LAX Gateway Pylons (2000) 

Paul Tsanetopoulos and Ted Tokio Tanaka Architects

Alternate title:  LAX - Kinetic Light Installation (untitled)

 

DESCRIPTION:  one 32-foot "LAX" pylon sculpture and two pylon sculpture collections, with color sequence  LED lighting programs capable of 16.7 million digitally-created color variations:
  • 32-foot high "LAX" translucent glass pylon sculpture
  • corridor of eleven 25-60 ft. translucent glass pylons with lighting display (along Century Blvd.)
  • circle of fifteen 100-foot by 12-foot translucent glass pylons with lighting display (intersection of Century Blvd. and Sepulveda Blvd.)


At the time of its installation, LAX Gateway Pylons was the largest permanent public art lighting installation in the world.1  Tsanetopoulos referred to his kinetic lighting installation as 'LAX - Kinetic Light Installation (untitled)' as the public art component of the LAX Gateway Pylon Project.  The entire array of lighted columns and white 'LAX' sculpture are otherwise known as LAX Gateway Pylons.1 Isenberg & Associates, LAX Gateway
LOCATION:   entrance to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Sepulveda Blvd./Century Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA