Otto H. Kilian; Architect for Inglewood Forum, Berlin Hilton

Otto H. Kilian, Southern California architect whose projects included the Forum in Inglewood, has died at age 70.

Kilian died Sunday in Glendale of a heart attack.

A native of Glendale, Kilian earned his degree in architecture at USC. At the time of his death, he was president of his own firm, Kilian Associates Architects. He previously was vice president and assistant general manager of Charles Luckman Associates.

During his lengthy career, Kilian worked on such projects as the Berlin Hilton Hotel in Germany, the Shoot for the Moon base at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, the Atomic Linear Accelerator at Stanford University, and the 5,400-acre Rancho Bernardo development in San Diego County. He also spearheaded designs for Aloha Stadium in Hawaii and United California Bank in Los Angeles, and classroom and housing facilities for UC Santa Barbara and Caltech.

Kilian served as chairman of Glendale’s Design Review Board and was a director of the USC Architectural Guild. He earned USC’s Torchbearers Merit Award, the outstanding service award of the USC Architectural Guild, and a Community Beautification Award.

Survivors include three daughters--Diane Toland, Christine Kilian and Linda Brombal--and four grandchildren.

A memorial service is scheduled today at 2 p.m. at St. Lukes of the Mountains Episcopal Church, 2563 Foothill Blvd., La Crescenta.

The family has asked that memorial donations be made to the Otto H. Kilian Scholarship Fund at the USC School of Architecture, Los Angeles, Calif. 90089-0291, or the Glendale Teen Support Center, 115 E. Lexington Drive, Glendale, Calif. 91203.