It was completed in ...

“The Theme Building is not only an icon for LAX, but it’s widely viewed as a landmark by airline passengers coming into our city,” said Michael Molina, deputy executive director of external ...

“The Theme Building is not only an icon for LAX, but it’s widely viewed as a landmark by airline passengers coming into our city,” said Michael Molina, deputy executive director of external ...

The LAX Theme Building houses the glass-encased Encounter ... “It’s a great day in Los Angeles when we can pay special tribute to an icon that helped put us on the world map.” ...

The Airport Commission approved a $1.1 million contract Monday allowing an architecture firm to complete designs aimed at strengthening the crumbling space-age Theme Building at Los Angeles ...

according to a report submitted by the city agency that operates LAX. The total cost for repairing the Theme Building is anticipated to be close to $10 million, which also includes some upgrades ...