James Pulliam (architect)

Renovation of the Maritime Museum in 1980

James Pulliam was an noted Modernist architect in the Los Angeles area. He was known for a "cut into box" style exhibited by the All-State Savings and Loans in Glendale, CA and Student Union Building at Cal Poly Pomona and a transformation of a ferry building into what is now the Los Angeles Maritime Museum.^[1] Noted architectural historian David Gebhard cited a house he designed in Beverly Hills as monumental and the Student Center building at Cal Poly Pomona as the best building on campus^[1] As president of the Los Angeles chapter of the AIA, he advocated for preserving the integrity of the Los Angeles Central Library.^[1] He worked for the offices of Richard Neutra and Welton Beckett and formed his firm Pulliam Zimmerman Matthews.^[2] He served as the campus architect at Cal Poly Pomona where he also served as an instructor at the College of Environmental Design.^[1] Jim Pulliam, FAIA was a gentleman Los Angeles modernist architect, known for his highly detailed custom modernist residential and commercial commissions. Jim's mid career works were celebrated in a major Los Angeles area architectural exhibit identified as The Los Angeles 12 Architects, of which Jim Pulliam was one of the distinguished twelve architects. Pulliam's works were included in the Los Angeles Twelve Architects exhibit and conferences at the Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles; Cal Poly Pomona Bookstore and Student Center Building (which he designed) and the Aspen Design Conference, Aspen Co..

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