National Blvd at Hayden Ave.

National Blvd at Hayden Ave., originally uploaded by Here in Van Nuys.

The past few days of rain and clouds dropped a different kind of light upon Los Angeles: diffused, moody, cool, dark, mottled and theatrical.

I was driving home from a “MOPLA” show at Smashbox Studios in Culver City and I came upon this building glowing in the near dark.

Eric Owen Moss is the architect.