Designer Also Shaped Landmarks From the Beverly Center to the California State Capitol

Louis Naidorf, the architect who designed Hollywood’s Capitol Records Building and helped shape landmarks across California and beyond, has died at 96.

His death was confirmed on Wednesday by longtime friend Mike Harkins, the Los Angeles Times reported. Naidorf, who served as a Save the Civic advisor, remained active in preservation and restoration efforts well into his later years.

Naidorf’s interest in architecture began in childhood. By 13, he was working for a local architect, and he later studied at the University of California, Berkeley. His 1950 master’s thesis proposed circular office buildings, a concept that anticipated the Capitol Records tower he would design only a few years later.

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