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Robert Vincent Derrah

Illustration — Coca-Cola Building (Los Angeles) (1939), an example of Streamline Moderne architecture • Illustration — Southern California Gas Company Complex including Derrah's 1942 extension • Illustration — Crossroads of the World in Los Angeles Robert V. Derrah was an American architect. His work included designs for the Crossroads of the World (1936), Coca-Cola Building (Los Angeles) and a 1942 extension on the Southern California Gas Company Complex. He died at the age of 51 in 1946.

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Robert Vincent Derrah

Designed in 1939 by Robert V. Derrah, Los Angeles's Streamline Moderne Coca-Cola Bottling Plant affects an oceanliner, complete with a flying bridge, promenade deck and portholes. The shell was built around four older buildings.

Carol M. Highsmith · This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID pplot.13725. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached · Public domain

Born
1895
Died
1946
Nationality
United States
Occupation
architect

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Illustration — Coca-Cola Building (Los Angeles) (1939), an example of Streamline Moderne architecture • Illustration — Southern California Gas Company Complex including Derrah's 1942 extension • Illustration — Crossroads of the World in Los Angeles Robert V. Derrah was an American architect. His work included designs for the Crossroads of the World (1936), Coca-Cola Building (Los Angeles) and a 1942 extension on the Southern California Gas Company Complex. He died at the age of 51 in 1946.

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