Los Angeles Mall

The Los Angeles Mall, public square and open-air museum

The Los Angeles Mall is a place apart in the downtown area, halfway between public square, shopping gallery and open-air art museum. In the heart of the Civic Center, it dialogues with the city's great official buildings. The Los Angeles audio-guided tour stops here to discover a singular urban space, marked by a monumental artwork.

A civic space of the 1970s

Laid out in the early 1970s, the Los Angeles Mall links the buildings of the Civic Center in a spirit of open public space. It is famous for housing the Triforium, a monumental glass-and-concrete sculpture, an emblem of the bold public art of that era. The place illustrates the desire to create, in the administrative heart of the city, a lively circulation space accessible to all.

What to see

The highlight of the place is the Triforium, an astonishing futuristic-looking sculpture that dominates the mall. All around, the space blends shops, services and passages, in the setting of the great Civic Center buildings. It is a curious stop, showing a more experimental side of Los Angeles town planning, between public art and administrative life.

Practical information

The Los Angeles Mall lies in the Civic Center, in the centre of Los Angeles, reachable on foot and by public transport. It is a public space, freely accessible; the shops and services it houses have their own hours. On the level, it is easily explored, in connection with the great official buildings nearby.

What is the Los Angeles Mall?

It is a public space of the Civic Center, halfway between square, gallery and open-air museum, famous for housing the monumental Triforium sculpture.

What is there to see at the Los Angeles Mall?

Above all the Triforium, a futuristic glass-and-concrete sculpture, in the heart of a public space linking the great Civic Center buildings.