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Route 66 has been mythologized in popular culture since it was established as a national highway in 1926. Two new projects re-contextualize the road for the 21st century.
Los Angeles never rid itself of its own brand of segregation that partly comes from having so much space.
In Los Angeles, buildings seem to spread out like a blanket, clinging to every curve of the ground plane, but as we accommodate rapid growth, construction is moving upwards as well.
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Architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne partners with Artbound for an episode that looks into the future of Los Angeles.
“L.A. is a city of immigrants,” we constantly say, and are told. This is true, to a degree. But by saying this, what is not being said? Who are imagined to be immigrants, and who are not?
What is the Third Los Angeles? It’s a way of describing the new civic identity that Los Angeles is working, and often struggling, to establish.
San Luis Obispo painter Daniel Dove has a fascination with ruins. His paintings seek to find a melancholic beauty in the artifacts of high modernism.
Cisco Pinedo runs one of the trendiest furniture companies in Southern California. He asserts that growing up in a rural town in Mexico ignited his approach to design.
For many Los Angeles artisans of Mexican descent, their craftwork is less about cashing in, and more about continuing a cultural tradition.
Mexican artisans in Southern California are not only creating traditional crafts like embroidery, but are also producing high-end goods for stores selling luxury home décor.
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Shoemaker and designer Raul Ojeda runs the bespoke footwear line Don Ville. His unique pieces sometimes take as long as six months to complete from start to finish.
Following two years of renovation the historic John Anson Ford Amphitheatre will once again present performances under the stars.