CELEBRITIES

a-list: The Headquarters


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Photographed: Olivier Borde

Its former home—masterminded by Michael Ovitz—embodied CAA’s rise to prominence. But its new headquarters asserts its superpower status. Here, a first look inside “the Death Star.”

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View of the atrium; in foreground, Elizabeth Smaha’s Every Minute, 1999

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In the foreground, the exterior of 2000 Avenue of the Stars—CAA occupies the right side.

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The lobby’s marble staircase

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Tim Bavington’s Supernatural, 1999, in a hallway

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“The tank,” an informal meeting room off the lounge

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A view up the stairwell, illuminated by the programmable light wall

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John Baldessari’s Birth of an Idea (with Eleven Rejects), 1999

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The main conference room

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The 12-seat red screening room

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The large screening room