Walt Disney Studios (Burbank) - Animation Building

Animation Building

The former main Animation building was built and completed in 1940 and designed by Ken Webber. Walt Disney personally supervised with the 'double H' design, ensuring as many rooms as possible had windows, allowing natural light into the building to help the animators while working. Walt Disney had 2 offices within the building, known as his 'formal' and 'working offices'. The rooms were used after Walt's death in 1966, and personal items archived in 1970. It is believed that Walt would have wanted his offices to be reused. The rooms still feature some original features and are currently being used by company officials. Members of Walt Disney's Nine Old Men, would have had their offices within this building, along with legendary animators such as Eyvan Earl, Mary Blair, Andres Deja, Floyd Norman, John Lasseter, Glenn Keane, John Musker and Ron Clements. Production was moved from the Animation Building into warehouses located in Pasadena, during the late 1980s. Prior to the opening of the Team Disney Burbank building in 1990, Disney Executives used the Animation Building as corporate offices. In 1995, animation production was relocated back to the Burbank Studio with the opening of the Walt Disney Feature Animation Building, and some offices within the original Animation Building.