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Los Angeles
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Viewpoints
Memory on Every Corner: L.A.’s First Street Corridor
While Boulevards like Hollywood, Sunset, and Wilshire get more attention, Los Angeles' First Street contains an incredible—and dizzyingly complex—history.
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Projects
The L.A. River Gets A Geometric New Pedestrian Crossing
The Taylor Yard Bikeway/Pedestrian Bridge, designed by SPF:architects gives cyclists and walkers a new route between Elysian Valley and Cypress Park.
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Projects
In L.A., a Shopping Center Is Reborn as a Workplace
The May Company department store and Westside Pavilion have been transformed into the Westside’s newest workplace hub.
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Profiles
Bridging the Divide Between the Possible and the Impossible
Michael Maltzan and Deborah Weintraub, leaders of the effort to construct L.A.'s newly-opened Sixth Street Viaduct, talk about its lofty goals, significant challenges, and myriad lessons.
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Los Angeles Architects and Leaders Take on Their City’s Homeless Crisis
Christopher Hawthorne, L.A.’s chief design officer, discusses how a culture of design innovation is helping tackle a growing calamity and provide dignity, shelter, and gracious interior spaces to thousands.
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Projects
A Printing Plant Is Reinvented as a Multipurpose Workplace
EYRC forges a mesmerizing, flexible creative office space from a former Los Angeles Times printing plant.
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A San Fernando Valley Housing Project Sets a New Standard
Los Angeles firm Brooks + Scarpa creates a “guardian of the block” on a corner lot in the San Fernando Valley.
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Brella Brings a Tech-Savvy Model to the Design of Childcare Centers
The company matches social-emotional experiences with design intention in three locations throughout Los Angeles.
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Projects
Nike Opens a Machine for Branding in Los Angeles
LOHA's Nike Icon Studios unites every aspect of the brand's marketing machine—from photography to web design.
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Gehry Partner’s YOLA Center Brings Advanced Acoustics to a Former Bank
Located in a once-abandoned midcentury building, the repurposed rehearsal and performance center provides space for aspiring young musicians.
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Projects
A Transformation in Pacoima, Los Angeles, Reveals the Potential of the City’s Overlooked Alleys
Led by a group of local organizations and designers, the project replaces a previously hazardous alley with play areas, public art, and native plantings.
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Profiles
Beyond the Wheel: BZIPPY Challenges Conventions in Clay
Bari Ziperstein’s socially and historically informed practice helps explain the current renaissance of ceramic furniture in contemporary interiors.
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Viewpoints
Landscape Architecture Has a Labor Acknowledgement Problem
To better acknowledge, respect, and compensate laborers, landscape design firm Terremoto calls for a fundamental reimagining of how professional practice is structured.
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Los Angeles’s Standard Plan Program for ADUs Takes Aim at the Housing Crisis
In response to the growing popularity of ADUs as a way to boost affordability, the city’s plan includes 20 pre-approved designs contributed by 14 firms.
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Projects
Only Way Is Up Transforms a 1920s Los Angeles Loft
Amanda Gunawan and Joel Wong of Only Way Is Up developed their contracting skills and launched a design-build arm of their firm along the way.
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Gigi’s Brings Intimacy and Comfort to Post-COVID Dining
The Los Angeles restaurant designed by Andrew Cosbie creates a convivial atmosphere with the help of local muralist Andie Dinkin.
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Viewpoints
A New Series of Talks is Shedding Light on the Impact of Architect Paul R. Williams
A new series of talks is underscoring the importance of work by Hollywood's first black starchitect.
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Projects
Earthy Luxury Is on Display at the Flamingo Estate Harvest Shop
Architectural designer Dutra Brown and ceramic artist Alex Reed's collaboration brings to life the vision of Richard Christiansen's buzzy L.A. property and lifestyle brand.
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A Home in L.A. Has an Introverted Facade, but Exuberant Interior
Unlike its neighbors, this Los Angeles residence by And And And Studio turns a cool face to the street but, through repetition of simple arches, is eloquent on the inside.
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Projects
The LADG’s Highland Park Ranch-House Redux
A series of structures built around a midcentury home in Los Angeles offers a contemporary update on classic California living.