Arthur Golding’s fascination with color began before college with painting and drawing and was reinforced by courses in art history and many hours paging through art books in the library. At the Yale School of Art and Architecture in the 1960s, he studied color with Josef Albers’ studio assistants, deepening his understanding.

After graduation, Golding moved to Los Angeles, where he worked for eight years with Cesar Pelli at Gruen Associates. While not otherwise involved in the project design, Golding assisted in the selection of the precise blue color for the Pacific Design Center building, known locally as the Blue Whale. The (then smoggier) skies of Los Angeles became an inspiration. He began working with color gradients in both painting and design. At a series of shopping center skylights, he created gradients of light, reflecting daylight from flat yellow surfaces to curved pink surfaces. At home, he spray painted his bedroom walls, gradating from blue to pink, emulating the morning and evening skies. (Fortunately, his wife was very supportive.)

After Gruen, Golding joined William L. Pereira Associates, where he became Principal in Charge of Design. He designed the American Airlines headquarters outside Dallas, the Hilton hotel at Universal City in LA and other major projects. For his Citicorp tower in San Francisco, he incorporated a Star Maiden sculpture by Alexander Stirling Calder (father of the creator of the mobile) from the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition

After Pereira, Golding opened his own firm, winning an invited competition for the Loyola Marymount University campus expansion in Los Angeles, where he designed the business school, central utilities plant and other campus facilities. His firm won the national design competition for the Rancho Mirage Civic Center (never built). He designed a supercomputing center for Caltech.

Golding taught architectural design at USC and was involved for over 25 years in efforts to revitalize the Los Angeles River and its watershed. He served as president of the nonprofit Watershed Council and as coauthor of the landmark report, Common Ground, From the Mountains to the Sea.

After retiring from the active practice of architecture, Golding renewed his exploration of the optics of color. Using the computer RGB color model, he began experimenting with format, patterns and color ranges. This process led to his current series of gradient prints.

Arthur Golding resides in Los Angeles, where he continues to create new work.