Design and Architecture
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Design and Architecture
Host Frances Anderton looks at design and architecture from a Los Angeles perspective.
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400 EpisodenLA architect rebuilds after Woolsey Fire and reflects on living in the wildland-urban interface
Geoffrey von Oeyen completed a dream house for his brother, only to see it destroyed by the Woolsey Fire two years ago. As he nears completion on the...
Roman Mars turns ‘99% Invisible’ city into a 100% visible book
Roman Mars has spent 10 years using his radio show “99% Invisible” to reveal the everyday quirks and delights of cities. Now he’s co-written a book ca...
In an age of loneliness, Treehouse offers community that’s carefully curated and designed
Americans are experiencing an epidemic of loneliness. A coliving project in Hollywood was designed to remedy it. Then came a pandemic.
Ten month...
Air conditioning becomes a weapon against infection, D.J. Waldie finds the soul in Los Angeles
Ventilation has become a life or death issue as as experts find that COVID-19 infections increase in poorly ventilated interiors. DnA looks into the e...
How Bill English helped create the computer mouse, and the effort to change the face of architecture
California has around 21,000 licensed architects, and 300 of them are Black. SoCalNOMA (National Organization of Minority Architects) hopes to change...
City of Santa Monica lets restaurants serve in parking lanes, taking on the primacy of the automobile
The restaurants on Santa Monica’s Main Street took a huge hit from the COVID-19 shutdown. So the city government, restaurant owners and nearby residen...
XPRIZE’s $1 million face mask contest, and the link between urban design and immunity
XPRIZE is offering $1 million to designers of a protective face mask that people will actually want to wear. Also, many buildings and neighborhoods ar...
For an art conservator, it's hard to say goodbye to Confederate statues
Statues of slave traders and Confederate leaders are being toppled or defaced during protests following the killing of George Floyd. How does that fee...
How structural racism shaped LA, and what developers can do about it
Redlining, restrictive covenants, urban renewal, and building freeways through communities of color are all ways Los Angeles was shaped by structural...
Google and Twitter tell staff to keep working from home. What will happen to creative offices?
Big tech companies have remade the workplace in recent years with creative offices designed to stimulate disruption. Now Google and Twitter are tellin...
Can LA be greener, cleaner, slower following COVID-19?
LA City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell talks about his plan to incentivize telecommuting after stay-at-home orders are lifted and other ideas for a greene...
Coronavirus tests the values of global cities like LA
The pandemic has brought many people pain and anxiety. To Wouter Vanstiphout, a professor of “design as politics,” it has also brought clarity about t...
Based on past pandemics, coronavirus will bring changes to buildings and cities
Pandemics can bring about innovation, especially in design and architecture. Sam Lubell talks to DnA about changes that may come to buildings and urba...
Interior designer Kelly Wearstler can help make your home work for you
You are working at home. But is your home working for you? Kelly Wearstler has some tips to improve your interior, at whatever scale.
Kelly Wearstler shares tips from her interior design MasterClass
Kelly Wearstler has held reign in interior design since arriving in Los Angeles in the 1990s. She’s now teaching an online MasterClass. Her tips for i...
Construction continues as coronavirus grinds economy to a halt
LA’s construction sites are still a hotbed of activity, deemed an essential service. Could they become hotbeds for COVID-19 too?
White House urges Americans to wear face masks in public. Here’s how to make your own
The CDC is recommending that all Americans should wear cloth masks or other face coverings if they go out in public — amid new concerns that infected...
Long-time champion of public space reflects on impact of coronavirus on city life
LA was once a destination for people who wanted to get away from crowded East Coast cities. The ideal was a single home with a yard and a car in the d...
Do handsewn face masks protect against coronavirus?
As hospitals, clinics and other community organizations face a shortage of masks during the COVID-19 outbreak, homebound sewers have stepped up to hel...
