One of LAX airport's iconic buildings is the Modernist LAX Theme Building. If you have a layover, we recommend stopping by Encounters for a meal or drink.

Once the heart of LAX, the Theme Building now stands as a forgotten icon. Explore its unique architecture, cultural ...

LAX’s Pannunzio estimated the distance from the Theme Building to the nearest people mover stop at 200 feet. Atlas Hospitality’s Reay cited three rare advantages to the LAX site as a hotel venue.

The theme of the spidery structure with the soaring arches was the unbridled optimism of the future when it was built 50 years ago in the center of Los Angeles International Airport. It was called ...

The restaurant inside an L.A. architectural icon has closed. Sadly, wannabe George Jetsons will no longer be able to pick up a cocktail at Encounter — the now-former restaurant inside LAX’s ...

Views from inside the Theme Building, a Space Age-looking structure between runways at Los Angeles International Airport, Feb. 1, 1984. Bob Riha Jr/Getty Images ...

The current USO building was designed to assist 12,000 active duty military members and their families. In 2017, it welcomed over 100,000.

LOS ANGELES - Over the years water intrusion made its way through the lath and plaster that covered the steel structure until piece of metal mesh began to fall off the building.

The Encounter restaurant atop the iconic Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport closed permanently at the end of December, leaving airport officials seeking a new operator. Delaware ...

Tower General Contractors, the largest minority-owned general contractor in Los Angeles County, is renovating the historic LAX Theme Building. The $15-million renovation of the 1961 Los Angeles ...

The free telescopes that dot the rooftop of the iconic Theme Building at LAX provided a window to faraway destinations for Winfrey Giese.Ever since he was a teenager, the picturesque views have ...