How this L.A. suburb fell in love with Craftsman homes
When Annette Yasin and her husband, Tom, moved to Pasadena from Michigan more than a decade ago, they purchased a condo near Bungalow Heaven, a 16-block area northeast of Old ...
Tag: Architecture and Design
How an old Denny’s transformed into a vibrant hub for unhoused L.A. families
On a stretch of Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills, where cars whip by at 50 miles per hour and the Valley’s landscape of parking lots, fast food chains, office blocks ...
4 off-the-grid ideas to rebuild after the L.A. fires from design students
1 p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Fire-resilient buildings don’t have to be soulless, formulaic bunkers, according to the student designers of the Resilient Futures Lab, a summer studio at Pasadena’s ArtCenter College. The ...
Thanks to a $5,000 rebate and DIY skills, their L.A. yard has it all — except grass
Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. When it’s hot in Los Angeles, hummingbirds, butterflies ...
James Silcott, trailblazing Black architect who sued L.A. County over discrimination, dies at 95
James E. Silcott, a trailblazing Los Angeles architect who, thanks to many gifts to his alma mater, Howard University, became the most generous benefactor to architecture students at historically Black ...
L.A.’s rebel architects, now elders, revisit norm-busting Venice Beach art scene
On a wide, empty stretch of Venice Beach in 1980, seven Los Angeles architects — Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne, Eric Owen Moss, Coy Howard, Craig Hodgetts, Robert Mangurian and Frederick ...
They snagged an L.A. dream rental with parking and nice neighbors — then made it better
When Natalie Babcock and Samuel Gibson found a listing for a sunny apartment in Beachwood Canyon five years ago, they immediately fell for the two bedroom’s charming built-in bookshelves, faux ...
The man behind LACMA’s Japanese Pavilion inspired renegade West Coast architects. Here’s how
The one and only pre-millennium building that LACMA director Michael Govan elected to save as part of his campus revamp was the museum’s Japanese Pavilion, designed by the brilliant, undeniably ...
This rundown Hollywood motel gets a shiny new status: L.A. historic monument
The Hollywood Premiere Motel doesn’t get a lot of rave reviews — in fact, it’s among the lowest ranked lodgings in the city. But thanks to its mid-century Googie design, ...
Shaikin: LAX won’t say who designed its iconic murals, but the Dodgers will. Why?
What would a baseball team in Los Angeles want from a retired artist and designer in New York? Janet Bennett wasn’t sure. Generations of Angelenos are familiar with her signature ...