With spring design fairs and travel on hold, LA designers get creative with constraints
In a normal year, many Angeleno designers and showroom owners would be packing their bags soon to head to Milan for Salone del Mobile, the massive fur...
Redesigning the California dream
Would you choose to rent or own a condo in a multifamily building, or own a single family home?
If you are an Angeleno with the means, it is lik...
Paula Benson, movie design detective
Paula Benson says she is “a nightmare to watch a film with.” That’s because she’s always pausing the screen to check the decor, ponder who designed th...
Daniel Libeskind at the ‘Edge of Order,’ Sunset Magazine, and Sound Baths
Why does an architect have to be like a “camel in the desert?” Daniel Libeskind explains why in a conversation about his new book “Edge of Order.” He...
Frieze and the art fair effect; Lita Albuquerque at Desert X Al Ula
Desert X started in Coachella Valley, and now it’s in Al Ula, Saudi Arabia. Los Angeles artist Lita Albuquerque shares why she chose to participate am...
Architecture in Parasite; Movie villain homes
The movie “Parasite” is favored for many Oscars, including production design. Director Bong Joon Ho talks about telling a story of class through archi...
Setting up shop at the Bradbury Building and Beverly Center
Two new projects are putting their own design or architectural twist on LA landmarks.
We visit the famed Bradbury Building in downtown --...
Cross Colours; Fast fashion’s hidden costs
Remember Cross Colours? The LA-based urban streetwear line was a hit in the early 90s, with bright, bold designs and uplifting messages about unity. N...
New Hollywood royalty; Netflix goes solar; Santa Monica and well-being
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are stepping back from the British Royal Family. Will they become new Hollywood royalty? We look at the role Los Angele...
Remembering “visual futurist” Syd Mead; hunting for vintage clothing at ThriftCon LA
Syd Mead envisoned vehicles, streetscapes and gadgets for Blade Runner, Tron, Aliens and many other films. He died December 30 at age 86. DnA pays tri...
Can you design your way out of smartphone addiction?
Your smartphone is addictive. Do you need to “Marie Kondo” your apps, put down the phone altogether, or use it as a “drug” dispensary? DnA takes a tou...
Dar Williams on how to rebuild small town America
Singer-songwriter Dar Williams has spent years on the road and along the way she learned a lot about America’s small towns and what makes them thrive....
La Brea Tar Pits; Cinderella Homes; General Hospital
The La Brea Tar Pits has a new design team that won’t uproot the mammoth family from its lake of tar. DnA talks to architects Marion Weiss and Michael...
UCLA’s graduate art studios; Where stuff goes after the thrift store
How do you make your own architectural statement on a street filled with eye-grabbing Eric Owen Moss buildings? Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee talk abou...
More housing for rich LA cities; West Coast Craft
A dramatic decision by a little-known planning agency may impact how much new housing goes up in your city. The board of the Southern California Assoc...
Ray Kappe; LA Auto Show colors; Le Corbuffet
Ray Kappe, creator of stunning homes and a highly original architecture school, has passed at age 92. DnA gives tribute to a well-lived life.
Streetlight competition; WALLS
The city of LA is launching a competition to design a new streetlight. LA's chief design officer Christopher Hawthorne tells DnA about the history of...
Marciano and ‘art labor’; Shortlisted!
Marciano Art Foundation is closing. The news came days after visitor services associates announced their intention to unionize. DnA attends a protest...
Creating buzz in the city: Ian Schrager; Horton Plaza
The co-founder of Studio 54 is opening a new boutique hotel in West Hollywood. Veteran hotelier Ian Schrager talks about his colorful life and career...
Fighting the Getty Fire; the science of scary; Sneakertopia
The Getty Fire has spread to hundreds of acres, with tens of thousands of people forced to evacuate. But the Getty Center, with its priceless collecti...
Saudi Arabia invites dialogue with American artists and designers, but there’s pushback
Saudi Arabia has an image problem. But it has become a new frontier for American artists and designers. We look at the controversy surrounding site-sp...