Archinect - Features

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...

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

The Archinect Outpost Guide to the Los Angeles Arts District

2018-08-21T11:55:00-04:00

The Arts District holds special significance in Los Angeles. From its origins as a vineyard to a twice-dilapidated blight on the city, the Arts District is now the home of SCI-Arc, Hauser & Wirth and the locally beloved Bread Lounge.

The Archinect Outpost - our retail initiative featuring a collection of small-run, independently published architecture and design publications - opened its polygal doors on June 15th with the intention of living up to the quality of its newfound neighbors in the Arts District.

Now available at the Outpost is our free guide of the Arts District, featuring a walking guide for those unfamiliar with the area. Our selection is based on the customer feedback we received during Archinect Outpost's first two months of operation, most of whom had never been to Los Angeles, and fewer still had been to the Arts District. Check out some highlights from our recommended walking route below.

9 Urban Planners tell us their favorite buildings in Los Angeles

2017-06-09T10:21:00-04:00

It has become common practice for architects to be asked what their favorite buildings are. After all, it is the obvious question. That being said, the majority of people walking into a building aren’t architects and they certainly have something to say on the matter! In that vein, we have decided to reach outside the field to find out what other types of professionals have to say about the buildings in their city.

The Broad Museum opens its doors for a look beyond the veil

2015-09-23T09:02:00-04:00

The white cube museum to end all white cube museums has touched down in Los Angeles. This past Sunday, the personal post-war and contemporary art collection owned by billionaire philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, housed in Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s meshed white box, opened for public viewing as the brand new Broad Museum, located just south of Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall on downtown’s Grand Avenue.