In Focus: Miguel Rodriguez exhibits Los Angeles architecture as a silent observer

2019-08-08T10:15:00-04:00

In Focus is Archinect's recurring series dedicated to profiling the photographers who help capture architecture and who make the work of architects look that much better. In this series, we ask: What is their relationship to architecture? How do they work? What equipment do they use? What are their goals when capturing buildings?

For this installment, Archinect chats with Los Angeles-based photographer Miguel Rodriguez. By observing the relationship structures have with light, Rodriguez has found a way to capture the city of Los Angeles from a fresh perspective. By focusing on the design details and textures each building posses, he invites the viewer to look at the city in a whole new way. Fueled by Los Angeles's rich architectural history, Rodriguez aimed to highlight the buildings of G. Albert Lansburgh, Albert C. Martin, and Walker & Eisen. According to Rodriguez, he compares Los Angeles to an "architectural petri dish" where one can see the evolutions of the buildings in a conf...

"Work on Work" exhibition turns public space into office space

2015-07-31T11:55:00-04:00

If the current exhibition at Los Angeles’ Architecture + Design Museum was titled by a sarcastic person, it would be called "Work/Life Balance: Pshaw!" As it is, the infographic-laden collection of vinyl banners loosely mounted to stacks of brown boxes, co-organized by Gensler and UCLA’s cityLAB, is called "Work on Work", and it is both the history of and the proposed future for society's daily grind. And man, what a grind it is.

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In Focus: Miguel Rodriguez exhibits Los Angeles architecture as a silent observer

"Work on Work" exhibition turns public space into office space