2024-05-18T13:39:04-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150072162/the-la-forum-reader-traces-30-years-of-la-s-architectural-discourse Paul Petrunia 2018-07-06T17:40:00-04:00 >2018-07-06T17:51:39-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cc/cce5a6b7b52bea402f17d77705a8a562.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150045780/la-forum-for-architecture-and-urban-design" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design</a> has offered a critical look at the city of Los Angeles since the late 80's. The nonprofit has been providing public programming, exhibitions, and publications through its ever-shifting board of directors and volunteer contributors. To celebrate this 30-year milestone, the Forum has carefully selected a collection of pieces published from its origin to today, and has published these in a book under the themes of Experiments, Detours,&nbsp;Hunches, and Santa Anas.&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Today, Los Angeles is a major architectural and urban player, but for decades the city was dismissed&nbsp;suburban and centerless. In republishing three decades of material on architecture and design in Los&nbsp;Angeles, the LA Forum Reader reclaims and reconsiders the city&rsquo;s architectural and discursive&nbsp;histories. It establishes, or reestablishes, a textual context for critical experimentation and urban&nbsp;investigation. This anthological volume includes essays, interviews, and reproductions of...</em></p>