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Although the warmer temperatures are expected to linger in Los Angeles for awhile, fall is just around the corner. That means another season full of architecture and design events! Wondering where other design-inclined folks are gathering in the Greater L.A. area? Archinect and Bustler compiled... View full entry
A new study by researchers at the University of Southern California found that replacing all lawns with drought-tolerant vegetation would have a net cooling effect of 0.2°C — but the science is less obvious than you might think. In fact, converting lawns has resulted in daytime warming of up... View full entry
Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2016Gearing up for another eventful school year this fall? Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check... View full entry
Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2016Gearing up for another eventful school year this fall? Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check... 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
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 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
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
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
“They spend $25,000 per employee per year on perks like free beer and pool tables and massages ... That’s great, but can they spend $1,000 to help the rest of San Francisco survive?”
As it turned out, they could not. Representatives of tech organizations reacted fiercely against the tax, saying that it would suppress growth in the industry that has made the city – parts of it, at least – wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice.
— The Guardian
Widening the gap between San Francisco's wealthy and poor, the budget committee of the city's board of supervisors rejected on Monday the tech tax, which “would have imposed a 1.5% payroll levy on technology companies that generate more than $1m in revenues a year, including Uber, Google... 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
The longer days of summer are here in sunny SoCal. Curious where to find interesting architecture-related happenings in Los Angeles, or where other design-inclined folks are gathering in the Greater LA region? Archinect and Bustler compiled a snappy list of noteworthy events around town that... View full entry
Mayor Eric Garcetti's office released a statement yesterday announcing that Gruen Associates, Mia Lehrer + Associates, Oyler Wu Collaborative, and civil and structural engineering firm Psomas will design the final 12 miles of the San Fernando Valley portion of the Los Angeles River Greenway. The... View full entry
Grand Avenue’s Music Center Plaza is about to get a major renovation for the first time since it opened to the public in 1964.
Often overshadowed (literally) by the prominent Downtown venues that stand above it, the plaza is a gathering place and event space in its own right. Thus, a major part of the plan would increase event capacity from 1,500 to 2,500.
[LA County] has already given $2 million to plan the project, with $25 million of funding expected down the road.
— la.curbed.com
More recent L.A. news on Archinect:Michael Maltzan proposes greening L.A.'s 134 freewayDowntown LA has a new museum on the horizonHistoric LA Times Building to be redeveloped"Bouncy-house urbanism is on the rise." – Christopher Hawthorne rides the U.S. Bank Tower's 'SkySlide'Agence Ter and Team... View full entry
The longer days of summer are here in sunny SoCal. Curious where to find interesting architecture-related happenings in Los Angeles, or where other design-inclined folks are gathering in the Greater LA region? Archinect and Bustler compiled a snappy list of engaging lectures, discussions... View full entry
