La Kretz Botany Building
618 Charles E. Young Drive, South
Los Angeles, CA 90095
34.066808,-118.441098
About
Designed by pioneering architect Paul Revere Williams and completed in 1959, the Botany Building has been home to generations of renowned faculty and researchers. Its location, adjacent to UCLAs Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden in the southeastern corner of the campus, is no accident: The buildings third floor features a glass facade overlooking the garden, offering students a view of the garden and the plants they are studying, and inviting ample natural light into the work environment. A gift of $5 million from Morton La Kretz, a UCLA alumnus and longtime supporter, funded the renovation of the building in 2019. La Kretzs gift financed the renovation of the buildings entrances, a first-floor botanical teaching lab and conservation research laboratories on the third floor.
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