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. One of the buildings is often described as the ''Blue Whale'' because of its large size relative to surrounding buildings and its brilliant blue glass cladding.

Site and Brief

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(MOCA). The Center has 100 showrooms which display and sell 2,200 interior product lines to professional interior designers, architects, facility managers, decorators and dealers. The Pacific Design Center hosts many screenings, exhibitions, lectures, meetings, special events and receptions for the design, entertainment and arts communities. The annual

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has traditionally been held at the PDC. The party is one of the longest running and best known of the post-Oscar parties as well as being a multimillion-dollar fundraiser for the foundation. The interior of one floor of the Blue Whale, and the escalators of the same building, are used extensively as the underground workshops for the

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, the campus opened in 1975, with the ''Center Blue''. Architect

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also contributed to the architectural design of the building. ''Center Green'' opened in 1988, adding . The final phase of the plan, ''Center Red'', opened in 2013 with an additional .

Gallery

Image:Highsmithpacificdesigncenterweho.jpg, ''Center Green'' and the ''central fountain'' at the Pacific Design Center Image:PacificDesignCenter06.jpg, Pacific Design Center ''Center Green'' Image:PacificDesignCenter01.jpg, Pacific Design Center ''Center Blue'' or "The Blue Whale" Image:PDCredbuilding.jpg, Pacific Design Center - ''Red Building'' nearing completion, Feb. 28, 2011 Image:PacificDesignCenter_MOCA02.jpg, ''MOCA'' at the Pacific Design Center Image:Pacific Design Center fashion show.jpg, A fashion show at the Pacific Design Center, 1976

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MOCA Pacific Design Center
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