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Spaceship or Water Recycling Plant? Inside Anthony Lumsden's Toilet Utopia

2019-08-08T10:24:00-04:00

Under the Skin is a review series that focuses on existing buildings in Los Angeles. Each review selects one finished building, whether newly built or long-time-standing, and takes an in-depth look at it in order to get under its skin.

For the third installment, we take a visit to Sepulveda Water Reclamation Plant, a remarkable experiment in glass skin architectural design, to look at the lasting and influential legacy of corporate architecture firm DMJM.

Sepulveda Water Reclamation Plant (currently the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant)

Built: 1984
Architect: Anthony J. Lumsden of Daniel, Mann, Johnson, and Mendenhall (DMJM)
Location: 6100 Woodley Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

Building Score: 8.2

Is it a Museum? An Up Close and Personal Review of Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Broad Museum

2019-02-13T12:44:00-05:00

The Broad is much more than a building, so to review it only as a physical object would be to fall for the decoy. The Broad is playing next-level games with art and real estate, in a similar way that Trump played next-level games with the media during his campaign. The benefit to The Broad’s games, of course, is that people can go see some beautiful art for free - or, more accurately, they can go see art at no cost to them, but which nevertheless is considerably subsidized by the City of Los Angeles. (More on that later.)

The Broad

Built: 2015
Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Executive Architect: Gensler
Location: 221 S. Grand Ave Los Angeles, CA

Building Score: 5.7

Under the Skin; An Intimate Building Review of AC Martin's LADWP Headquarters

2018-09-18T11:37:00-04:00

Under the Skin is a new review series that focuses on buildings in Los Angeles. Each review selects one finished building, whether newly built or long-time-standing, and takes an in-depth look at it in order to get under its skin.

In this first installment, we take a look at the Department of Water and Power Building.

Built: 1964
Architect: AC Martin and Associates
Location: 111 N Hope St, Los Angeles, CA

Building Score: 9.4