Yagura Tower designed by Korean-American David Hyun for the Japanese Village Plaza in downtown Los Angeles in 1983.
David Hyun is a second-generation Korean-American architect. He is credited with revitalizing Little Tokyo, the Japantown section of downtown Los Angeles. The Japanese-American Citizens League has honored him for his contributions, including his work at the Japanese American Cultural Center in 1978. A founding board member of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP), Hyun has also served as chair of the board of directors of the Korean-American Coalition (KAC).
He was born in Korea in 1917 and is the youngest son of the Korean patriot Reverend Soon Hyun. You can see David Hyun’s personally designed residence in Silver Lake (address: 1954 Redesdale Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90039). He had it built in 1993.
