Vintage Restaurant Menu Ivory Tower Santa Monica CA MCM Richard Dorman 1960's

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Estate sale find, vintage
original
souvenir dinner menu / mailer from the Ivory Tower at 1610 26th Street in Santa Monica, California, designed by Richard Dorman
.
Richard Dorman (1922-2010) was a Mid-Century Modern architect known for his residential and commercial work in Southern California.  Dorman helped shape the mid-century modern landscape of Los Angeles, from homes for wealthy clients to commercial and industrial buildings.
From 1951 to 1956, Dorman was assistant chief designer at Welton Becket and Associates; he then started his own firm in Beverly Hills, working primarily in Southern California.
Initially he designed a number of industrial buildings; he became better known for his residential and commercial buildings and particularly for his use of post-and-beam construction.
Richard Dorman’s residential and commercial projects embraced the architectural
philosophy of “total design.” To create a unified “total design,” he included master/site planning, engineering, interior design, finishes, fixtures, and landscaping in his designs.
An article published in Zodiac journal described Richard Dorman as a “graduate of corporate architecture”:
"An enemy of the box, also cool to post-and-beam and modular construction, he is
more interested in enclosing space plastically. His own house, designed in 1957, is
roofed with load-bearing vaults; in his 1959 Ivory Tower restaurant he used a folding
plate roof. At present he is developing a cross-plan A-frames for a large community
building and housing for a mountain resort."
Leon Becker owned the restaurant and retained Richard Dorman and Associates to design it.  Sidney M. Drasnin served as the Project Coordinator for Richard Dorman and Associates.  Warren Waltx designed the restaurant's interior.
The Ivory Tower Restaurant had won an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honor Award in 1961 has since been demolished.
Product Dimensions: 6.5" X 9", approximate shipping weight: 3 ounces.
PLEASE SEE DESCRIPTION AND PHOTOS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS - The menu is in overall Good used condition with signs of wear, creases, scuffs, age toning, tears, soiling, stains, no writing, no odors, please see images.
(C1C11-011)