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The hotter temperatures will be sticking around the L.A. region for awhile, but don't forget to take some time to enjoy these longer days of summer. Curious where to find interesting architecture-related happenings in Los Angeles? Archinect and Bustler compiled a snappy list of... View full entry
The term "zoning" recently celebrated its 100-year anniversary in the U.S.'s city planning parlance, and many of our News postings recently have had to do with its fraught, wonky legacy. From racial segregation to housing discrimination to Pokémon Go trespassers, we dip into the debate around... View full entry
From the Venice Canals to the detritus-strewn cliffs overlooking downtown to the interior of a hospital, this time lapse video by Mason Thibo surveys the edgy splendor of Los Angeles, allowing a glimpse not only of the city's extraordinary variety of neighborhoods, but the way people (and... View full entry
The long-awaited people-moving system at Los Angeles International Airport is actually on its way and it's enough to make any Angeleño misty-eyed. LAX, the second busiest airport in the US, is desperately lacking an adequate public transit connection. Currently, visitors must rely on shuttles... View full entry
LACMA isn’t trying to sell fancy condos, it’s trying to sell an art museum. This isn’t about safe deposit boxes in the sky for foreign oligarchs, this a building that will require contributions from art patrons and museum donors, and these renderings speak their language. [...]
More David Hockney than Zaha Hadid, they evoke a feel rather than architectural facts.
— peopleplacesspaces.com
The latest from LACMA on Archinect:Raw Rendering Ranters: Zumthor's 'undercooked' LACMA redesign on Archinect Sessions #76LACMA releases new renderings of proposed Peter Zumthor buildingFollowing major donations, Peter Zumthor's LACMA redesign moves forwardSunshine and noir: Peter Zumthor's new... View full entry
This post is brought to you by Core77 Conference. Have you ever wondered where the relationship between human and machine intelligence is headed?Have you considered how the principles of quantum mechanics can be applied to the design process?Are you curious about how interdisciplinary teams... View full entry
The hotter temperatures will be sticking around the L.A. region for awhile, but don't forget to take some time to enjoy these longer days of summer. Curious where to find interesting architecture-related happenings in Los Angeles? Archinect and Bustler compiled a snappy list of... View full entry
Peter Zumthor released new renderings for his LACMA redesign last week, and boy are people not impressed! We talk about the "undercooked" look of Zumthor's snaking concrete inkblot plan for the museum, and experiment with a new segment devoted to ranting on the podcast. You've been warned.Listen... View full entry
If you’re looking for some exceptional LA office space, you’re in luck. The Neutra Institute Museum in Silver Lake, Los Angeles—formerly known as the Neutra Office Building—is leasing 160 square feet in the front of the building for $1,200 a month to a “sympathetic Neutra fan/tenant”... View full entry
Dora Epstein Jones is the newly minted executive director of the A+D Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angeles. With a doctorate in Architectural History, Theory and Criticism from UCLA, Epstein Jones came to A+D after nearly 15 years at SCI-Arc, where she led the coordination of humanities... View full entry
The hotter temperatures will be sticking around the L.A. region for awhile, but don't forget to take some time to enjoy these longer days of summer. Curious where to find interesting architecture-related happenings in Los Angeles? Archinect and Bustler compiled a snappy list of... View full entry
On a newly-launched website, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has released renderings of the proposed Peter Zumthor-designed building, which would replace four existing buildings designed by William Pereira. In total, the new building, prosaically named the Building for the Permanent... View full entry
While zoning is a perfectly fine strategy to map new suburban cul-de-sac subdivisions and to stop growth, it backfires when we try to use it to guide the future of an evolving, dynamic city like Los Angeles. Zoning is a 20th century relic designed to “protect” existing residents from the encroachment of people and buildings they see as “undesirable.” [...]
we should be following Chicago’s approach by focusing on public spaces, infrastructure and other common assets.
— latimes.com
Related on Archinect:Frank Gehry's Sunset Strip mixed-user approved by LA City Planning Commission, with 15% affordable unitsCalifornia lawmakers turn to "granny flats" to help ease housing shortageMichael Maltzan proposes greening L.A.'s 134 freewayIs Los Angeles becoming a "real" city?LAPD... View full entry
Missing L.A.’s iconic, historic 6th Street Bridge? Never fear – soon you may be able to keep a piece of it for yourself.
At “Rock Day L.A.,” an Aug. 13 event [...], officials will be handing out around 1,000 pieces of the demolished bridge for anyone to take home [...]
Demolition crews have been steadily dismantling the bridge since February, after an alkali silica reaction in the concrete, known as “concrete cancer,” forced the city to move forward with a plan to replace it.
— scpr.org
Previously in the Archinect news: LA mayor Eric Garcetti slow-jams 101 freeway closure announcementTake a look at "6," an experimental documentary that memorializes the recently-demolished Sixth Street Viaduct in LAA final hurrah for L.A.'s Sixth Street ViaductHNTB, Maltzan, AC Martin win 6th... View full entry
Will you look at that, it's already August! The hotter temperatures will be sticking around the L.A. region for awhile, but don't forget to take some time to enjoy these longer days of summer. Curious where to find interesting architecture-related happenings in Los Angeles? Archinect and... View full entry
