The first West Coast flagship for Givenchy has openeded inside Frank Lloyd Wright's 1952 Anderton Court Shops building in Beverly Hills. The three-story design — Wright’s only commercial building in Los Angeles — features a central spine-like tower and inverted-V shape facade. It was originally intended to include a penthouse apartment and studio, and, after the most recent update, features a configuration of six boutique spaces serviced by an angular ramp that draws obvious comparisons to the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Wright sold it to his client originally as "a little gem of an unusual sort."
Valerie Leon, Givenchy’s president of the Americas, said at its opening: "Given Hubert de Givenchy’s love of art and architecture, the Frank Lloyd Wright building felt like the right choice, and the opportunity to bring Givenchy to life there was inspiring."
The shops were added to the National Register of Historic Places in May 2004.
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