Architecture

Archinect member Marlin Watson mapped one Self-guidance of Los Angeles architecture for anyone who has ever said, "I only have one day." The tour includes: A skyscraper on the side, a house with sleeping baskets that featured…

Confusing. Byzantine. Fantastic incoherent. This is how Moby describes Los Angeles. But he also says, "LA has the most diverse and interesting architecture of any city on the planet."In a video for Pacific Standard Time presents: Modern…

Book launch for LA last Tuesday : Interviews about architecture in Los Angeles in the 1970s and 1990s at the A + D Museum brought author Stephen Phillips to a conversation with the book's editor, Lars Müller, and architecture critics…

Ron Herron (Archigramm), "Manzak Optional Extras", 1969. Collage, ink, letrafilm on mountboard. Copyright Ron Herron (archigram). With kind permission of Simon Herron.In the 1960s, experimental architects used their blueprints to address…

The architectural historian Robert Winter welcomes you politely and spruce-shaped in a blue checked shirt and (almost) matching fleece and welcomes you in the living room of his house. The Southern California History Guru who leans on a…

A young architecture student pulls up a representation of a triangular city block on a projector in a modest office on the outskirts of Colonia Juarez, Mexico."The best corner is occupied by a McDonald's," he says, pointing to the circuit…

Robert Winter could be called the father of Los Angeles architecture. The architectural historian and professor emeritus at Occidental College is perhaps best known for two things. The first is his house, a craft bungalow on the…

When the Petersen Automotive Museum unveiled its radically new design in 2015, the reaction from critics was ... unkind. It was called "the Guy Fieri of Buildings". But the joke may be with the critics: The Petersen, which often lands…

Red spinachPhoto: Jeff Elstone / Courtesy VespertineKahn goes on to explain that there are two schools of thought when choosing fabrics for a hospitality project. There are those who choose materials that age well and those who choose…

The surprise announcement that Christopher Hawthorne was leaving his post with the Los Angeles Times to become the city's first chief design officer sparked much debate about the increasingly important role of design in government.…