Los Angeles City Hall.

Appointed 17 August. Preliminary drawings submitted on 16 September Initially the scheme conformed to the height limit imposed by the City Ordinances. However, the city leaders demanded a landmark building and were prepared to award themselves a dispensation from local height restrictions, so establishing the historic precedent that "a municipality is not governed by its own ordinances". A new scheme was prepared with a skyscraper tower set on a Beaux Arts base. Central tower, 123 metres in height, shows Parkinson's skill and expertise in steel framed construction.